The Philippines military announced that all victims of the crash of a Philippines Air Force C-130H on Sunday have been accounted for as of Monday evening. 49 military personnel on… Continue reading "52 Killed In Crash Of Philippines Air Force C-130H"
Members of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) will send an unconfirmed number of soldiers to Mozambique to “combat terrorism and violent extremism perpetrated by Ansar’ul Sunnan in Cabo Delgado.”… Continue reading "Southern African Countries To Send Peacekeepers To Mozambique To Fight Terrorism"
BlueBird Aero Systems, which Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) also owns 50% of, has sold 100 WanderB type VTOL unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to a European customer, according to IAI. While there… Continue reading "BlueBird Delivers 100 WanderB-VTOL UAVs To An Unnamed European Country"
The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) concluded Operation Tui Moana on Friday, 4 June. Tui Moana is a multinational operation that works to counter illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing… Continue reading "Multinational Operation “Tui Moana” Concludes in the Pacific"
On June 14, six United States Air Force (USAF) F-16CM aircraft touched down in Indonesia to participate in the bilateral Cope West 2021 exercise, according to a Pacific Air Forces… Continue reading "Indonesia and The United States Kick off Nine Day Military Exercise Cope West 2021."
Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense reported an incursion by 28 People’s Liberation Air Force aircraft of various types into its southwestern Air Defense Identification Zone on June 15. Tuesday’s incursion… Continue reading "China Denies It Poses “Systemic Challenges” As It Mounts Record Intrusion Into Taiwanese ADIZ"
The US Air Force has issued a clarification of comments made by its acting acquisition executive to Air Force Magazine, saying that the first two prototype B-21 Raiders in fact… Continue reading "UPDATED: US Air Force Says First Two B-21 Prototypes Still Under Construction"
This year, China had intensified its activities in the South China Sea leading to rising tensions with both Malaysia and the Philippines. Beginning in March, the Whitsun Reef incident saw… Continue reading "China and ASEAN Agree to Avoid Escalatory Actions in the South China Sea"
As part of a wider transformation of the armed forces, India is moving to introduce integrated battle groups (IBGs) by early 2022. It was expected that the battle groups would… Continue reading "India’s Integrated Battle Groups to Become Operational in Early 2022"
The Malaysian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has stated that it will be issuing a diplomatic note of protest to the Chinese government, after the Royal Malaysian Air Force announced earlier… Continue reading "UPDATED: Malaysia To File Diplomatic Protest Following Interception Of 16 Chinese Military Aircraft"