Taiwan can still upgrade its F-16A/B fleet despite the U.S. Air Force withdrawing funding for the Combat Avionics Programmed Extension Suite (CAPES)
Continue reading “USAF found a way to save Taiwan’s F-16 upgrade program”
DSLR was the cause of A330 Voyager’s sudden loss of altitude
A RAF Voyager MRTT, tail number ZZ333, was cruising over Turkish airspace on Feb. 9 when the jet suddenly lost altitude and plunged 4,440ft. Investigations showed the captain’s digital SLR camera jammed next to the side-stick controller.
Croatia expecting to get back its MiG-21s from Ukraine
Good new for the Croatian Air Force as it expects to seven MiG-21s that were sent to Ukraine for upgrading will return home soon.
China looking at exporting its targeting pods
China is growing confident that its WMD-7 and Type OC2 targeting pods are able to gain a foothold in the export market, Wendell Minnick reports.
U.S. Army Apache pilots switch training from counterinsurgency to defeating near-peer enemy
With the war winding down in Afghanistan, U.S. Army Apache attack helicopter pilots have switched their training from fighting insurgents to defeating a near-peer enemy.
Continue reading “U.S. Army Apache pilots switch training from counterinsurgency to defeating near-peer enemy”