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Saudi Arabia Reportedly Eyeing Purchase of 100 TAI Kaan Fighters from Turkey

According to unconfirmed Turkish reports, Saudi Arabia has discussed a possible purchase of over 100 advanced Kaan fighters, as the Middle Eastern country seeks to bolster its military capabilities. Turkish…

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Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
January 6, 2025
E-11A
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U.S. E-11A ‘Flying Gateway’ Takes Part In Counter-Drone And Integrated Missile Defense Exercise In Middle East

U.S. Air Force E-11A aircraft equipped with the BACN (Battlefield Airborne Communications Node) payload took part in a C-UAS and IAMD exercise in the Arabian Peninsula. Airmen from the 378th…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 5, 2025
Blended Wing Body Demonstrator
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U.S. Air Force Tests “Pathfinder” Subscale Model of Blended-Wing Body Jet

JetZero is working on the subscale BWB aircraft demonstrator, named “Pathfinder,” while Northrop Grumman’s Scaled Composites division is fabricating the full-size airplane and has already produced test articles of components.…

Parth Satam Parth Satam
January 5, 2025
Hurkus II first flight
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Turkey’s New Hürkuş-II Primary Flight Trainer Takes to the Skies

The Hürkuş-II will replace the TAF’s current Hürkuş-B trainers, with the first 15 aircraft expected to be delivered this year and the remaining 40 being handed over by 2027. The…

Parth Satam Parth Satam
January 4, 2025
Philippines retire OV-10 AH-1
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Philippines Air Force Retires OV-10 Bronco and AH-1S Cobra After Long Service in Counter-Insurgency Operations

While the Cobras served in the PAF for a short period of just five years, the Broncos were used in the Philippines for over three decades. The Philippine Air Force’s…

Parth Satam Parth Satam
January 4, 2025
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Israel Reveals Daring Raid on Iranian Missile Factory Deep Inside Syria

On Sept. 8, 2024, months before the final collapse of the Assad regime, elite Israeli Air Force units assaulted an Iranian facility in Syrian territory, over 124 miles from Israel,…

Andrea Daolio Andrea Daolio
January 3, 2025
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