The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) is bringing its F-35A fighters to Guam for Exercise Cope North 2022 with the United States Air Force (USAF) and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF).
Dassault Chief Executive Officer Eric Trappier told the press that talks with Airbus on the New Generation Fighter have hit a roadblock over “division of labor.”
According to the NHK, the United States is seeking permission from Tokyo to deploy seven MQ-9s at Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s Kanoya air base in Kagoshima Prefecture.
Speaking to Breaking Defense, a Kuwait-based defense analyst has said that the U.S. Marine Corps is interested in taking over Kuwait’s F/A-18s when they are retired from service.
The U.S. government has cleared the sale of 12 C-130J transport aircraft to Egypt for an estimated cost of $2.2 billion.
A C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron conducts a training mission over Yokota Air Base, Japan, Feb. 19, 2021. Yokota serves as the primary Western Pacific airlift hub for U.S. Air Force peacetime and contingency operations. Missions include tactical air land, airdrop, aeromedical evacuation, special operations and distinguished visitor airlift. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)