Designed to establish and maintain air superiority or air dominance, fighter aircraft have evolved from relatively simple, wood and canvas airframes during the First World War, to the highly manoeuvrable, long-range aircraft that dominated the skies […]
A book written by author Thomas M. Leonard elaborate why Pakistan’s air force (PAF) maintained a ratio of 3:1 aircraft kills against India in the 1965 war. According to the Encyclopedia of the developing world book […]
India and Japan decided to strengthen bilateral defense cooperation, including joint production of dual-purpose technology in India. India, Japan enhanced military collaboration is counter China’s assertive nature in the South China Sea and beefed-up military […]
The Russian Air Force showed off a few precision-guided weapons in Syria; it was evident that Moscow still lacked specific capabilities such as an AESA radar, a Targeting Pod and Electronic Countermeasures. Russia seems to […]
Russia has sent a commercial offer to India for the delivery of 21 MiG-29 fighters in response to a request for proposal from the Indian side, according to a spokesperson for Russia’s Federal Service for […]
Upgrading of the Su-30MKI fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be finalized in the next 6-9 months with some aircraft undergoing the upgrade in Russia and the rest in India. Discussions with the […]
The Venezuelan Air Force announced that all of their Su-30MK2 are out of order and cannot go for an operational mission, learned GDC citing Avia pro newspaper. Under President Hugo Chavez Venezuela’s economy was free […]
Indian firm Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has announced that its Nashik Division completed production of 140 Su-30MKI jets from raw material stage (phase 4). The Sukhoi Su-30MKI is a multirole combat fighter aircraft equipped with thrust vectoring […]
The Su-30MKI fighter lost the battle to the F-16 fighters, according to a leaked pilot’s interview to the Times of India. Despite the fact that the licensed-built $121 million Su-30MKI fighter is sold as air […]
May 20, 1977, the first flight of the experimental Su-27. The project was based on many new and promising ideas, in particular the use of an integrated aerodynamic layout and the widespread use of titanium. Su-27 […]
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