By Paul Iddon The latest speculation about the future of Russia-Iran defense relations has Tehran procuring Russian Su-35 Flanker fighter jets and sending home-made drones to Moscow. On August 2, a Twitter account cited unofficial sources as saying that “Iran has sent the first batch of UAVs to Russia for field testing.” “Iranian pilots and […]
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Czech Prime Minister: Our fighter jets will monitor Slovakian airspace from September
Czech fighter jets will monitor Slovakian airspace from September, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said today. Slovakia has asked its NATO allies to patrol its airspace as it decided to ground its Russian-made MiG-29 fighter jets, which it has and are likely to deliver to neighboring Ukraine, to help Kyiv in its fight against country […]
Greece to the potential ‘suitors’ for the Emirates Mirage 2000-9 fighters
By Paul Iddon In the 2020s, the UAE will replace its fleet of Mirage 2000-9 fighters with 80 state-of-the-art Rafale F4s, which it ordered from France last year. What will happen to the UAE Mirage 2000-9 then? Abu Dhabi has at least 56 Mirages. It first acquired them in the 1980s and for some time […]
Estonia: Send fighters to Baltic states to defend their airspace
Estonia has asked the United States to send fighter jets to the Baltic states to defend its airspace amid concerns that Russia may be preparing an attack on Ukraine, which could lead to a confrontation with the Baltic region, he said. today the country’s Minister of Defense. “There is a possibility that if Ukraine falls […]
Russia – Turkey discuss co-operation in building Turkish 5th generation fighter jet
Russia and Turkey are holding talks on a possible “Russian assistance” in setting up a fifth-generation Turkish warplane. “Russia has repeatedly expressed its readiness to provide assistance to the Turkish Republic (s.s. for the construction of the fighter), we are currently in the process of talks on this program,” he told RIA-Novosti. Dmitry Sugaev, director […]