Boeing has been awarded a $402 million contract to upgrade Japan’s four E-767 aircraft and three ground support facilities. Work will be performed at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and is expected to be complete by Jun. 30, 2020. The Boeing Co., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, has been awarded a $402,787,272 fixed-price incentive firm and cost-plus-fixed-fee modification (PZ0001) […]

The Harbin Z-20 or Zhi-20 is a medium lift helicopter produced in the Northeast of China. Its first flight was on 23 December 2013. The helicopter has a maximum takeoff weight in the range of 10 tons, can drop troops at locations of up to 3,000 ft (910 m) altitude, and could operate form the […]

Snapshots from the rescue operation of the crew of the P / C «GOODFAITH» Cyprus flag , which ran aground on the northern coast of Andros Island twenty- two ( 22) crew members of the ship where rescued. Super Puma helicopter of Hellenic AirForce and men of the Fire Department participated at the operation

The U.S. Air Force will deploy 12 A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft and about 300 airmen from the States to Spangdahlem Air Base for six months, a move intended to bolster regional security as fighting continues to escalate in eastern Ukraine, the service announced Tuesday. The close-air support Warthogs — which the Air Force has been […]

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) delivered the first replacement wing for the United States Air Force (USAF) T-38 aircraft. In a ceremony held at IAI’s main campus, the T-38 wing was presented to the DCMA (Defense Contract Management Agency) Commander Lieutenant Colonel Allen Garrison. The ceremony marked IAI’s successful completion of the first phase of the […]

Nicaraguan army spokesman General Adolfo Zepeda said his government plans to buy MiG-29 fighters to fight drug trafficking in coastal areas. Zepeda added that the fighters will be used for defensive purposes such as patrolling 75,000 square kilometers in the Caribbean that formerly belonged to Columbia.

Two officers were killed when an army Dhruv helicopter crashed in a forest area in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Wednesday evening, the army said. According to an army spokesperson based in Srinagar both officers belonged to the 202 army aviation squadron. “The flight had taken off for a routine night sortie training at 7:00pm […]

Second heavy transport helicopter Mi-26T2 built for the Algerian Air Force began flight tests. The helicopter Mi-26T2 has new glass cockpit, airborne radio-electronic equipment and navigation system. Cockpit lighting equipment will be adjusted for the use of night vision goggles. After the helicopter’s demonstration flight Algeria will decide whether to buy a batch of Mi-26T2. […]

Flights of the Sukhoi Su-24MR jets have been suspended until the causes of the Wednesday morning crash of this type of aircraft that took place outside Volgograd are investigated, the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry reported. The Su-24 jet crashed seven kilometers from the runway. The fate of its crewmembers is unknown so […]

AKD20 is the first generation of modern long range ALCM in the same class of American AGM-86 and Russian Kh-55, designed to attack a variety of fixed, high-value targets, reported defence-blog.com. Its configuration features a cylindrical body with two retractable wings, four foldable tailfins as well as a concealed belly engine inlet. However the missile […]