3/29/2026 South Korea Unveils KF-21EJ Escort Jammer to Break Enemy Air Defenses and Redefine Boramae’s Warfighting Role  South Korea’s unveiling of the KF-21EJ has transformed the KF-21 Boramae from a national fighter production story into a far more consequential signal about Seoul’s intent to breach, degrade, and outmaneuver advanced enemy air defense networks. By publicly attaching an escort jammer concept to its emerging fighter family, South Korea is indicating that future air operations will not rely solely on speed, sensors, or missiles, but on electromagnetic disruption as a decisive operational enabler. |
3/29/2026 Taiwan reports large-scale Chinese military aircraft presence near island  Taiwan saw a surge of Chinese military planes near the island, its defense ministry said Sunday, after a sharp drop in flights over the past two weeks had sparked discussions among observers. The ministry detected 26 Chinese military aircraft around the island on Saturday, with 16 of them entering its northern, central and southwestern Air Defense Identification Zone. Seven naval ships were spotted around the island, it reported. |
3/29/2026 Iranian missile hits U.S. E-3 AWACS aircraft at Saudi base  An Iranian missile and drone attack on March 27 struck Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, wounding multiple United States service members and damaging several aircraft, including an E-3 Sentry airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft and aerial refueling planes. |
3/29/2026 F-35A Lightning IIs arrive at Misawa Air Base  F-35A Lightning II aircraft assigned to the 13th Fighter Squadron arrived at Misawa Air Base, Japan, March 28, 2026, marking the beginning of the squadron’s transition to fifth-generation airpower and the permanent stationing of the Joint Force’s most advanced tactical aircraft in Northern Japan.\ |
3/29/2026 Sweden’s Gripen Fighter Jets Are Getting New Engines  The new engines are reportedly more powerful, more efficient, and cheaper to run than the Gripen’s existing powerplant. This month, GKN Aerospace announced that it had delivered the first upgraded RM12EP (Enhanced Performance) engine for the Swedish Air Force’s Saab JAS 39 Gripen C/D multirole aircraft. |
3/28/2026 Satellite Images Appear to Show Three US KC-135 Tankers Destroyed at Saudi Base, Escalating Iran-US Air War  Newly circulated commercial satellite imagery from Prince Sultan Air Base appears to reveal the destruction of three KC-135 Stratotanker refuelling aircraft, raising urgent questions about the vulnerability of American airpower logistics in the Gulf. |
3/28/2026 Taiwan tracks 12 Chinese ships, 6 military aircraft The Ministry of National Defense tracked 10 Chinese naval vessels, six military aircraft, and two official ships around Taiwan between 6 a.m. on Thursday and 6 a.m. on Friday. Four of the six People’s Liberation Army aircraft crossed the Taiwan Strait median line in the country’s southwestern and eastern air defense identification zone, according to the MND. |
3/28/2026 China bases old jet drones near Strait  China has stationed obsolete supersonic fighters converted to attack drones at six air bases close to the Taiwan Strait, a report published this month by the Arlington, Virginia-based Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies said. |
3/28/2026 What is the future of GCAP? .jpg) Since its inception in December 2022, the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) has existed as a trilateral initiative between the United Kingdom (UK), Italy, and Japan, aiming to develop a sixth-generation combat aircraft. Other countries, including Germany, Saudi Arabia, and India, have also expressed interest in becoming involved in the programme, with Poland becoming the most recent to do so at the tail end of last week. |
3/28/2026 Eurofighter Typhoon – defending Europe’s skies  GIORGIO DI MIZIO reports from Berlin on a joint RAeS/Eurofighter flagship lecture held on 26 February 2026. At the Italian Embassy in Germany, the Berlin-Brandenburg branch of the Royal Aeronautical Society held, in collaboration with Eurofighter Typhoon, the annual Günter Kappler Lecture, titled 'Defending European Skies: How the Eurofighter Typhoon Programme is Tackling Current and Future Defence and Security Challenges.' |