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Denmark in August 2023 announced the transfer of F-16 Fighting Falcon fighters to Ukraine. Now there is information about when the Ukrainian Air Force will receive the first Danish aircraft.
The information was shared by the Turkish publication SavunmaSanayiST. The aircraft successfully took to the sky, flew the planned distance and landed.
The Commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Mykola Oleshchuk said that on 21 February, Ukrainian troops shot down another Russian Su-34 bomber.
The information was shared by the Ukrainian ambassador to Ankara, Vasyl Bodnar, during an interview with CNN Türk. He said that Ukraine was going to buy the aircraft. The ambassador also said that Ukrainian specialists are involved in the project, developing an engine for KAAN. The ambassador said that the Turkish fighter jet will be able to compete with the US F-35 Lightning II and F-22 Raptor combat aircraft.
The information was shared by the publication Defence Express. This transfer will be carried out within the framework of the agreement between the USA and Ecuador, which was signed in January 2024. The agreement provides for the transfer of Soviet weapons from the stocks of the Ecuadorian army to Ukraine. In return, Ecuador will receive US-made equipment - UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters.
The Netherlands is set to hand over more F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine than it originally said.
The information was shared by the Novinky edition, citing a statement from the Ministry of Defence. The amount of the contract is 5.62 billion dollars. We are talking about 24 F-35A aircraft, which will replace the Gripen. The Czech Republic has leased them from Sweden until 2027.
Information about it appeared on the website of the department. It is about sale of 8 helicopters and additional equipment to them for the sum of $500 000 000. The helicopters are planned to be armed with M240H machine guns.
Germany plans to supply the Armed Forces of Ukraine with Sea King helicopters in the Mk41 modification.
This was reported by the country's defence ministry. The helicopters arrived in Albania on 13 January. They were delivered by the military transport aircraft C-17A Globemaster III of the US Air Force. By the way, Albania should receive 3 UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters worth $50 million from the United States.
France's Defence Procurement Agency (DGA) has signed a contract with Dassault Aviation to supply new Dassault Rafale fighter jets to the French Air and Space Forces (AAE).
The Czech Ministry of Defence shared the information on its Twitter page. We are talking about two helicopters with flight numbers 0493 and 0494. The helicopters were delivered to the Czech Republic by a C-17A transport aircraft of the US Air Force.
The information was shared by Dassault Aviation. We are talking about a contract for 18 aircraft. Thus, Indonesia will soon have 42 French fighters in service. Indonesia ordered the first batch of Rafale aircraft in 2022 and the second batch in 2023.
In 2024, Russia plans to start mass production of new Drill glide bombs with cluster munitions. This information is reported by Reuters with reference to the TASS news agency, which, in turn, cites a representative of the Rostec defence conglomerate. This bomb is capable of planning to approach a target at a greater distance than a conventional bomb and opening over it "at the appropriate time" to launch cluster submunitions.
This was reported by the Defence Acquisition Programmes Authority (DAPA). The contract for the purchase of additional aircraft was signed in December. We are talking about 25 fighter jets worth $5.06 billion. By the way, now in service with South Korea there are 40 aircraft F-35 Lightning II. The Korean Army received them between 2019 and 2022.
