Category: Notizie Estero
Exercise Baana 20
Exercise Baana 20 will take place at the Hosio highway strip in Ranua, Lapland, Finland from Sept. 7 -11. Finnish Air Force pilots will practice landing and taking off from regional road no. 924. The aircraft types participating are: F/A-18s, Hawks, as well as transport and liaison aircraft. Baana 20 will be led by Lt. […]
UAE sending 4 F-16s to Souda Air Base, Greece
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is deploying four of its F-16 fighters to Souda Air Base on Crete, Greece. Bill Thornton, f-stop5.6 Photography / CC BY-SA The jets will be there to train with the Hellenic Air Force over the eastern Mediterranean. For more information, hit the Source below Source
VMFA-211 given “Top Honors” for Red Flag 20-3
VMFA-211 was given “Top Honors” for their superior performance in Exercise Red Flag 20-3, which took place between Aug. 3 and Aug. 15. The squadron’s intel unit was also given the “Top S-2” award. For more information, hit the Source below Source
Cooper: India’s purchase of Su-35 or S-400 will create interoperability issues with U.S. hardware
The U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs, R. Clarke Cooper, says he hope that India will stop buying weapons from Russia and switch to the United States as its main weapons supplier. By Eugeny Polivanov (http://russianplanes.net/id169356) [CC BY-SA 4.0 or CC BY-SA 4.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons Speaking to the media via video […]
Trump Weighs F-35 Jet Sales to UAE Over Israeli Objections
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Wednesday the U.S. is considering selling advanced American F-35 warplanes to the United Arab Emirates over the objections of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Trump told reporters at a White House news conference that the Emiratis had expressed…
