In recent days, multiple flights of Russian long-range aircraft near the British identification zone have put the Royal Air Force on alert. The latest one, on March 12, 2020, saw two Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjack strategic bombers being intercepted by a patrol of RAF Typhoon fighter jets....
Since 2017, the German government has been actively looking to replace its aging fleet of Panavia Tornado aircraft. The strike aircraft that entered service in the 1970s is now even too old to participate in NATO missions. After eliminating the Lockheed F-35 and the Boeing F-15 SE, the German Ministry of Defense could now be favoring the Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet over its homemade fighter jet, the Eurofighter Typhoon. In a scenario reminisc...
Confirming the rumors that spread earlier this summer, Airbus announced its withdrawal from the Canadian fighter jet replacement tender, citing NORAD security requirements and recent changes to the industrial specifications....
Two Eurofighter EF-2000s of the Luftwaffe, the German Air Force, collided during a training mission. While both pilots managed to eject, one of them was found dead....
Spain is about to join France and Germany in the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) program to develop a new European fighter jet....
Two Eurofighter Typhoon fighters from the British Royal Air Force were scrambled on October 31, 2018, to intercept two Russian strategic bombers Tupolev Tu-160s that were flying over the Norwegian Sea....
Two Russian Tu-160 Blackjack strategic bombers made a show of force near the British airspace on September 21, 2018. On approach towards Scotland, they were intercepted over the North Sea by two Eurofighter Typhoons from the Royal Air Force, and were escorted away from the United Kingdom. ...
Spanish Ministry of Defense announced on August 7, 2018, that one of its Eurofighter Typhoons accidentally fired a live air-to-air missile during a training mission over Estonia....
Switzerland officially launched its procurement process for a new fighter plane to equip its air force before 2025. The first request for tender should be sent during summer 2018. The contract could be up to $6.8 billion....
The Pentagon announced that Boeing was awarded a contract to build 22 single-seat F-18Es and six two-seats F18Fs for the government of Kuwait, with an option to build up to 16 more. Even though the price has not yet been disclosed, it could be up to $1.2 billion....
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