NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is deploying its E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) surveillance planes to Bucharest, Romania on Jan. 17.
Photo: NATO
Category: Air Force
Rafale production line shifts focus back to French Air Force
After a four year interruption, the French Air Force is set to receive new additions to its fleet in the form of Dassault Aviation’s Rafale. On Dec. 29, 2022, the Mérignac plant of Dassault Aviation delivered the first of these aircraft, tail number B359, to the Direction Générale de l’Armement (French defense procurement agency).
Photo: Dassault
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Watch IAF Su-30MKIs arriving in Hyakuri air base, Japan
Flight test campaign underway for F-35 TR-3 configuration
On Jan. 6, history was made as the first flight of an F-35 in the Technology Refresh 3 (TR-3) configuration was successfully conducted by a developmental test team from the 461st Flight Test Squadron at Edwards Air Force Base in California. This marks a significant achievement for the F-35 program and is a crucial step in ensuring the aircraft remains unrivaled across the globe.
Photo: F-35 Joint Program Office
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CSIS wargame models Chinese invasion of Taiwan
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a think tank based in Washington, D.C., has developed a wargame for a Chinese amphibious invasion of Taiwan and ran it 24 times.
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