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The Finnish company Patria will build a plant in Nokia to assemble and maintain F-35 Block 4 fighters.
Albania has opened a refurbished Soviet-era airbase to service NATO aircraft amid growing pressure from Russia.
The Royal Thai Air Force is considering the purchase of 12-14 new fighters, but it is not yet known which one, either the F-16 Block 70 or the JAS 39 Gripen.
Boeing is considering buying out Spirit AeroSystems, a key supplier of components for its aircraft.
Ukraine received two Mi-171E helicopters from Argentina, which it had previously purchased from Russia.
The information was shared by the Straits Times. We are talking about 8 aircraft in the F-35A modification. Earlier, Singapore announced the purchase of a batch of short takeoff and vertical landing aircraft F-35B. The first deliveries of F-35A will begin in 2030. As for the F-35Bs, they will begin to be delivered to Singapore in 2026. The fifth-generation fighters will replace the Singapore Air Force's F-16s.
The US Army National Guard has temporarily suspended the use of AH-64D Apache attack helicopters after two consecutive crashes.
The Dassault Rafale is a fourth-generation French multirole fighter aircraft. It is capable of supersonic cruising speed. The aircraft made its first flight in 1986. Since 2000, it began to be operated by the French Air Force and Navy. The Dassault Rafale is now also in service with Croatia, Egypt, India and Greece.
The information that Ukraine wants to receive French Dassault Mirage 2000 aircraft has already appeared on the Internet more than once. This has now been confirmed by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Maldivian airline Beond is setting new standards in in-flight entertainment by offering passengers Apple's Vision Pro headset as part of its premium services.
Switching on airplane mode during a flight seems like a sensible decision, as many people believe that signals from mobile phones can interfere with the aircraft's navigation systems. However, recent research and regulatory decisions in Europe indicate that this belief may be a myth.
Hungary will purchase four Swedish Gripen C fighter jets to add to its existing fleet and extend technical support for the existing fleet for another 10 years.
United24 Media journalists have filmed a report about Ukrainian pilots who are undergoing a training programme on F-16 Fighting Falcon fighters in Denmark.
The Malaysian Air Force has a certain number of Soviet MiG-29s in service, which are currently in storage, as well as an unknown number of Russian Su-30MKM fighters.
Researchers from Kobe University, Fujii Minoru and Sugimoto Hiroshi, have presented an innovative development in the field of aviation materials - a "nanospheric" paint that can significantly reduce carbon dioxide emissions from aircraft.
