News reports from Japan says Tokyo is mulling over a plan to share air defense radar information with the Philippines in order to better track Chinese aircraft heading out to the Pacific Ocean. Photo: Japan Ministry of Defense Currently, Japan is able to track Chinese aircraft over the Miyako Straits but if any of those […]
The MIM-104 Patriot air defense missile unit deployed on the grounds of Japan’s Ministry of Defense in Tokyo’s Ichigaya district has been upgraded with the PAC-3 MSE interceptor missile. Asahi Shimbun reports that the transfer took place on Jul. 10. The missile has been deployed to four bases between March and June this year. For […]
The only flyable Sea Harrier, XZ439, is up for sale along with Harrier T.8 trainer, ZD993. They belong to Art Nalls, a retired USMC test pilot. Benoit de Mulder / CC BY-SA According to the new article, another Harrier is for sale as well. For more information, hit the Source below Source
A third-alarm fire has taken place aboard U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard at Naval Station San Diego. The fire is said to have started at around 0851hrs local time. So far, eighteen people aboard the warship required medical treatment. The fire was so massive that the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department (SDFD) was […]
Trevor “Gonky” Hartsock, the second American F/A-18 instructor for the Royal Malaysian Air Force, has a new video of him dogfighting against the Su-30MKM. In this video, we can see the Su-30MKM was able to utilize its thrust-vectoring nozzles on its Lyulka AL-31FP afterburning turbofan engines to reverse the fight when the Hornet was at […]
Four Rafale fighters ordered by India will fly home on Jul. 27, the Print reported. While four aircraft will make the trip home, there is an attempt to bring another two jets home as well. By Rob Schleiffert from Holland (Rafale B) [CC BY-SA 2.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons The aircraft will take off from […]