The 757-200s perform a variety of roles for the Air Force, including VIP transport. Their replacement begins phase two of the RNZAF’s mobility fleet recapitalization process.
The Spanish Air Force has been steadily building up its capabilities with the A400M and is performing strategic, tactical and aerial refueling missions with the platform.
The U.S. Air Force is inviting industry to submit ideas to start replacing the MQ-9 unmanned aircraft system by 2030 with a next-generation, medium-altitude strike and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance UAS.
Canada has concluded an undersea search for the wreckage of a Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclone naval helicopter that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on April 29, killing all six personnel onboard.
The approval, announced June 2, means that air forces now will be able to use the full capacity of the aircraft to drop up to 116 paratroopers from the paratroop doors.
Taxi testing has begun for the first prototype of Taiwan’s new advanced trainer, the Aerospace Industrial Development Corp. (AIDC) AT-5, ahead of a first flight planned for the second half of June.
The Air Force did not release the number of aircraft involved in the deployment, but an official photo showed four F-35As moving down a taxiway after landing at Al Dhafra.
The program will modernize the fleet and allow it to undertake limited close air support missions and intercept low-speed air targets in the air policing mission.
Leonardo says it has completed flight testing for the latest phase enhancement upgrade for the Eurofighter Typhoon, paving the way for the delivery of active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar-equipped aircraft to Kuwait.
Cairo reportedly is looking to purchase 24 Eurofighters, 24 M-346 jet trainers, a satellite produced by Leonardo, and up to six FREMM frigates and offshore patrol vessels.