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Cinema and popular media more generally have often significantly influenced public perceptions of both international politics and military affairs, with few examples being more profound than the 1986 blockbuster Top Gun. The film was produced in cooperation with the U.S. Navy, which benefitted considerably from its popularity to boost recruiting. […]
The announcement on March 29 that the United States Air Force would begin retiring the F-22 Raptor stealth fighter from service likely marks the resolution of a decades long argument over which heavyweight air superiority fighter could best fulfil American requirements – one of the only two aircraft of this […]
On March 30 it was reported that a Ukrainian Air Force Su-24 strike fighter was shot down in air to air combat near the country’s northern border with Belarus. This comes as the latest of many reported losses of the type in the air, which amount to more than half […]
The Swedish Gripen E and American F-35A are the only two Western single engine fighters both in production and on order by their producing countries, and were the two frontrunners to supply the Royal Canadian Air Force with a new generation of aircraft to replace its ageing CF-18A/B jets. Both […]
Following a protracted years-long selection process for a new generation of fighters to replace Canada’s fleet of ageing CF-18 Hornets, Ottawa has moved forward with plans to acquired Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth fighters from the United States. The fifth generation F-35A had been competing with a much lighter fourth generation […]
In the latest of many indications that America’s heaviest and most expensive fighter has increasingly fallen out of favour at the Pentagon, the U.S. Military has announced plans to begin retiring the F-22 Raptor from service moving dozens to ‘boneyard’ storage. Assistant Budget Secretary Major General James Peccia highlighted that […]
The strategically located city of Mariupol in southern Ukraine has been a key point of hostilities since the outbreak of war between Russia and Ukraine on February 24, with the entry of Russian forces into the centre on March 24 marking a major victory for Moscow – albeit one that […]
Following the entry of Russian forces into the centre of the strategically located city of Mariupol in southern Ukraine on March 24, conflict in the city has increasingly come to a halt as remaining Ukrainian forces primarily from the Azov Battalion militias of the National Guard have reportedly suffered extreme […]
Four Ukrainian Air Force Su-24 strike fighters and a single Su-27 heavyweight fighter were reportedly shot down on March 28, according to a report from the Russian Defence Ministry. The loss marks the first of Ukrainian heavyweight combat jets reported two weeks, and comes as analysts have long since considered […]
Amid reports that the Solomon Islands, one of the world’s smallest countries in Oceania, are seeking to establish defence ties with China, calls in neighbouring Australia for military action up to and including a full-scale invasion and overthrow of the government have been increasingly widespread. With some Australian analysts likening […]