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‘The Chinese Military is the Largest and Most Modern It’s Ever Been,’ Edwards AFB Commander Warns
By 2027, in areas west of the international dateline where U.S. assets are deployed, China will outnumber U.S. forces about 12 to 1 in modern fighter jets ...
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Finnish Air Force to Participate in Icelandic Air Policing for the First Time
The Finnish Air Force will secure NATO skies by deploying four F/A-18 Hornets to Keflavik Air Base for the next rotation of the Icelandic Air Policing ...
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Delivery of the First F-35Bs to Japan Delayed
The planned delivery of the first six F-35B Lightning II fighters for Japan in FY2024 has now been pushed back to sometime during FY2025, Japan’s Defense ...
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U.S. Navy Officially Adopts ‘Murder Hornet’ Moniker for F/A-18E/F Equipped with Nine Air-to-Air Missiles
Super Hornets, which have been armed with five AIM-120s and four AIM-9Xs since April 2024, were recently referred to as ...
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Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band Achieves Initial Operational Capability
The achievement of the IOC follows the first combat deployment of NGJ-MB with VAQ-133’s EA-18Gs embarked aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln. The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) has disclosed on ...
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Saudi Arabia Reportedly Eyeing Purchase of 100 TAI Kaan Fighters from Turkey
According to unconfirmed Turkish reports, Saudi Arabia has discussed a possible purchase of over 100 advanced Kaan fighters, as the Middle Eastern country seeks to bolster its military capabilities.
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U.S. E-11A ‘Flying Gateway’ Takes Part In Counter-Drone And Integrated Missile Defense Exercise In Middle East
U.S. Air Force E-11A aircraft equipped with the BACN (Battlefield Airborne Communications Node) payload took part in a C-UAS and IAMD exercise in the Arabian Peninsula. Airmen from the 378th Air ...
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U.S. Air Force Tests “Pathfinder” Subscale Model of Blended-Wing Body Jet
JetZero is working on the subscale BWB aircraft demonstrator, named “Pathfinder,” while Northrop Grumman’s Scaled Composites division is fabricating the full-size airplane and has already ...
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F-15’s Eagle Passive Active Warning Survivability System Moves to Full Rate Production
The AN/ALQ-250 EPAWSS achieved the Initial Operational Capability in early 2024 and is currently being fielded on the new F-15EX Eagle II and retrofitted on the F-15E Strike Eagle. The U.S. Air ...
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Kratos Signs $1.5 Billion Deal for DoD Low-Cost Hypersonic Testbed
American Defense firm Kratos has signed a $1.5 billion contract, its largest ever, with the Department of Defense for a ...
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The Aviationist is run by David Cenciotti ([email protected]), a journalist based in Rome, Italy, who launched the blog in 2006: since then, The Aviationist has become one of world’s most ...
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A Rare Look Inside Israel’s Secretive KC-707 Re’em Tanker
Footage from inside an Israeli Air Force KC-707 Re’em tanker aircraft was recently published on the official IDF Instagram page, providing a rare tour of ...