As hostilities between the Sudanese Military and local paramilitary forces have continued since April 15, growing information has emerged regarding a move by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) group to quickly occupy an airbase hosting Egyptian Air Force fighter jets in the north of the country. Egypt
On April 14-18 all assets under the Russian Pacific Fleet went on heightened alert and began the first stage of a major surprise combat readiness drill involving over 25,000 personnel and 167 ships including 12 submarines. Preventing enemy penetration into the southern part of the Sea of Okhotsk
Following the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian War in February 2022 the value NATO’s vast satellite network contributed to countering Russian forces quickly became apparent, providing advantages from communications and command and control to targeting and surveillance which gave Ukrainian forces
One month after T-54/55 tanks were seen being taken out of storage in the Russian Far East, the vehicles have begun to appear with Russian forces in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region indicating they may have already begun to take part in hostilities. Russia is thought to have several hundred tanks of
On April 15 MiG-29 Fulcrum fourth generation fighter aircraft were filmed operating over the Sudanese capital Khartoum and firing air to surface missiles, as part of a much larger air campaign by the Sudanese Military aimed at countering the Rapid Intervention Forces (RIF) militia group. Having
On April 14 North Korean state media announced that the country had the previous day conducted the first test launch of the Hwasong-18 intercontinental range ballistic missile, which is the country’s fourth ICBM class. The state run Voice of Korea outlet announced that the new weapon would
After multiple delays and accidents the Russian Navy is expected to return its sole aircraft carrier the Admiral Kuznetsov to frontline service in 2024, with a major step towards achieving this taken in February as the ship finally departed its dry dock after five years in a long overhaul. A range
Continued from Part OneDuring the Iran-Iraq War the Iranian F-14 fleet was forced to develop its own tactics to intercept the MiG-25, as the country’s U.S. made air defences and third generation F-4 fighters were otherwise totally incapable. Iranian Tomcats were forced to climb to maximum altitude
The first Western fourth generation fighters the heavyweight F-14 Tomcat and F-15 Eagle entered service in 1974 and 1976 respectively the former in the U.S. Navy and the latter in the Air Force, with the two relied on to provide an elite air superiority capability until the first fifth generation
The U.S. Air Force is seeking to press through congressional resistance to its efforts to begin retiring F-22 Raptor fifth generation fighter aircraft in 2023, with 32 airframes or 17% of the fleet marked for removal from the fleet this year. Plans to retire the F-22s were first announced in March
