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China Upgrades Fighter Pilot Training for Air Force, Navy

China Upgrades Fighter Pilot Training for Air Force, Navy

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force aims to train new pilots for fighter jets more quickly and efficiently, after its flight academy took delivery of advanced J-10 fighter jets and started to use them to train pilot cadets.

The first-ever group of pilot cadets to fly the J-10 fig…

Norway Approves Small Satellite Launch Site

Norway Approves Small Satellite Launch Site

Andøya Space will receive approved financing with a total value of NOK 365.6 million. With the financial support, the Norwegian government gives the green light to establish a launch site for small satellites on Andøya, Norway.

“This is an historic day for Andøya and for Norway as a space nation….

Danish F-16s Have Busy Month In Baltic Air Policing Mission

Danish F-16s Have Busy Month In Baltic Air Policing Mission

RAMSTEIN, Germany — Already one month into the three-month deployment, the Danish F-16 detachment based at Šiauliai Air Base, Lithuania, have been in great demand.

The dedication of the 60 strong Danish Air Force detachment has kept the four F-16s ready 24/7 to react. Working side by side with …

US Navy Super Hornet Refuels British F-35Bs for First Time

US Navy Super Hornet Refuels British F-35Bs for First Time

F-35B Lightnings from 617 Squadron have conducted Air-to-Air Refuelling from a US Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet for the first time.

The 617 Squadron jets are currently embarked aboard the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth as part of the Carrier Strike Group 21 deployment to the Indo-Pac…

CRS: China Naval Modernization’s Implications for US Navy

CRS: China Naval Modernization’s Implications for US Navy

In an era of renewed great power competition, China’s military modernization effort, including its naval modernization effort, has become the top focus of U.S. defense planning and budgeting.

China’s navy, which China has been steadily modernizing for more than 25 years, since the early to mid-19…

Philippines Take Delivery of Mistral SAMs for Two Frigates

Philippines Take Delivery of Mistral SAMs for Two Frigates

MANILA –– The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), particularly the Navy, gets a huge boost to defend against aerial threats with the delivery of the Mistral 3 surface-to-air missiles (SAMs) of its two new frigates last October 8.

AFP spokesperson, Army Col. Ramon Zagala, said Sunday night the…

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