Despite representing a relatively antiquated fighter class abroad, the MiG-21BiS third generation single engine fighter has prominent status in the Korean People’s Army Air Force – the official name of the North Korean Air Force – which has struggled to acquire new fighter classes from abroad since
Head of the U.S. Air Combat Command General Mark Kelly has warned that the Chinese People’s Liberation Army could begin to field sixth generation fighter aircraft before the United States Air Force, with the two considered in a league of their own in competing to develop such an aircraft first. “I
The Moroccan Air Force is set to receive 25 F-16 Block 72 fighter aircraft from 2025-2027, making it one of the few countries to have purchased the costly iteration of the fourth generation fighter class which has been in production for close to half a century since 1973. Although the F-16 has
The head of Turkey’s top defence agency the Presidency of Defense Industries, Ismail Demir, has warned that the country will consider acquiring Su-35S fighter jets from Russia if the United States refuses to supply it with modern F-16s. “If there will be no F-16s … We’ll say that Turkey is not
Since making its debut in the Russian-Ukrainian War on September 13, the Iranian-supplied Shahed 136 delta wing drone has taken on a growing responsibility for strikes on Ukrainian targets as large scale deliveries by Iranian military affiliated aircraft continue. Most recently the aircraft have
The Serbian Defence Ministry is currently considering multiple options for the acquisition of a new fighter class to modernise its fleet, which at a time of rising tensions in the Balkans has only a limited capability to secure the country’s airspace and deny potential aggressors air supremacy.
New footage released of China’s J-20 fifth generation fighter has shown the aircraft performing unprecedentedly complex and strenuous low speed manoeuvres, drawing speculation that production aircraft may have begun to integrate thrust vectoring engines. Many of the manoeuvres seen, including the
Commander of the U.S. Air National Guard Lieutenant General Michael Loh has joined other senior officers in calling for increased acquisitions of F-15EX heavyweight fighters, which were first ordered in 2018 and have since entered service at a very slow rate. “Some people are still looking at this
Following the debut of the Iranian Shahed 136 delta wing ’suicide drone’ on Ukrainian battlefields, a second larger Iranian aircraft the Mohajer-6 has reportedly begun operations in the theatre to support the Russian war effort. Ukrainian sources have indicated that the aircraft have been involved
As Iran and Russia strengthen their defence ties and Russia begins to make active use of Iranian drones in combat in Ukraine, a growing number of sources have begun to refer to the possibility of Iran’s acquisition of Su-35 fighters reaching 64 airframes. Commander of the Air Force of the
