The German government announced on Monday that it had officially initiated efforts to procure F-35s. The F-35s will be replacing the German Air Force’s Panavia Tornadoes in the tactical nuclear… Continue reading "Germany Selects F-35 & Electronic Warfare Eurofighters As Tornado Replacements"
A livestreamed press conference jointly held by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda at Lithuania’s Šiauliai air base was interrupted on Thursday morning, after the Spanish… Continue reading "Spanish and Lithuanian Leaders’ Press Conference Interrupted By Aircraft Scramble"
A letter obtained by the Austrian press suggests that the Indonesian government is interested in procuring the Austrian Air Force’s fleet of 15 Eurofighters. The Austrian newspapers Die Presse and… Continue reading "Indonesia Expresses Interest In Austrian Eurofighters"
On 6 July, the Austrian government announced that it would be retiring the Austrian Air Force’s fleet of Saab 105 trainer jets by the end of this year. The 50-year-old… Continue reading "Austria To Retire Aged Saab Trainers as Eurofigher Legal Battle Continues"
The Royal Air Force’s No 12 Squadron, also known as the Royal Air Force and Qatar Emiri Air Force (QEAF) Typhoon Squadron, commenced flight operations in their Typhoon FGR.MK4s last… Continue reading "Joint British-Qatari Typhoon Squadron Takes Flight"
The German Parliament approved the procurement of CAPTOR-E active electronically scanned array (AESA) radars for the German Air Force’s Eurofighter fleet on 17 May. 110 CAPTOR-E sets have been ordered… Continue reading "German Procurement Of Eurofighter AESA Radars Goes Forward"
Germany’s ageing fleet of Panavia Tornados is to be replaced by up to 90 Eurofighter Typhoons and 45 F-18s. The decision has not yet been confirmed by German Defence Minister… Continue reading "Germany to Replace its Tornados With Eurofighters and Super Hornets Starting 2025"
The Finnish HX Challenge began on 9 January, with the arrival of two Royal Air Force Eurofighters at Pirkkala Air Base, near Tampere in southern Finland. The HX Challenge is… Continue reading "The Finnish HX Challenge Begins"
The Eurofighter Typhoon Instrumented Series Production Aircraft 6 (ISPA 6) made its first-ever flight equipped in the Kuwaiti Air Force’s configuration. It completed its test flight at the Flight Test… Continue reading "Latest Eurofighter Typhoon Successfully Completes Test Flight"
Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug told defense reporters at Jane’s on 18 December that it delivered the last of the Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft under the German program-of-order (PoR). Luftwaffe Serial 31.53, the final of… Continue reading "Last Tranche 3 Eurofighter Jet Delivered to Germany"