Category: Notizie Estero

Testers from the U.S. Air Force’s 40th Flight Test Squadron and the 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron carried out the first four-ship F-16 formation test of the new APG-83 AESA radar on Jul. 2. The mission objective was to determine if the jets experience interference when all four radars are active at the same time […]

Reuters reports that Serbia has bought the FK-3 air defense missile system from China, the FK-3 is the export variant of the HQ-22. The information was disclosed by state-run arms company Jugoimport SDPR’s annual report, submitted to the state Business Registers Agency last week and seen by Reuters. This is the first time that such […]

A news report in Japan quoted a Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) official as saying that the upgraded F-15JSI (Japan Super Interceptor) will be a multirole fighter. Graphic: Boeing The anonymous official said that in the past, the Mitsubishi F-2 fighter was given anti-ship and ground attack roles while the F-15 was an air superiority […]

The U.S. miliatry will be conducting training at Chitose Air Base, Japan later this month, the Hokkaido Defense Bureau has disclosed. N/A (Photo by Public Affairs Office) / Public domain However, it did not reveal which branch of the American forces is deploying up north in Japan. The number of aircraft and personnel has not […]

USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) had its first Air Intercept Control (AIC) event on Jul. 30 and the aircraft carrier’s crew directed F/A-18s from VFA-103 and VFA-213 to protect high value asset against enemy threats. U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Cmdr. Johnnie Caldwell/Released / Public domain Two separate AIC events took place during the […]