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Japan to retire its RF-4E by end of next March

Posted on January 7, 2019 by alert5

501st Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, Japan’s sole tactical reconnaissance squadron, will give up its RF-4Es by end of fiscal year 2019, Yomiuri Shimbun reports.

JASDF RF-4E (3)
航空自衛隊 [GJSTUv1], via Wikimedia Commons

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Posted in Air Force

Russia plans to close Monino museum

Posted on January 6, 2019 by alert5

A plan by the Russian Ministry of Defense to close the Central Air Force Museum in Monino has been leaked online.

Central Museum of the Air Force (9286223574)
English: Aleksandr MarkinРусский: Александр Маркин [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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Posted in Heritage

NATO will lease 2 An-124-100s from Ukraine

Posted on January 6, 2019 by alert5

NATO has given Antonov a three year contract to lease two AN-124-100 cargo planes under the Strategic Airlift Interim Solution (SALIS) program.

Antonov Airlines Antonov An-124-100M Ruslan at Perth Airport
Darren Koch [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons

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Posted in Industry

Jordan getting rid of its AC-235s after four years of service

Posted on January 6, 2019 by alert5

Jordan has put up for sale its two AC-235 gunships on the last week of December 2018.

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Posted in Air Force

New Tu-214 flying test bed

Posted on January 5, 2019January 5, 2019 by alert5

Tupolev has started flying a converted Tu-214 flying test bed. The aircraft serial number is 42305007.


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Posted in Research

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