Month: May 2011

The Rafale SPYDER-SR air defense system is one of the new weapons being shown to the public for the first time during this weekend’s RSAF Open House.

Visitors to this weekend’s Republic of Singapore Air Force Open House will get to see not one but two Boeing F-15SGs being scrambled right in front of their eyes.

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Herbert Carlisle told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the country’s lead in stealth technology is eroding faster than anticipated.
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There is a rumor on Chinese military forums that the single Tu-204-120CE operated by Air China Cargo has been transferred to the PLAAF and will get tail number 769. The aircraft was stored at Tainjin airport for a few years.

Taiwan’s former defense minister and air force chief, Chen Chao-min, was rapped by prosecutors for “inappropriate conduct” as an air force chief during an investigation into a rape-murder case during his tenure as chief.
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