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F-16 Fighting Falcon fighters have returned to Kunsan base in the Republic of Korea. The aircraft had been away for almost six months due to reconstruction.
Ukraine has started actively using kamikaze drones on the territory of the Russian Federation. In this connection, the Russians are looking for ways to protect their aircraft.
It looks like Iran will get Russian Su-35 fighters after all. This is hinted at by deliveries of Yak-130 combat trainer aircraft.
The F-15EX Eagle II has completed test launches of the AGM-158 Joint Off-Fire-Surface Standoff (JASSM). This is reported by the 53rd Wing of the US Air Force.
The US sent the F-35 Lightning II to the Middle East a few weeks ago. The fifth-generation fighters are so far proving to be not very effective against Iran.
We wrote that the US Air Force intends to deploy two squadrons of F-35 Lightning II at the UK Royal Air Force base Lakenheath. Together with the fifth-generation fighter jets in Suffolk will appear American nuclear weapons.
Japan's defence ministry is requesting $52.9bn for fiscal year 2024. Part of the funds will be used to purchase US fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighter jets.
The Royal Air Force's Lakenheath base is about to receive a new group of US fighter jets. The US Air Force wants to send fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II aircraft to Suffolk.
Turkey needs new investors to develop its fifth-generation fighter programme. The aircraft, known as the TF-X and KAAN, is expected to enter service by the end of this decade.
The US Air Force occasionally sends B-2 Spirit nuclear bombers to Europe. They are usually stationed in the UK, but recently a strategic aircraft landed in continental Europe for the first time in history.
The US Navy wants a sixth-generation fighter jet in the next decade. But so far the programme has been kept secret. However, it has recently become known that three large companies are competing for the contract.
The Ukrainian Air Force is to receive US fourth-generation F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets in the coming months. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukraine had agreed on the delivery of about fifty aircraft, but needs about three times as many.
The Russian fifth-generation fighter jet is soon to receive a new missile. This is reported by local media citing a source in the defence industry complex.
The United States is conducting bilateral military exercises with the Republic of Korea and Japan. For this purpose, B-1B Lancer supersonic strategic bombers have been deployed to the region.
Russians have begun to think about how to protect military equipment on their own territory. In particular, at airfields and airbases.
