The Japan Air Self-Defense Force on Thursday accepted the first RC-2 reconnaissance aircraft from Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) following years of testing. On 1 October, the JASDF’s official Twitter account reported that the first RC-2 reconnaissance plane was officially delivered to the Iruma-based. The new intelligence-gathering version of the Kawasaki C-2 transport aircraft has undergone some […]

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Taiwan’s military scrambled fighter aircraft to intercept a Chinese spy aircraft, it said on Tuesday at the official Ministry of National Defense Republic of China Twitter account. One People’s Liberation Army Y-8 Anti-Submarine Warfare aircraft entered Taiwan’s southwest air defense identification zone (ADIZ) on Oct. 1, it says on its Twitter. “Republic of China Air […]

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A U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing on Monday at the airport of Odessa in Ukraine, the Dumskaya.net says. According to Dumskaya.net, a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft, assigned to the 37th Airlift Squadron, has made an emergency landing at Odessa International Airport in Ukraine after one of […]

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The U.S. Defence Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said Monday it had notified Congress of a possible sale of F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and F/A-18E/F Super Hornet aircraft to Switzerland.  On September 30, the Pentagon’s top arms broker, announced that the State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government […]

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Ukraine has announced plans to buy three new AN-178 military transport aircraft to replace its ageing fleet of AN-26 aircraft. Citing a report from Minister for Strategic Industries Oleg Urusky, Mil.in.ua reported that the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has already prepared a draft contract with Antonov for the purchase of three AN-178 aircraft. “I […]

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Azerbaijan just released footage of their strikes on Armenian targets in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh on 27 September. Video shows Soviet-made Osa air-defense systems (NATO reporting name SA-8 Gecko) belonging to the Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army that were destroyed by Azerbaijani troops. In a release morning Sunday, Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said the 12 OSA anti-aircraft missile systems […]

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Azerbaijan launched large-scale airstrikes in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region after an Armenian armed force committed provocations along the entire length of the front on Sunday, locals said. The airstrikes occurred in the frontline zone in Nagorno-Karabakh. The details were given in a 27 September media release, to announce that at about 06:00, Armenian troops committing […]

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Source Israeli Defense ministry said that the government returns to negotiations to buy U.S.-made V-22 Osprey tiltrotors. Israeli Defense Ministry has expressed an interest in acquiring 12 Bell-Boeing V-22 Ospreys again. Sources also confirmed that Israel requested buy of 12 tiltrotors, additional AE 1107C Rolls Royce Engines, AN/AAQ-27 Forward Looking InfraRed Radars, plus related equipment. […]

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Aerospace giant Boeing was awarded a $2,2 billion contract by the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center on 24 September to manufacture and deliver Small Diameter Bombs under a multiyear buy contracting arrangement. The contract, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, is awadred under the Small Diameter Bomb Increment I weapon program. “This […]

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On Wednesday, several U.S. Air Force nuclear-capable bombers teased again Russian troops over the Black Sea.  Ukraine’s Air Force reported that U.S. B-52H strategic bombers, capable of carrying nuclear weapons, entered Ukrainian airspace within the framework of security cooperation. U.S. B-52H Stratofortress bombers assigned to the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot Air Force Base, North […]

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