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'The CAAC has activated the emergency mechanism and sent a working group to the scene'

The general's comments come ahead of the standard public notifications associated with foreign military sales.

The transfer of MiG-29s to Ukraine "may be mistaken as escalatory and could result in Russian escalation with NATO...producing a high risk scenario," Gen. Wolters said, so his command "has no plans to facilitate an indirect, or third party transfer of Polish aircraft."

A Boeing executive said the Saudis have successful used their F-15SA to “kill” cruise missiles fired by the Iranian-backed Houthi militias in Yemen, a missile defense capability that the Kingdom needs.

Russian fighters took over the protection of the Belarusian border. According to the Ministry of Defence, Russian Su-35S have already been engaged in intercepting airborne targets. A squadron of Su-35S fighters, deployed to Belarus from the Far East, has been stationed at Baranovichi airport and has already taken on a mission to protect the airspace […]

The President of Romania, Klaus Iohannis, gave the assurance that Romania will continue its arms programme. Referring to the well-known F-16 fighter procurement program, a total of 32 second-hand fighters from Norway, he said that the modernization of the Romanian Air Force does not stop there but will continue with the procurement of the F-35 […]

Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) has purchased the world‘s largest 3D electron beam metal printer, the EBAM 300 series from Sciaky, Inc. to print parts for the future fifth generation domestic TF-X fighter aircraft! Sciaky, Inc. , a subsidiary of Phillips Service Industries, Inc. and a leading provider of industrial 3D metal printing solutions, announced on […]

The six warplanes landed at Tanagra air base, some 70 kilometers north of Athens

A response has been given to the belly landing crash of the South Korean Air Force‘s fifth-generation F-35 stealth multi-role fighter, following a statement issued by the relevant authorities, in which they said a bird was the reason for the crash. In particular, the ROKAF (Republic of Korea Air Force) reported that a bird “hit” […]

The Iran-Russia deal for Tehran‘s order of advanced Russian Su-35 fighter jets is completed. The threat of war between Israel and Iran forced Tehran to sign a contract with Russia for the supply of a large batch of Su-35 fighters. These fighters will allow the Iranian Air Force to pose a significant threat against Israeli […]