Saab Receives Contract to Develop Next-Generation Fighter Jet
Recently, the Swedish company Saab announced that it has received a new contract from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration. The ...
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NATO Launches Nuclear Deterrence Exercises Involving 70 Aircraft
NATO has officially launched its annual Steadfast Noon exercise, designed to test the readiness of the Alliance’s nuclear deterrence forces ...
American Attack Aircraft, Part 8: Contribution of Gerard Valtí
In 1932, aviation enthusiast Gerard Valtí secured financial backing from automotive magnate E. L. Cord and founded the Airplane Development ...
All about the “passenger attack” Cessna AC-208 Combat Caravan: an air‑defense variant?
While writing an article on the Northrop Gamma attack aircraft, I kept getting a sense of déjà vu: the idea ...
American Attack Aircraft, Part 7: John Northrop’s “Gamma”
In the first half of the 1930s, the U.S. aviation industry was introducing new civilian aircraft one after another. These ...
Ministry of Defense Announces Delivery of Gripen Fighters to Ukraine
Ukraine’s Deputy Defense Minister, Lieutenant General Ivan Havryliuk, hinted in a BBC interview that the country anticipates receiving additional combat ...
Saab JAS 39 Gripen as an Option for the Ukrainian Air Force: Understanding This Aircraft
The Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Oleksiy Reznikov, recently noted that one of the preferred options for upgrading the Ukrainian ...
US F-15Es Used Laser-Guided Bombs Against Iranian Kamikaze Drones
A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle crew attempted to take down Iranian long-range kamikaze drones using precision LJDAM laser-guided ...
Ukrainian Intelligence Burns Two Russian Be-12 Amphibious Aircraft in Crimea for the First Time in History
Recently, special forces of Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate carried out another successful operation in temporarily occupied Crimea. What made this ...