TASS reported that the Russian Defense Ministry has announced the contract signing with Irkut for more than 30 Su-30SM fighters. These planes will be delivered by end of 2018.
Armenia’s government has release footage showing the wreckage of a Azerbaijani Mi-24 gunship that was shot down by its forces in the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh.
The Indian Air Force has dispatched four Jaguars, four Su-30MKIs, two Il-78s and two C-17s from Jamnagar Air Base to Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska for RED FLAG-Alaska 16-1.
U.S. and its Coalition partners carried out an operation to secure and clean-up the crash site of a F-16 from 421st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron in Afghanistan.
A CH-47 Chinook offloads soliders in Khanjar Khel, Parwan Province, Afghanistan, as part of the response to an F-16 Fighting Falcon crash just outside of Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, March 30, 2016. The F-16 crashed after takeoff and the pilot safely ejected; since then, the base completed cleaning up the crash site. The cause of the accident is under investigation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys) Continue reading “Recovery of downed F-16 in Afghanistan”