An unofficial Instagram account of Russian pilot posted a video showing intercept of a couple of French Rafale fighter jets with a U.S. Air Force KC-10 Extender aircraft that flying over Syria. The author of the post claims that video shows the moment when a U.S Air Force KC-10 Extender provides aerial refueling to two French Rafaels in a […]

The Royal Air Force’s Voyager KC. Mk 2 Air-to-Air Refuelling (AAR) tanker has completed the first UK refuel of the F-35B Lightning II jets. According to the RAF’s statement, the refuel took place on the 16th October 2018, over the North Sea at 19,000ft. The Voyager, based at RAF Brize Norton, home to the RAF’s Air Mobility Fleet is […]

The Ukrainian State Enterprise “Antonov” on Monday allowed Defence Blog’s reporters to visit the company’s international cargo airport and testing facility in Gostomel. The airport is owned by the Antonov aircraft manufacturing company and operated by its subsidiary Antonov Airlines. Gostomel Airport (also known as Hostomel Airport) is the main base for AN-124 Ruslan and AN-225 Mriy heavy cargo aircraft, also […]

Airbus has demonstrated manned-unmanned teaming for future air combat systems during manned-unmanned teaming (MUT) test flight campaigns successfully performed by the company. These campaigns included demonstrations with five Airbus-built Do-DT25 target drones controlled from a mission group commander who was airborne in a manned command and control (C2) aircraft. Flown in a test zone of […]

Russia says it has for the first time used its Bastion coastal missile system at the Arctic exercise on Kotelny Island. On 26 September, Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation has announced that Northern Fleet to use Bastion coastal missile system at the Arctic exercise on Kotelny Island for the first time. According to […]

The Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) successfully test-fired a Kh-35U anti-ship missile (ASM) from its Su-34 long-range strike aircraft at a naval test range of the Pacific fleet, according to the country’s Ministry of Defense. “As part of the implementation of planned combat missions at the Pacific Fleet’s naval test range, Su-34 multifunctional fighter-bombers carried out practical launches of the […]

Lithuanian, U.S. and NATO Battalion troops hold exercises at the new firing range in Pabradė near the border with Belarus, according to the statement of the Ministry of National Defence Republic of Lithuania. “Implementation of infrastructure development projects in Lithuanian military training areas takes us to a qualitatively and quantitatively new training level for Lithuanian troops […]

Ukrainian the CDET LLC company has announced that the upgraded BTR-60MK armoured personnel carrier (APC) begun road trials at the military test range of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The new version of Soviet eight-wheeled armoured personnel carrier is a cost-effective modernization solution targeted to retrofitting the wide range of outdated BTR-60PB APC and its generics. The upgrade package of […]

Yemen-based Houthi militants claimed to have hit Saudi Arabia M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle at the Saudi Arabian province of Najran. Houthi media released footage on Thursday showing the of attack on M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle in the south of the country along the border with Yemen.  The damage inflicted on the infantry fighting vehicle has been difficult to assess from the images. It is noted […]

WB Group will be presented Daisy artillery rocket system at the MSPO 2018 defense industry exhibition at Kielce in Poland. The company says in its official statement that the Daisy artillery rocket system will be on display at hashtag MSPO 2018 in Kielce. According to the WB Group, the new artillery system is designed to protect military facilities and concentration […]