On December 12 the Russian Defence Ministry reported that a Su-35 fighter had been deployed to destroy a Ukrainian radar station near the hotly contested Kupyansk region, after the fighter detected the target using onboard sensors. The kind of radar installation was not confirmed. “While on a
The Pakistan Air Force has reportedly formally begun to commission the JF-17 Block III fighter into service, with the long awaited combat aircraft seen to have a unique potential to revolutionise the country’s tactical combat aviation fleet due to its tremendous capability advantages over prior
The Sri Lankan government has been forced to take significant measures to prevent widespread efforts by Western actors to recruit its citizens into mercenary groups operating in Ukraine, according to a statement by Foreign Minister Ali Sabry published in December 9. The minister elaborated that Sri
Despite significant contraction in the Russian combat aviation industry to a small fraction of its Soviet era size, Russia continues to maintain by far the largest production capacity for fighter aircraft outside China and the United States. Fighters are today assembled at one of four plants,
Multiple new pieces of footage from Ukraine has shown Russian soldiers capturing several pieces of heavy equipment recently supplied by NATO member states, with personnel seen driven an American Bradley infantry fighting vehicle and trying to start the engine of a German Leopard 2A4 tank. The
On December 6 the Russian Air Force deployed Su-35S fighters to escort President Vladimir Putin on a rare visit to the Persian Gulf Region, which marks his third trip outside the territory of the former Soviet Union since the escalation of war in Ukraine in February 2022 following visits to Beijing
The F-22 Raptor joined the U.S. Air Force in December 2005 as the world’s first fifth generation fighter aircraft, with the collapse of the rival Soviet MiG 1.42 program after the state’s disintegration in 1991 ensuring that the new American aircraft would have no near peer rivals in performance
The Republic of China Air Force, the official name of the air arm of Taiwan’s armed forces, has faced an increasingly unfavourable balance of power in the Taiwan Strait since the late 1990s due to the rapid modernisation of the capabilities of the Chinese mainland’s People’s Liberation Army Air
As part of a major escalation military aid to Israel, in the aftermath of the outbreak of open hostilities between Israeli forces and Palestinian militia groups in the Gaza Strip, American officials have reported that the United States has supplied 100 of the rare BLU-109 bunker buster bombs for
A new image of four Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force J-16 fighters in formation released on November 2 has provided a first look at a new very long ranged air to air missile class in an active fighter squadron, with the missiles seen being carried by two of the aircraft. Long
