Poland confirmed the delivery of the first batch of its MiG-29s to the Ukrainian air force earlier this month. Now they have issued a formal request to the German government… Continue reading "Poland Asks Germany Permission to Transfer Former East German MiG-29s to Ukraine"
The deputy speaker of Ukraine’s parliament has revealed that the first four MiG-29 fighters donated by Slovakia to Ukraine are now in service with the Ukrainian Air Force. In a… Continue reading "Slovakian MiG-29s Delivered To Ukraine Now Operational"
Slovakian defense minister Jaroslav Nad’ signed an intergovernmental agreement to donate Slovakia’s retired MiG-29 fighters and a Kub surface-to-air missile system with Myrostrav Kaslan, Ukraine’s ambassador to Slovakia on Friday.… Continue reading "Slovakia Signs For Donations Of MiG-29 Fighters & SAM System To Ukraine"
The commander of the US Air Force in Europe and Africa, General James Hecker recently confirmed that the Ukrainian Air Force received and implemente JDAM-ER guided bombs donated in the… Continue reading "Ukrainian Air Force JDAM-ER Guided Bombs Are Ready For Combat"
The “sekrit dokuments” meme which has grown from multiple leaks of classified and confidential documents on the forums of the well-known War Thunder multiplayer game has once again lived up… Continue reading "Su-57 And MiG-29 Secret Data Leaked on Online Game Forum"
Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing where we round up the week’s most interesting and important defense news. In this weekend’s issue, we cover US F-15 replacement in the Far East,… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (31 October – 4 November)"
The Bulgarian Air Force is struggling with the maintenance of its MiG-29 fleet amidst delayed deliveries of F-16Vs ordered back in the 2010s. In order to stabilize the situation and… Continue reading "Bulgaria Struggles With MiG-29 Fleet Maintenance, Asks Poland For Aid"
Polish modernization procurement program continues to expand and while the majority of the critical areas of equipment deficit have been addressed there are several outstanding. The general scale of Poland’s… Continue reading "Polish Air Force Seeking More Air Superiority Fighters"
Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing where we round up the week’s most interesting and important defense news. Alongside coverage of the war in Ukraine we continue to deliver important… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (28 March – 1 April)"
India’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) concluded two contracts for the Indian Air Force (IAF) on March 29. BEL will supply Advanced Electronic Warfare (EW) suites… Continue reading "BEL To Supply D-29 EW Suites for IAF MiG-29s And Establish EW Test Range"