Delivery of Philippine’s two AH-1s delayed

Manila has been forced to push back the delivery of two AH-1s from Jordan as the personnel are still undergoing training in Jordan.

A Jordanian Armed Forces AH-1 Cobra participate in Exercise Eager Lion 18. Eager Lion is a major exercise with the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, designed to exchange military expertise and improve interoperability among partner nations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Joshua L. DeMotts)

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U.S. plans to deploy F-35As in South Korea early next year

The Chosun Ilbo says the United States intends to start rotating the F-16s in South Korea with F-35As starting from early next year.

U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons and F-35 Lightning IIs participate in a training mission near Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Dec. 1, 2017, in preparation for VIGILANT ACE 18. F-16 pilots assigned to the Wolf Pack at Kunsan conducted training missions with F-35 pilots from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, to test the capabilities of the fifth-generation aircraft during integrated flight operations over the Korean Peninsula. The participation of the F-35 in VIGILANT ACE 18 marked the aircraft’s first operational readiness exercise in the Pacific (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Josh Rosales)

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