December 2014
Today two Su-34 frontline bombers took off the airport of the Sukhoi Company’s branch – the V.P. Chkalov Novosibirsk aviation plant and headed to the place of deployment at one of the air bases in the South of Russia. The aircraft were handed over to the Russian Air Force several days ago. Thus, the Sukhoi Company exceeded the initial yearly delivery plan for the 2014 State Defense Order on that ...
Category: Russian Aviation
General Andrei Kartapolov announced on Tuesday that Russia carried out surprise military drills to assess the readiness of troops in the Kaliningrad region between December 5 and 10. Kartopolov, who heads the Operations Department at the General Staff of the army said that the inspection was ordered by Russian President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces Vladimir Putin. The report of the General Staff reveals that the drills ...
Category: Russian Aviation
The head of Pakistan Aeronautical Complex said Tuesday that Pakistan had added 50 home-assembled multi-role JF-17 fighter jet to its airforce. Air Marshal Javed Ahmed, chief of the state-owned PAC, said the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) had already received 50 of the home-made aircraft and that the supply of a second tranche would start this month. “The five aircraft of the next block would be inducted (into PAF) this year,” ...
Category: Military Aviation
The U.S. fifth-generation fighters F-22 and F-35 made a splash at the recent, biennial US-Japan Exercise known as “Keen Sword” in Japan. The mid-November exercise saw the participation of 11,000 U.S. personnel from the U.S. Forces, U.S. Naval Forces Japan, the U.S. Army Japan and Marine Expeditionary Forces. J-10 fighter jets from the August 1st Aerobatics Team of the People’s Liberation Army Air Force take off from a military base ...
Category: Military Aviation
