Category: Notizie Estero

RAAF F-35As achieve IOC, cleared to deploy for operations

Australia has declared Initial Operational Capability (IOC) for its F-35A fleet, clearing the way for the aircraft to be deployed for operations. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jensen Stidham [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons “The fifth-generation F-35A, along with the F/A-18F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler, is key to our air combat […]

France sending its most capable optical spy satellite into space today

France is launching its CSO 2 spy satellite into space from its Guiana Space Center in South America today. Thilo Kranz/DLR, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons The satellite will be carried into space using a Russian Soyuz ST-A rocket. It is the second in the Composante Spatiale Optique series. The first satellite was launched […]

Three more Rafales heading home to India next month

Hindustan Times reports that at least three Dassault Rafale fighters will be flown to India next month. By Rob Schleiffert from Holland (Rafale B) [CC BY-SA 2.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons This is the third ferry flight and like the second delivery flight, all three aircraft will fly non-stop from France to India. For more […]

Kazakhstan to buy two King Air Scorpion ISR aircraft

The U.S. government has cleared the sale of two King Air Scorpion Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (ISR) mission aircraft to Kazakhstan. They will be fitted with Raytheon AST TITAN Communications Intelligence (COMINT) Sensor Suites, Leonardo Osprey 30 radars, WESCAM MX-15HDi Elector Optical Infrared Turret Electro Optical Infrared Sensors and Sierra Nevada Small SWAP Auto Electronic Intelligence […]
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