Category: Air Force

The Hawaii National Air Guard’s 199th Fighter Squadron and its active duty associate unit 19th Fighter Squadron has received their last four F-22s.

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India’s Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal N A K Browne said his service plans to base its indigenous Airborne Early Warning & Control system on the western border with Pakistan.

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A resident asked, “Are our armed forces capable of shooting down stealth planes like the B-2, F-22 and F-35 planes of the United States? Is the Red Flag-9 missile capable of doing it?

The instructor of the activity Captain Yang Wen said that he could not answer the question directly and all he could say was that China already carried out military drills taking “shooting down stealth planes, cruise missiles and armed helicopters; anti-precision strikes, anti-electronic interference and anti-reconnaissance” as contents at the end of 20th century. Dealing with stealth weapons, such as stealth planes and missiles, is a large systematic project. “In order to successfully shoot down stealth planes, finding them beforehand is the key.”

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A report by Turkey’s military prosecutor say initial findings show Syria had shot down its RF-4 with a missile while it was in international airspace.
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