RNLAF F-16 Deployments
25 Mar 2005
On next Tuesday, 29 March 2005, a detachment of four RNLAF F-16s from Leeuwarden AB will be deployed to Siauliai AB in Lithuania to defend the air space of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Since the three Baltic states joined NATO in March 2004, other NATO members are taking turns to carry out the air-policing task. The three states do not own any combat aircraft themselves, the most potent aircraft available is the unarmed L-39 jet trainer operated by Lithuania. Although there is no specific threat, the NATO treaty requires the policing of the air space of all its members. The 80-men detachment from the Netherlands will start the air-policing mission on 1 April 2005, relieving the Norwegian F-16 detachment, until 1 Jule 2005, when Germany takes over.
Yesterday, 24 March 2005, another detachment of four RNLAF F-16s left Volkel AB for Afghanistan, where they will be available to ISAF from 1 April 2005 onwards for the period of one year. The detachment of 100 personnel and F-16s will be temporarily based at Kabul airport, until reconstruction of infrastructure and preparations for the F-16s are finished at Bagram AB. During previous deployments, the F-16s were operated from Manas Internation Airport in Kyrgyzstan.
2018
28 September 2018 | UK MOD
Fighter jets join forces with British aircraft carrier to make history
The first F-35 Lightning fighter jets have landed on the deck of the United Kingdom’s new aircraft carrier, making history and marking the beginning of more than half-a-century of ‘Carrier Strike’ operations.
28 September 2018 | Flight Global
F-35 suffers first crash in South Carolina
One day after the US Marine Corps conducted its first air strike with the Lockheed Martin F-35B over Afghanistan, another one of the stealth fighters crashed near USMC Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina.
28 September 2018 | Flight Global
Lockheed Martin F-35A price dips below $90m for first time
After drawn out negotiations with the Department of Defense, Lockheed Martin signed a contract to produce the eleventh lot of the F-35A for $89.2 million per unit.
28 September 2018 | Defense-Aerospace
U.S. Approves Transfer of Australian F-18s to Canada
OTTAWA -- The U.S. State Department has signed off on the transfer of 25 second-hand Australian F-18 Hornets to the government of Canada. U.S. approval was necessary because the transfer involved U.S. weapon systems. Canada is buying the aircraft to meet an interim requirement for additional fighters...
27 September 2018 | IHS Jane's
China’s first series-produced FTC-2000G makes maiden flight
China’s first series-produced FTC-2000G advanced jet trainer (AJT)/light attack aircraft conducted its maiden flight on 28 September in China’s southern Guizhou Province. The aircraft, which was designed and built by the Guizhou Aviation Industry Corporation (GAIC), took off at Anshun Huangguoshu Airport and flew for about 10 minutes, according to a report by the state-owned China Daily newspaper.
27 September 2018 | IHS Jane's
France receives first Phénix tanker-transport aircraft
The French Air Force (Armée de l’Air: AdlA) has received into service the first of an expected 12 Airbus Defence and Space (DS) A330-200 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft. One of the nine Phénix aircraft currently under contract arrived at its future-home station of Airbase 125 at Istres-Le Tubé on 27 September. The remaining eight aircraft and a further three that are expected to be ordered are all due to be delivered to the AdlA by 2023.
27 September 2018 | USAF News
Air Force awards next-generation fighter and bomber trainer
ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) -- The Air Force awarded The Boeing Company a contract worth up to $9.2 billion for the Air Force's new training aircraft Sept. 27. The Air Force currently plans to purchase 351 T-X aircraft, 46 simulators, and associated ground equipment to replace the Air Education and Training Command's 57-year-old fleet of T-38C Talons. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract allows the Air Force to purchase up to 475 aircraft and 120 simulators
27 September 2018 | Combat Aircraft
Boeing wins T-X trainer competition
The US Air Force has revealed Boeing as the winner of one of its most hotly contested procurement competitions in years — the T-X trainer. Initially, this will call for 350 new jets to replace the T-38C Talon in the…Read more ›
27 September 2018 | Boeing
Boeing Wins U.S. Air Force T-X Pilot Training Program Contract
$9.2 billion award funds 351 jets, 46 simulators and associated ground equipment. The U.S. Air Force has selected the Boeing T-X advanced pilot training system which features an all-new aircraft designed, developed and flight-tested by the team of Boeing and Saab.
27 September 2018 | Defense-Aerospace
Three Additional F-35s Land in Norway, Bring Total to Nine
Three years have passed since Norway received its first F-35 fighter plane during a rollout ceremony in Texas on September 22, 2015. On Friday, September 21, 2018, three new F-35 fighter aircraft landed at the Ørland Air Station, their home base. The Armed Forces now have nine F-35 stations on Norwe...
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