USAF wants AESA radar for F-16s flying homeland defense mission

The U.S. Air Force has restarted an attempt to fit an AESA radar on the F-16. However, this time only those fighters flying homeland defense mission will get the upgrade.

157th Fighter Squadron Lockheed F-16C Block 52P Fighting Falcon 92-3909
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Taiwan’s vice chief of staff toured M-346 production line

According to Storm Media, Taiwan’s current vice chief of staff Lt. Gen. Han Ken-shen had toured the M-346 production line in Italy while he still deputy commander of the RoCAF.

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M346 – RIAT 2010 (4924096393)” by Tim Felce (Airwolfhound) – M346 – RIAT 2010
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Irkut to deliver eight Su-30SMs to Belarus and Kazakhstan, four Yak-130s for Belarus next month

Oleg Demchenko, President of Irkut Corporation, told BelTA that his firm will export four Su-30SMs to Belarus and four for Kazakhstan next month.

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Yak-130 (7782446250)” by Dmitry Terekhov from Odintsovo, Russian Federation – Yak-130. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons.

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