May 2014
Twelve MiG-29M/M2 multirole fighters ordered by Syria will be delivered in 2016-17, according to RAC MiG CEO Sergei Korotkov. Korotkov said four of the aircraft had been constructed, but the delivery schedule was being affected by the conflict in Syria. “This war is actually our headache; there are problems with handing over the aircraft,” he told journalists during the KADEX 2014 show in Kazakhstan, according to the Interfax-AVN military news ...
Category: MiG News
South Korea is spending several hundred million dollars to upgrade most their 140 KF-16 fighters. These were assembled in South Korea from 1994 to 2004 under license and are going through a mid-life upgrade in the United States. This will involves installing a more powerful AESA radar, new electronics (displays, sensors and computers) as well as new cabling and other related components f0r 134 KF-16s. The upgrades will begin in ...
Category: Military Aviation
Turkey has decided to order two F-35 fighter jets built by Lockheed Martin Corp, the government said on May 6. It will be the first order of Turkey’s pre-announced plan to purchase 100 F-35 jets for $16 billion, which had been expected to begin next year. The statement released after Defense Industry Executive Committee Meeting, which convened under leadership of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said Turkey’s commitment to the ...
Category: F-35 Lightning II
