From January until the middle of March 2024 the Polish Air Force’s fleet of FA-50GF light fighter jets was grounded due to a lack of documentation provided by the Korean… Continue reading "Polish Fighters Grounded For Almost 3 Months"
Back in April 2010, the crash of a single plane shook Polish statehood and public opinion. The Smolensk Catastrophe in which the President of the Polish Republic, Lech Kaczynski, and… Continue reading "Polish Air Force VIP Fleet In Alarming State"
It has been an eventful month for the Crimean peninsula. On 9 August 2022, several very large explosions rocked the Russian naval air station at Novofedorivka also known as Saki.… Continue reading "Observing Russia’s Airpower in Crimea"
The United States Air Force (USAF) signed a contract with US-based satellite communications company Kymeta for the supply of advanced connectivity capabilities as part of the service’s Advanced Battle Management… Continue reading "US Air Force Awards Kymeta $950 Million ABMS Contract"
The United States Air Force’s 90th Cyberspace Operations Squadron signed its first technology licensing agreement, selling rights to use their in-house malware and software vulnerability detection code to entities in… Continue reading "Whiddler: Air Force Licenses its Anti-Malware Software to the Private Sector"
An investigative report found that errors and oversights in maintenance procedures caused $2.69 million in damage to an F-22 Raptor stealth fighter jet in an October 2020 incident at the Nellis… Continue reading "Report Finds Maintenance Culture Deficiency Behind October F-22 Incident at Nellis Base"
The Russian Air Force is the key component for the Russian Armed Forces and their offensive doctrine. Frontline air wings have to support advancing mechanized troops with as much airpower… Continue reading "Little Experience and No Aircraft Replenishment Hits Russian Air Force"
With tensions rising across the Taiwan Straight and in spite of the Covid-19 pandemic, the biennial Keen Sword 21 Exercise has just commenced on 26th October and is set to… Continue reading "US and Japan Kick Off Exercise Keen Sword 21"
On 20th October, the Space Force finally inducted its first new recruits. Of the chosen seven recruits, all wearing masks and given elbow bumps rather than handshakes, in order to… Continue reading "Space Force Welcomes First Recruits"
In an era of uncertain supply chains and depleting supplies of fossil fuels, the US Department of Defense has been left in an equally uncertain place. With the US Air… Continue reading "AFWERX Announces New Energy Challenge for the DoD"