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The Royal Jordanian Air Force spent the latter half of the 2010s working to divest itself of aircraft programs in an effort to slow an oncoming budgetary crisis in the country. But notwithstanding constrained funding, the need for a strong regional bloc to counterbalance growing instability in the region remains strong.

The F-16 training school set up in Romania has graduated its first students but has yet to train Ukrainian pilots.

About 40% of the aircraft fleet operated by Royal Jordanian Air Force are second-hand aircraft and more than two decades old, but regardless the service has been working to overhaul its main fleets.

The financing deal would help fund a “once-in-a-generation investment” in the Filipino armed forces, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said in Manila.

Watch the Royal Danish Air Force (RDAF) showcasing its F-16 fighter jet at the Farnborough International Airshow 2024.

“The big thing here is this is a start to getting Ukraine into Western equipment [and] Western tactics," U.S. Air Force Gen. James Hecker says.

Northrop Grumman is getting ready for flight trials of the new F-16 electronic warfare suite it is hoping to sell to users of the fighter abroad.

Lockheed Martin has announced a series of offset items for Thailand should it choose the F-16 Blk. 70/72 package.

The Taiwanese ministry of national defense (MND) says flight control software issues were the primary cause of delays.

After months of preparation, Ukraine is about to receive its first batch of F-16s to help it battle Russia.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Ukrainian pilots will fly Lockheed Martin F-16s in the country’s skies this summer as the official handover is underway.

The U.S. has reportedly offered a loan to the Royal Thai Air Force to acquire a fleet of F-16 Block 70s in a bid to trump Sweden's competing JAS-39 Gripen offer.

The Pentagon did not release a timeline for completing the transition at either base.

The first donated Lockheed Martin fighters could arrive as early as this summer.

A wave of new orders and investments in capabilities is giving Eurofighter a “golden moment.”

The White House appears set to allow American military contractors to travel and work in Ukraine to keep U.S.-provided weapons in operation.

U.S. Air Force officials warn that resource constraints and shifting requirements put the Next Generation Air Dominance program’s existence at risk.

Taiwan's Aerospace Industrial Development Corp. and U.S. uncrewed systems company AEVEX have signed a memorandum geared toward the manufacturing of UAS.

Readers write about the B-21 as a tanker, the F-16’s reclined seat, redesigning the F-35, B-2 sightings and airline ancillary fees.

The targeting pod failed within two months of use, Danish auditors said, and in some cases did not pass its first test.

Stockholm is transferring its remaining Saab ASC 890 aircraft to bolster Kyiv’s air defense capacity.

Belgian Prime Minister Alexander de Croo has confirmed the country will supply 30 F-16 combat aircraft to Ukraine, but they may not arrive this year.

The U.S. Air Force needs to prioritize Ukrainian pilots over those from other nations for F-16 training, lawmakers argue.

The Singapore Defense Ministry says an F-16's "pitch rate gyroscopes gave erroneous inputs to the flight control computer," causing it to crash in early May.