On June 25 Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that the country’s sole military ally in Europe, the neighbouring post-Soviet state of Belarus, would receive Iskadner-M ballistic missile systems within month. Addressing Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, he stated to this effect: “As you and I have agreed upon, you were asking […]
On June 26 Su-30MKI heavyweight fighters from the Indian Air Force were confirmed to have arrived in Egypt to participate in a month long tactical leadership program, with the long range aircraft having flown non stop into Africa while refuelling over the Persian Gulf with support of United Arab Emirates […]
On June 23 the French Air Force retired its final squadron of Mirage 2000C single engine lightweight fighters, a class which fist entered service in 1983 and represented France’s first from the fourth generation. The last unit to use the aircraft, the Escadron de Chasse 2/5, is expected to re-equip […]
Entering service from December 2020, the Russian Su-57 next generation fighter has yet to be fielded at squadron level strength but is expected to see three full units in service by the end of the current State Armaments Plan in 2027. A successor to the ambitious MiG 1.42 program which […]
The Spanish Air Force is set to acquire 20 new Eurofighter medium weight twin engine aircraft, including 16 single seater and four twin seater jets under a €2.043 billon ($2.15 billion) contract. This comes amid rising tensions with neighbouring Algeria, and as Spain has taken a disproportionately large role in […]
U.S. Air Force plans to begin retirement of F-22 Raptor fifth generation fighters from service in 2023 have been met with strong opposition from both the House and Senate Armed Services Committees, which have pressed to not only keep the small fleet at full strength but also to invest heavily […]
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy’s most capable destroyer the Lhasa, which was commissioned in March 2021 as the second ship of the Type 055 Class, has been deployed to the East Sea, known in the West as the Sea of Japan, for its first far sea exercises. The […]
On June 18 the Russian Defence Ministry announced that the country’s air defences had intercepted four Ukrainian Tochka-U ballistic missiles and 24 Uragan rockets, with the ballistic missiles having been fired at the Stakhanov, Kalinovo and Almaznaya regions of the self proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic which Russian recognised in February. […]
Following the launch on June 17 of China’s first flattop carrier, the warship Fujian estimated to displace over 80,000 tons, new images of the country’s carrier based fighter the J-15B have confirmed longstanding speculation that the aircraft is in fact a navalised derivative of one anticipated for close to a […]
On June 17 two F-35A fifth generation fighters from the Vermont Air National Guard landed in Petrovec Military Airport near the city of Skopje, North Macedonia, carrying live AIM-120 air to air missiles. Flights by fighters with live air to air missiles are relatively rare, and release of footage of […]