UAC has delivered six batches of Su-34s and three of Su-57 during 2024, with a total of at least 12 Fullbacks and five Felons. While the Su-34s are the upgraded NVO variants, the Su-57s appear to still be the baseline variants....
The new stealthy nozzle has been installed on the left engine of the T-50-2 prototype, the same used to test the new AL-51F engine. A Russian Su-57 fighter has been finally equipped with a new stealthy flat 2D thrust vectoring nozzle...
Romania becomes the 20th nation to join the F-35 program. On Nov. 21, 2024, Romania became a part of the Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II program by signing a LoA (Letter of Acceptance) to acquire 32 airframes of the fifth generation...
Ukraine claims that Russia has used an ICBM to strike Dnipro; other Western sources say it was a “new” ballistic missile. Russia launched what some reports claim was an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) toward Ukraine, the Ukrainian Air Force (UkrAF) announced...
The Fighterbomber Telegram channel, known for its ties to the Russian Air Force, shared routine images of Italian Air Force Eurofighter Typhoons flying over the Baltic Sea. These relatively ordinary photos, however, sparked sensationalist reports in the Italian media. On Oct....
A Yak-52 in flight on Aug. 19, 2007. (Image credit: Yankees Foundation/Wikimedia Commons) The Yak-52B2 upgrade includes electronic warfare systems and multifunctional displays that will allow it to combat reconnaissance and attack drones. After Ukraine began using its Soviet-era Yak-52 training...
Screengrab of the footage from the Ukrainian drone with the stick as it approaches the Russian ZALA UAV. (Image credit: Defense of Ukraine on X) Both Ukrainian and Russian armies are using their expendable UAVs not only to strike targets on...
Screengrab from the Russia Ministry of Defense video showing a Su-35S and a Su-30SM captured from inside a Tu-95MS strategic bomber over the Sea of Japan on Jul. 31, 2024. (Image credit: Russia MoD) On Jul. 30, the Japanese also reported...
A B-52H Stratofortress from the 20th Bomb Squadron, Barksdale Air Force Base, La., makes its initial landing at Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base, Romania, in support of Bomber Task Force Deployment 24-4, July 21, 2024. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman...
Screengrab of the RuMoD video showing the Su-34 dropping the UMPC-kitted FAB-3000 bomb. (All images credited to Russia Ministry of Defense) The RuMoD extensively captured in a video the bomb’s loading, carriage, release, flight and final target engagement in explicit detail....
