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The US Air Force has given the F-15E Strike Eagle fighter a new and unusual camouflage. It commemorates the aircraft that took part in World War II.
Aviation photographer @point_mugu_skies took effective photos of the F-35C fighter jet during a test flight. He posted the photos on his Instagram page.
The US Navy intends to invest in extending the life of some Ohio-class nuclear submarines. The funds will be invested from FY2025.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces have received another batch of South Korean K2 Black Panther tanks. The contract for the delivery of the combat vehicles was signed last year.
Draken International, a private company, will not be able to purchase a batch of F-16s. The Dutch government has cancelled the deal. This is reported by analysts at Oryxspioenkop.
The US Department of Defense has signed a contract with Lockheed Martin to produce the AGM-158C Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM). The deal has already been officially announced on the Pentagon's website.
A fourth-generation F/A-18 Hornet fighter belonging to the Spanish Air Force crashed at Zaragoza Air Base. The crash was captured on video.
The US Air Force has announced that it is ready to resume flights of B-2 Spirit nuclear bombers. The first strategic aircraft will take to the skies as early as next week.
German giant Rheinmetall will start supplying the Ukrainian Armed Forces with 35 mm ammunition for Gepard self-propelled air defence systems in the second half of 2023. This was announced by the company's sales director at the FEINDEF 2023 exhibition in Spain.
The Ukrainian Air Force will still receive fourth-generation F-16 Fighting Falcon fighters. But they will not be used for the coming counter-offensive, as deliveries will take some time. And let's not forget the need to train pilots.
Several countries have expressed willingness to train Ukrainian Air Force pilots on F-16 Fighting Falcon fighters. The key to this issue was the US decision, and it was accepted.
US defence company Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract to produce the AGM-158B-2 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM). The deal was announced on the official website of the US Department of Defence.
The US Air Force plans to sign a contract next year for full-scale production of a sixth-generation fighter. The aircraft is being developed as part of the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) project as a replacement for the world's first fifth-generation F-22 Raptor fighter.
The Dutch Ministry of Defence has ordered PULS multiple rocket launchers from the Israeli company Elbit Systems.
The United States has no plans to transfer the fourth generation F-16 Fighting Falcon fighters to the Ukrainian Air Force. However, they would not mind if European countries send their planes to Ukraine.
