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The F-15EX Eagle II will cost more than $90 million, a fresh Selected Acquisition Report (SAR) from the US Department of Defence has revealed.
American fighters of the fifth generation are no longer in the Middle East. This was announced by Lieutenant General Alex Grynkewich, head of US Air Force Central Command.
The UK used fifth-generation F-35B Lightning II fighters to intercept the Il-38. The Russian aircraft approached the Royal Navy's aircraft carrier strike group.
The appearance of American fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighters in the Middle East has made the Russians reconsider their behaviour. Russian aircraft have stopped staging provocations in the air.
Friendly fire from the Russian air defence on Friday is already a tradition. Today it became known that another Su-35S fighter jet had been destroyed.
Japan has begun preparations for the arrival of the first fifth-generation F-35B Lightning II fighter jets. The aircraft have short takeoff and vertical landing capabilities.
The US Air Force has rotated fourth-generation fighters to Poland. The F-16 Fighting Falcon arrived in Ukraine's neighbouring country.
The Croatian Air Force has received the first French fourth-generation Dassault Rafale fighter jet.
The programme of the fifth-generation fighter jet F-35 Lightning II has again increased in price. This is stated in a report by the US Department of Defence.
Switzerland last year joined the queue for US fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighter jets. On the penultimate day of the 2023 fiscal year, Lockheed Martin was awarded a large contract that will help integrate the European country into the Joint Strike Fighter programme.
The Czech Republic has received two more Bell military helicopters. The US company sent the European country one AH-1Z Viper and one UH-1Y Venom each.
Almost seven years have passed since the Russian Su-33 deck-mounted fighter jet crashed into the Mediterranean Sea. And now the Russians have shown footage taken a few seconds after the aircraft hit the water.
In mid-September, the first batch of fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighters arrived in Denmark. The official ceremony marking the aircraft's entry into service took place only two weeks later.
The F-35 programme has completed a delayed series of critical milestone tests. It could pave the way for full-scale production of fifth-generation fighters.
Russians continue to look for ways to protect strategic aircraft in view of the increasing number of strikes against military facilities on Russian territory. Drawing has come to the rescue.
