If you are heading down to Paya Lebar Air Base (PLAB) for this year’s RSAF Open House, do take note of the following.
Graphic: RSAF
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Day: May 19, 2016
MBDA given SPEAR 3 contract
MBDA has been given £400M for the Weapon Development Phase of the SPEAR air to surface, precision strike missile.
Graphic: MBDA
B-52H crashed at Andersen AFB
The U.S. Air Force has lost another B-52H bomber today when one from the 69th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron crashed at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam at 8:30 a.m. local time.
Swiss Air Force to upgrade the fire control units and guns of its 35mm Oerlikon Skyguard
Rheinmetall has been given a contract to upgrade the fire control units and guns of the Swiss Air Force 35mm Oerlikon Skyguard air defense system.
By Kobel (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Saab unveils first Gripen E
Saab unveiled the first of three Gripen E prototype at its facility in Linköping on May 18. The ceremony was attended by Swedish Minister for Defence, Peter Hultqvist; the Swedish Air Force Chief of Staff, Mats Helgesson; Commander of the Brazilian Air Force, Nivaldo Luiz Rossato.
Photo: Saab, CC0