Category: Air Force
Compass Call equipment will port over to G550 platform
The U.S. Air Force has gone ahead to let L-3 Communications to migrate EC-130H Compass Call equipment to the G550 Conformal Airborne Early Warning (CAEW) after Government Accountability Office last month denied Boeing and Bombardier’s protest against the move.
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Newest Su-57 arrives at Zhukovsky
The ninth Sukhoi Su-57 to be produced has arrived at the Zhukovsky Air Base, outside Moscow on Sept. 10. The jet has an unique digital-camo paint scheme. Online reports suggests it made a refueling stop in Novosibirsk while flying in from Komsomolsk-on-Amur.
PLANAF participating in joint China-Pakistan air exercise
The annual Shaheen joint air exercise between China and Pakistan is taking place this month and the People’s Liberation Army Naval Air Force (PLANAF) is sending aircraft to participate as well.
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Bahrain cleared to buy 19 F-16Vs, upgrade 20 Block 40 jets to V model
The Trump administration has given Bahrain the clearance to buy 19 new Lockheed Martin F-16Vs for around $2.785 billion.
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