French President Emanuel Macron announced Tuesday that the Luxeuil-Saint-Sauveur air base will be the first base to host squadrons of a future Dassault Rafale variant equipped with hypersonic nuclear missiles.… Continue reading "France Announces New Home Base For Future Rafales"
During an interview with Portuguese media, Portuguese Minister of Defense Nuno Melo revealed that Portugal may be reconsidering its plan to purchase US 5th generation F-35 fighters. The defense minister… Continue reading "Portugal Reconsiders F-35 Purchase"
Lockheed Martin announced on March 3 that the F-35 Lightnings it builds have now reached a combined total of 1 million flight hours across all models and users, inclusive of… Continue reading "Global F-35 Fleet Hits 1 Million Flight Hours Milestone"
The Argentinian Air Force officially unveiled its first F-16 on Monday, with a ceremony at Tandil Air Base, the future home base of the Argentinian F-16s. The ceremony saw the… Continue reading "Argentina Officially Unveils First F-16"
Algeria has officially confirmed plans to acquire Russia’s Su-57 “Felon” stealth fighter jets, becoming the first international customer for this advanced fifth-generation aircraft. The announcement, made on February 12, 2025,… Continue reading "Algeria – First Su-57 Customer Unveiled"
France has delivered a number of Mirage 2000-5F fighter jets to the Ukrainian Air Force. As the war continues and Ukraine’s embattled airforce continues to conduct combat air patrols, strike… Continue reading "Mirage 2000 Take to the Ukrainian Skies"
F/A-18 Hornets of the Finnish Air Force are now operational for NATO’s Icelandic Air Policing mission, with the Finnish aircraft based at Keflavik Air Base for Quick Reaction Alert duties.… Continue reading "Finland’s Air Force On Duty For Icelandic Air Policing"
The first ever F-35 “Frankenbird” took its maiden flight this week. A previously crashed F-35A 17-5269 was taken and restored to flying condition by merging parts of another F-35A serial… Continue reading "F-35 ‘Frankenbird’ Makes Its First Flight"
Dassault Aviation CEO Éric Trappier has officially presented the first Rafale F4 fighter jet built for the United Arab Emirates Air Force (UAE AF). The event was attended by French… Continue reading "Dassault Aviation Unveils First Rafale F4 for UAE Air Force"
The Royal Norwegian Air Forces for the first time in history deployed in Poland with their newest F-35 multirole fighter jets. Their assignment marks a rotation in NATO’s Enhanced Air… Continue reading "Norwegian F-35s Begin Operations In Poland"