U.S. Navy Announces Colossal Drills Involving Three Supercarriers Near the North Korean Coast – The Largest of their Kind in a Decade
The U.S. Navy’s 7th fleet announced that from Saturday November 11th it would be undertaking colossal aircraft carrier drills involving three of their Nimitz class supercarriers off…
Su-35 High Performance Platform Equipped with Kh-35 Missiles for Long Range Ship Hunting
Russia is equipping its Su-35 fighters, the world’s most potent non-stealth air superiority platform, with anti ship weapons to target enemy naval assets. Kh-35U anti ship missiles,…
China’s New 70,000 Ton Carrier Sets Out for Maiden Sea Trials; How Capable is the Type 001?
The second aircraft carrier of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, the Type 001, has begun its first sea trials to prepare it for entry into active…
China Jams U.S. Naval Assets During South China Sea Patrol
With the Untied States Navy and Air Force having frequently conducted what it terms ‘freedom of navigation’ operations in the South China Sea, waters which China claims…
Algerian Air Force Makes Large Order for Russian Su-35 Next Generation Fighters; Su-34 Strike Jets to Follow?
Russian state media has reported that the Algerian Air Force has placed a large order for 18 Su-35 fourth generation fighters, which will serve alongside its already…
These Chinese Fighter Squadrons Operate American F-16s: How Did That Happen?
The F-16 Fighting Falcon is by far the most widely used Western fighter class in the world, with more than 4500 having been built since the 1970s…
How These Iranian Units Fielded More Dangerous Fighters than Any Other Air Force – Including the U.S. and USSR
Bordering both the Soviet Union to the east and Soviet aligned Arab nationalist states to the west, and enriched by a spike in oil prices in the…
The Romanian IAR-330 is a license-built version of the SA.330 Puma
The IAR-330 medium transport helicopter is a Romanian license-built version of the Aerospatiale SA.330 Puma. Over 100 of these helicopters were built for Romanian Air Force and Navy…
New version of Apache attack helicopter enters service
The British Army’s new attack helicopter, the Apache AH-64E, has been brought into frontline service. Fifty Apache AH-64E Version 6 aircraft (rebuilt from the British Army’s pre-existing…
Sikorsky accepts prototype Turkish Utility Helicopter from PZL Mielec
Just two weeks after the Turkish Government announced the start of the Turkish Utility Helicopter Program (TUHP) to build a fleet of multi-role T70 utility helicopters based…