Tagged: MiG-31

Russian Air Force Su-27 intercepted reconnaissance aircraft

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24 June 2017

What’s Behind ‘Unprecedented’ Number of Russia-NATO Aerial Intercepts

The number of reconnaissance aircraft intercepted along Russia’s border from June 12-18 was unprecedented, even by Cold War standards, according to Russian military expert Konstantin Sivkov. NATO Steps Up Reconnaissance Near Russian Borders –...

Russian Air Force's MiG-31

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22 June 2017

Russia Looks to Maintain Huge Share of Global Arms Market

One of Russia’s top arms trade officials believes markets will remain pretty steady over the next few years — and that Moscow won’t be losing any ground as the world’s second largest arms exporter....

Military & Intelligence

20 October 2014

Russia to Base MiG-31 Interceptors at Arctic Airfield: Air Force Commander

Starting from 2017, the Russian Air Force will base MiG-31 interceptor jets and tactical aircraft at a Russian Arctic airfield in the urban settlement of Tiksi in northernmost Sakha Republic, Commander Col. Gen. Viktor...

Royal Thai Air Force joins H135 military training operators 16 February 2020
New order of six H135s will increase its Airbus fleet to 18 helicopters...
Nigerian Air Force inducts Mi-171E helicopter 6 February 2020
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) inducted a single Mi-171E and two AW109M helicopters on 6 February in a high-profile ceremony in Abuja that was attended by President Buhari....
Initial two P-72Bs delivered to Italy’s Guardia di Finanza 30 January 2020
The first two of four P-72Bs ordered by Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (GdF, Financial Guard) were handed over during an official ceremony at Leonardo’s Caselle Torinese facility on November 27....
Airbus adds 250 more helicon to global support contracts 29 January 2020
Airbus Helicopters added 250 helicopters to HCare Smart and Infinite contracts in 2019, increasing to 2,250 the number of aircraft now covered by a global HCare material management contract. This means 19% of Airbus Helicopters’ worldwide fleet is now covered by HCare....
Hungarian Air Ambulance becomes first helicopter operator to fully digitalise its support operation with Airbus 29 January 2020
Purchases complete end-to-end solution, from digitisation to analytics...
NASA places order for three Airbus H135 helicopters 29 January 2020
The U.S. agency will use the aircraft for security during rocket launches, emergency medical services and qualified personnel transport....
Spanish Air Force Airbus C295 successfully performs wet contacts as a tanker 29 January 2020
The Airbus C295 tactical airlifter has successfully achieved its first wet contacts during an air-to-air (AAR) tanker flight test campaign....