Category: Air Force

The first two of six MiG-29s that Serbia has ordered from Russia arrived at the former’s Batajnica Air Base on Oct. 12. Serbian Defense Minister Aleksandar Vulin told reporters that four more fighters will arrive by the end of the week.

Taiwan has completed the final operational test of its indigenous Wan Chien air launched cruise missile on Sept. 25.

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Australia has been granted permission by the U.S. government to order up to 3,900 GBU-53/B Small Diameter Bomb Increment II (SDB II) for its F-35A fleet.

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A newsletter published by the European Union Training Mission Mali disclosed that the African nation has taken delivery of two Mi-35M attack helicopters on Sept. 21.

Nathan Beauchamp-Mustafaga, Derek Grossman, and Logan Ma at RAND analyze Chinese H-6K bomber flights around Taiwan and concluded that the “core objective appears to be strengthening the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) conventional strategic deterrence.” Hit the link below for the commentary.

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