The U.S. Air Force is putting its Lockheed Martin F-35A through its paces in the type’s most complex deployment to the Asia Pacific.

The plan also includes the creation of a European Defense Industry Program.

Beijing is continuing to grow its war chest, set to increase defense spending by 7.2% year-on-year to 1.67 trillion yuan ($231.36 billion).

Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, European defense expenditure has increased by 26.7% in real terms, and its defense sector is still catching up.

RTAF has released a white paper on new procurement requirements, including fighter replacements, domestically produced munitions and anti-drone technology.

The U.S. military in the coming days will start a campaign of air dropping aid to Palestinians in Gaza, President Joe Biden announced March 1.

Iit had been initially reported that all six crewmembers onboard the helicopter had been rescued following the Feb. 28 accident.

Singapore will buy eight Lockheed Martin F-35A, making the RSAF one of only a handful of air arms to operate a mixed fleet of F-35A and F-35B.