The Russian Air Force has reportedly begun deploying a new class of Iranian drone in combat in Ukraine, with the first evidence of the new aircraft class operating in the theatre emerging on January 8. Pictures released on social media that day appeared to show the remains of a Shahed-238 which had
Ukrainian Army frontline personnel speaking to the New York Times have widely reported devastating damage from a new wave of Russian air strikes using glide bombs. Personnel told the American paper that while long having suffered from constant artillery attacks, since the spring they had endured
The Israeli Air Force has deployed two of its longest ranged fighters, F-15 Eagles, for a low altitude flight Lebanese airspace. The aircraft followed a trajectory from the Golan Hill area over southern Lebanon and across the Lebanese coastline, taking them across the capital Beirut and towards the
The Russian Army was reported on January 9 to have deployed Mi-28N attack helicopters to destroy Ukrainian strongholds and attack troop concentrations in the Donetsk region. The Defence Ministry reported that “all targets were destroyed” during the operation, although not specifying how many
Ukrainian authorities have confirmed the death of two fighter pilots in recent hostilities, including one of its most experienced airmen the deputy commander of the 39th Tactical Aviation Brigade Major Stanislav Romanenko. The brigade operates Ukraine’s most capable class of fighter the Su-27
The Russian Air Force and Navy on January 8 launched a large “group strike” using a range of missile classes to target Ukrainian military-industrial facilities. The Ukrainian Air Force that targets were hit in the Kharkov, Dnepropetrovsk and Khmelnitsky regions as well as in the parts of the
The British Royal Navy is set to decommission two newly refurbished Type 23 Class frigates, HMS Argyll and Westminster, due to severe personnel shortages, according to multiple reports from local media outlets. “We will have to take manpower from one area of the Navy in order to put into a new area
The Lebanese political party and paramilitary group Hezbollah on December 6 launched a successful strike on a major Israeli air surveillance facility near the Lebanese border using rocket artillery, with 62 rockets reported to have been fired. Located atop Mount Meron, the highest summit held by
The head of the Pakistan Air Force Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Sidhu has announced that the country is preparing to place an order for Chinese FC-31 fifth generation fighters – a class otherwise known as the J-31. The service subsequently posted on its official Facebook page: The foundation for
On January 4 White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby confirmed that the U.S. intelligence believed Russia was using North Korean ballistic missiles in its ongoing war effort in Ukraine. While not elaborating on the exact missile class used, confirmation that the missile had a
