Air Force
MBDA to integrate Meteor onto KF-X
European missile manufacturer, MBDA, has been contracted to integrate its Meteor beyond visual range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) onto South Korea's future KF-X multirole fighter.
Air Power between Russia and the West
In the first of a two-part feature on the little-known Belarusian Air Force and Air Defence, Patrick Roegies, Stefan Goossens and Erwin van Dijkman chart the history of the service’s formative years after the demise of the Soviet Union.
Alpine fighter meet
This year, the Franco-Swiss Épervier air defence exercise was held at the Swiss base of Payerne. Remco Stalenhoef witnessed F/A-18s and Mirage 2000-5Fs do battle over the Alps.
In the footsteps of legends
Seventy-five years after the event, Operation Market Garden is still a focal point of remembrance for today’s airborne operations specialists.
Sea Breeze: Black Sea war games
Vladimir Trendafilovski reports on the 19th edition of the annual Sea Breeze multinational maritime exercise.
Progress for planned RAF Chinook buy
Plans to purchase additional Chinooks for the RAF appear to be moving forward.
Fifty-fifty over the Baltics
Hungarian Gripens took part in 50 live scrambles during the 50th rotation of NATO’s Baltic Air Policing mission.
The long arm of the Israeli Air Force
While the Israeli Air Force is well equipped with ‘smart’ standoff weapon systems, threats developing close to the country’s borders and further afield require additional, even more capable munitions.
Pucará over the Pampas
The Argentine Air Force’s major exercise of 2019 saw all the lessons learned so far this year put to the test. And, as Santiago Rivas reports, it was a final opportunity to see the Pucará perform in its original attack role.
NATO’S Last Fitters
While the Su-22 swing-wing strike aircraft may be obsolescent by today’s standards, 35 years ago it provided Poland with a technological leap comparable only with its subsequent purchase of F-16 fighters.