Qatar Surprises With A Second Advanced Jet Trainer Being Added To Its Expanding Air Force
In a surprise move, Qatar is now flying M-346 Master advanced jet trainers, as part of its increasingly diverse air force.
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Italian Air Force Boss Envisions Merger Of Europe’s Next-Generation Combat Aircraft Programs
Bringing together Tempest and the Future Combat Air System would surely be logical, but actually doing so is more easily said than done.
Watch A Royal Navy Wildcat Helicopter Fire Its First Operational Martlet Missile
The lightweight Martlet missile is the first part of a comprehensive plan to arm the Wildcat helicopter with precision weapons used to protect the carrier group.
These Contenders Are Vying To Replace The Navy’s T-45 Goshawk With A New Jet Trainer
A modified version of Boeing’s T-7A Red Hawk could well be the aircraft to beat considering the Air Force is already buying hundreds of them.
Watch This Lynx Helicopter Land On A Crazy Mock Pitching Flight Deck
The unique installation tested out the helicopter’s various ingenious ship-landing features.
Britain Banks On Tempest Future Fighter Program As Its Next Great Hope In Combat Airpower
Britain has new data to help make crucial decisions as to its pathway to future air dominance and a healthy indigenous aerospace and defense sector.
RAF Tests Swarm Loaded With BriteCloud Electronic Warfare Decoys To Overwhelm Air Defenses
The drone swarm used the affordable off-the-shelf decoy to wreak havoc on enemy integrated air defense systems.
Air Force Wants To Acquire Losing T-X Jet Trainers To Help Revolutionize Pilot Training
The U.S. Air Force has been quietly in the process of trying to lease a small number of KAI T-50 Golden Eagle advanced jet trainer aircraft as it waits for the arrival of the first of its new T-7A Red Hawks. If the deal, which appears stalled for the moment, goes ahead, the aircraft could support a proof of concept experiment that could lead to ambitious and radical changes in how the service trains fighter pilots.
Behold The Navy’s New TH-73A Training Helicopter
Italy’s Leonardo has won the U.S. Navy contract to supply helicopters for its Advanced Helicopter Training System program, or AHTS, also known as TH-XX. The new helicopters, which will be designated TH-73As, will replace the service’s aging Bell TH-57B/C Sea Rangers, which have been in service since the 1980s.
Air Force Names Its Newest Helicopters “Grey Wolves” Because They Will Fly in “Packs”
The U.S. Air Force has officially named its new MH-139A light utility helicopter the Grey Wolf. The name is meant to evoke how many of the MH-139As will operate in “packs” to defend America’s ballistic missile silos, as well as the endurance necessary to complete that mission set.