Aviation News
The Japanese Ministry of Defense has assessed that the use of manned fighter jets has limitations in responding to the increased number of scrambles needed to counter the risk of unauthorized entry into Japanese airspace.
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Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) attended the handover ceremony of the country’s first Lockheed Martin C-130J cargo plane on Mar. 8th at Halim Perdanakusuma Air Base in East Jakarta.
A takeoff and landing drill involving South Korean and U.S. military aircraft took place at an emergency landing strip in Changnyeong County, South Korea on Mar. 8.
Two Ukrainian pilots are undergoing skills assessment on simulators at a U.S. military base in Tucson, Arizona to determine how long it could take to train them to fly attack aircraft, including F-16 fighter jets, according to two congressional officials and a senior U.S. official. The U.S. has approved bringing up to 10 more Ukrainian pilots to the U.S. for further assessment as early as this month, NBC News reports.
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The United States Air Force (USAF) has deployed its newest gunship, the AC-130J “Ghostrider” aircraft, to South Korea for joint exercises. Equipped with precision-guided missiles, cannons, and howitzers, the heavily armed ground-attack variant of the C-130 Hercules transport aircraft is intended as a strong warning to North Korea.
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