Leonardo, the Italian aerospace firm, is preparing to deliver another two Eurofighters to Kuwait in the middle of this month, Reuters reports.
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Category: Air Force
USAF upgrading 608 F-16s to V variant
Ten years after Lockheed Martin announced the F-16V variant at the Singapore airshow, the U.S. Air Force has decided to modify 608 Block 40 and 50 jets to that standard.
USAF’s new anti-drone weapon is named after Thor’s mighty hammer
The U.S. Air Force has selected Leidos Inc. to develop a $26 million prototype advanced high power microwave (HPM) weapon system to counter drones.
Graphic: AFRL
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Exercise Cobra Warrior 22 canceled
The British government has decided not to hold Exercise Cobra Warrior 22 next month due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Ministry of Defence, GODL-India, via Wikimedia Commons
B-2 pilot clocks 1,500 hrs in the stealth bomber
Lt. Col. Drew Irmischer, the 110th Bomb Squadron’s director of operations, 131st Bomb Wing, became the 17th pilot in the B-2 fraternity to clock 1,500 hrs on the stealth bomber on Jan. 27.
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