Taiwan Holds Five-Day War Exercise as China Steps Up Activity
Taiwan’s military began a five-day combat readiness drill on Monday as part of efforts to modernise its armed forces and shift training towards more realistic war scenarios. The exercise, known as the Immediate Combat Readiness Exercise, will run until Friday and forms part of Taiwan’s annual joint operations training programme.
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48th Fighter Wing proves F-35A combat reach across Europe during NATO’s Ramstein Flag 26 exercise
The 48th Fighter Wing concluded its participation in Exercise Ramstein Flag 26 on June 18 after demonstrating its ability to integrate with NATO partners and Allied air forces. The NATO Allied Air Command-led exercise tested the generation of combat airpower across the European theater.
After the Iran War, Israel Orders More Stealth
Israel has approved a plan to buy two more squadrons of advanced fighters from the United States: a fourth squadron of Lockheed Martin F-35I “Adir” stealth jets, and a second squadron of Boeing’s new F-15IA. It is one of the largest fighter expansions in the Israeli Air Force’s history, and it is explicitly a response to the lessons of the Iran war.
Leonardo and Baykar set major milestone for advanced crewed/uncrewed capability development with successful first K-SWARM live trials
Leonardo and Baykar set a major milestone in the development of Crewed/UnCrewed Teaming (CUC-T) and swarm tactics capabilities, after successfully completing the first phase of live testing activities for the K-SWARM programme. The programme is aimed at designing and developing interoperability between crewed and uncrewed aircraft.
Italy open to Germany joining GCAP fighter jet program
Italian defense giant Leonardo's new chief executive has signaled that Italy would be open to Germany joining the Global Combat Air Program (GCAP), the next-generation fighter jet project it shares with the United Kingdom and Japan, following Berlin's withdrawal from a rival project with France and Spain, the Financial Times (FT) reported.
Taiwan tracks 12 Chinese ships, 2 aircraft
The Ministry of National Defense tracked two Chinese military aircraft, eight naval vessels, and four official ships between 6 a.m. on Saturday and the same time Sunday. Neither of the aircraft reportedly crossed the median line of the strait nor entered the nation’s air defense identification zone, or ADIZ. Taiwan deployed aircraft, naval ships, and coastal-based missile systems in response.
Russia Deploys Su-34 Strike Fighters For Glide Bomb Attacks on Ukraine’s Forward Drone Control Points
The Russian Aerospace Forces were on June 20 reported to have deployed Su-34 long range strike fighters for attacks on Ukrainian Armed Forces drone control points, with footage from Russia’s own unmanned aircraft confirming the targets’ destruction. The Russian Defence Ministry reported: "In the settlements of Dobropolye and Kucherov Yar of the DPR [Donetsk], pilots destroyed the control points of UAVs of two separate brigades of the National Guard of Ukraine with FAB-500 aerial bombs.
U.S. Corrects F-35 Mistakes in 6th-Gen F-47 Fighter Jet with Split CCA Awards and Open Architecture
Earlier this week, the U.S. Air Force awarded production contracts to General Atomics for its FQ-42A Dark Merlin and to Anduril for its FQ-44A Fury under the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program. These semi-autonomous “loyal wingman” drones mark a major step forward in the service’s push for affordable, attritable uncrewed combat aircraft.
KF-21 Fighter Aircraft Export Push Accelerates as Indonesia, UAE, Malaysia and Philippines Reshape Global Airpower Competition
As serial production ramps up, South Korea’s KF-21 Boramae is moving from national fighter programme to potential global airpower export platform, with Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and UAE shaping its next strategic test.
NORAD INTERCEPTS AIRCRAFT VIOLATING TEMPORARY FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS OVER HAGERSTOWN, MARYLAND
A NORAD F-16 fighter intercepted a general aviation aircraft violating the VIP Temporary Flight Restriction area over Hagerstown, Maryland, today at approximately 12:20 p.m. EDT. Following the intercept, the aircraft safely landed at a nearby airport while being monitored by NORAD aircraft.
