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The Spanish Air Force will renew its fleet of fighter jets. Instead of the American F/A-18 Hornet, the Iberian Peninsula country will purchase European Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft.
Boeing has been making the T-7A Red Hawk aircraft for several years now. The first aircraft will be handed over to the US Air Force in a few days.
The US State Department has approved the potential sale of a support system for the fourth-generation F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets to Poland.
We have already written more than once that in addition to American F-16 Fighting Falcon fighters, Ukraine also wants to receive Swedish Saab JAS 39 Gripen aircraft. Now the AFU Air Force is one step closer to this.
Boeing has received the first active phased array radar for the B-52 Stratofortress strategic bomber. The supplier is Raytheon Company.
Lockheed Martin announced last week that deliveries of fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighter jets will not resume until the second quarter of 2024. This means that the largest US defence contractor will face a huge delay in payments.
The Air and Space Forces of the Russian Federation have lost another aircraft. The Su-24M frontline bomber crashed.
In early December 2022, Northrop Grumman unveiled the next-generation B-21 Raider nuclear bomber. Nine months later, the US Air Force published two new photos of the aircraft.
The Swedish government will instruct the country's armed forces to assess the possibility of supplying Saab JAS 39 Gripen fighter jets to Ukraine. This was reported by Radio Ekot.
Lockheed Martin said last week that deliveries of the F-35 with the Technology Refresh 3 (TR-3) package will not resume until the second quarter of 2024. But this is not the only problem with the fifth-generation fighters.
Last week, Russian mass media wrote that Ukraine would allegedly pay $2m to a pilot who could steal a MiG-31K fighter jet. The Ukrainian Defence Ministry's Main Intelligence Directorate commented on this information.
The first F-16 Fighting Falcon fighters may land in Ukraine as early as next winter. But their number will be small.
American fighter jets will appear on the territory of Romania in the near future. This was announced by the country's Ministry of Defence.
Problems with the Technology Refresh 3 (TR-3) modernisation could not help but affect deliveries of F-35 Lightning II fighter jets to foreign customers. Denmark has already announced upcoming delays.
The British Royal Air Force has sent fourth-generation Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets to the Black Sea. The aircraft provide protection for civilian vessels in the region.
