UK Strategic Defence Review: Key Points from an Initial Reading
The 144-page SDR falls short of detailing a comprehensive future order of battle, but does offer 62 recommendations which ministers say will be accepted in full. The long awaited Strategic…
Ukraine Executes ‘Longest Range Operation’ Striking Russian Air Bases with FPV Drones
After one and a half years of preparation, Ukrainian personnel hiding deep inside Russia conducted an unprecedented attack with 117 drones which destroyed multiple bombers. The Security Service of Ukraine…
Nuclear Strike Mission Could Return to the RAF After 27-Year Gap
Press reports ahead of UK's Strategic Defence Review say plans for the RAF could include the procurement of F-35A Lightning II fighters with a mention of delivering nuclear payloads. Since…
Russian Jet Target Drone-Turned-Cruise Missile Shot Down Over Black Sea
The drone’s use is likely to provoke Ukrainian air defenses and present a dilemma between protecting targets in Odessa and preserving their surface-to-air missile stocks. The escalating war in the…
Kecskemét Welcomes First Batch of Hungarian L-39 “Skyfox” Trainers
The Hungarian Air Force received the first three L-39 Skyfox aircraft out of a total order of 12 signed in 2022, of which four will be in a reconnaissance configuration.…
B-1B Lancer WSO Logs 5,000 Hours on Strategic Bomber
Lt. Col. Alvarez, a B-1B weapons systems officer and commander of the 345th Bomb Squadron, joins a short list of aircrew who have amassed 5,000-plus flying hours in the B-1B.…
