The Military Council of the Ukrainian Air Force Command recently approved its new forward plan, the Air Force Vision 2035. This document finally validates the acquisition of new planes…
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Israeli air force to deactivate F-16 squadron to make room for new fighter jets
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced that one of the Air Force F-16C / D (IAF) squadrons would be deactivated in October 2020. This announcement follows the publication…
Read the articleProduction of new F-16V Viper for Taiwan has started in the United States
Production of the 66 new Lockheed Martin F-16V Viper fighters for Taiwan began at the end of April. On April 28, 2020, the Department of…
Read the articleAs the Boeing KC-46 accumulates difficulties, Airbus demonstrates the automatic flight refueling capability of the A330 MRTT
We already talked about it on Meta-Defense: Airbus has been working for a few years on an automatic flight refueling system for its A330 MRTT, and had found a customer of…
Read the articleTaiwan wants to integrate an electronic war pod on its light aircraft F-CK-1 Ching-kuo
The Chungshan State Institute of Science and Technology, which manages the development of Taiwanese defense technologies, announced that the hundred Ching-kuo light fighters in service ...
Read the articleLockheed Martin begins production of new Bulgarian F-16V Vipers for $ 512m
The U.S. government has validated the sale of eight F-16 Block 70 fighter jets to Bulgaria. The sale will thus be carried out in the form of an FMS contract ...
Read the articleIndonesia cancels order of Russian Su-35s under pressure from the United States
Traditionally non-aligned, Indonesia used to balance its defense equipment acquisitions between the different blocs. During the cold war, like India, the air forces of Jakarta made…
Read the articleJF-17 Block III in Pakistan vs F-21 in India: towards an opposition between light fighters?
Just over a year ago, a new limited military confrontation pitted India and Pakistan in the Kashmir region. On February 27, 209, exchanges of fire…
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