The U.S. Air Force on April 15 deployed 12 B-2 Spirit intercontinental range stealth bombers for a major show of force, with 12 of the service’s small fleet of just 20 aircraft taking part in a large fly-off exercise at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri. The B-2 has notoriously high […]
On April 19 at approximately 3:00 AM local time the Israeli Defence Forces launched drone strikes on targets in and around the Iranian city of Isfahan. Iran’s Tasnim news agency has reported that nearby nuclear facilities remained completely safe, with local media reporting that air defences targeted several small drones […]
On April 17 the Iranian Air Defence Forces unveiled a new significantly modernised variant of the country’s top long range air defence system the Bavar 373, the designation of which remains unknown. The new missile system integrates a new class of solid fuelled surface to air missile, the Sayyad 4B, […]
Speaking before the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee on April 16, Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro stated that the service required close to $1 billion in additional spending to replenish stocks of munitions expended in operations against Iranian and Yemeni forces since October. “It’s critical for Congress to pass a supplemental […]
The Algerian Defence Ministry is reportedly set to donate surplus Russian-supplied MiG-29 fighter aircraft to the Sudanese Air Force, which currently operates the class as its primary manned combat jet. Unconfirmed reports of this development follow five years of instability in the East African country after a Western-backed coup in […]
Following the launching of an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps drone and missile strike under Operation True Promise on April 13, targeting Israeli military bases in retaliation for an Israeli attack on an Iranian diplomatic building in Syria twelve days prior, the United States Military was responsible for most of the claimed shootdowns of Iranian […]
The Royal Jordanian Air Force’s F-16 fighters were scrambled on April 14 to intercept Iranian drones en route to Israel, which had been launched on a strike mission under Operation True Promise in retaliation for an Israeli attack on an Iranian diplomatic building in Syria. The operation marks one of the most […]
On April 13 the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps initiated missile and drone strikes on Israeli military facilities, with these launched under Operation True Promise in retaliation for an Israeli attack on an Iranian diplomatic building in Syria killing two senior generals and nine others. Iran first gained the capability to launch missile […]
As part of broader air defence efforts against Iranian missile and drone strikes on April 13, the Israeli Defence Forces extensively deployed fighter aircraft alongside ground based air defence assets to intercept incoming targets. The attack, launched under Operation True Promise by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, involved over 100 […]
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps on April 13 launched multiple waves of cruise missile, ballistic missile and drone attacks on military facilities in Israel and the Israeli-held Golan heights, with these intended to “hit and destroy” multiple “important military targets.” The strikes have exclusively targeted military sites, primarily those in […]