Adversary Air Contract For Nellis Air Force Base Won’t Be Renewed
After years of providing Nellis with ‘red air’ capabilities, Draken International will cease operations at the base in June.
After years of providing Nellis with ‘red air’ capabilities, Draken International will cease operations at the base in June.
The adversary support contractor’s impressive fleet could add as many as 40 second-hand F-16s from Dutch stocks.
What happens when you sell your controlling stake in a private air force? You buy yourself a 4th generation fighter of your own!
Three firms share in the spoils of the first big round of adversary air support contract awards.
Dozens of Mirage F-1s will soon be roaring through the skies over the United States.
This is a very exciting time for the contractor adversary support market and Draken is now on its way to fielding its most capable aggressor yet.
The only problem is that they’re trying to wedge themselves into a closed competition that’s looking almost exclusively at turboprops.
The service says it will start awarding contracts in 2019 as part of a massive program that could be worth billions over the next decade.
Many private companies are buying up new fighters jets in to meet demands for more advanced aggressors to duel against.
It’s like a frantic life-or-death scene out of the documentary Planet Earth.