Category: Air Force

Finnish Defense Minister Carl Haglund has refuted a report from Swedish newspaper Dagens Industri saying that the Saab Gripen is a strong candidate to replace Finland’s F/A-18s.

By Airwolfhound from Hertfordshire, UK (Saab JAS-39C Gripen – RIAT 2014) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Continue reading “Finnish Defense Minister refutes claim that Gripen will replace Hornet”

A Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF) Slingsby T67 Firefly two-seat aerobatic training aircraft crashed on Apr. 6, killing the Jordanian instructor and a Iraqi student pilot.

By Adrian Pingstone (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

[thumb]http://www.petra.gov.jo/Public_News/Nws_NewsDetails.aspx?Site_Id=1&lang=2&NewsID=189911&CatID=13&Type=Home&GType=1[/thumb]

The Kenyan Air Force carried out two air strikes on Apr. 5 on al Shabaab camps in Somalia.

“KAF F-5 Tiger II Jet preparing” by Antoisurf – Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.

Continue reading “Kenya Air Force bombed two al Shabaab camps in Somalia”

An E-8C Joint STARS (JSTARS) from Robins Air Force Base help map evacuation routes during a simulated hurricane exercise last month.

U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Regina Young
Continue reading “JSTARS took part in hurricane exercise”

The Afghan Air Force will induct six armed MD-530 helicopters into service on Apr. 9.

Photo: U.S. Air Force

[thumb]http://www.khaama.com/md-530-helicopters-to-officially-join-afghan-air-force-on-thursday-9974[/thumb]