The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) has established its first F-15SG squadron at Mountain Home AFB in the US state of Idaho. The 428th Fighter Training Squadron, a combined USAF/RSAF unit whose aircraft wear Mountain Home (MO) tail codes, will operate 10 F-15SGs, which are advanced derivatives of the USAF’s F-15E Strike Eagle. Singapore
The USAF has sent six F-22 Raptors to Al Dhafra Air Base in Dubai to participate in a UAE Air Warfare Centre exercise from November 15 to December 10 – the first deployment of the aircraft to the Middle East. The previously unannounced participation of the F-22s is seen as particularly interesting as France –
Lockheed Martin officials have described 2009 as a “challenging year” for the F-35 JSF program and have admitted the company has fallen well behind the program’s development schedule, but remain confident the ground can be made up. Speaking to the Fort Worth Star Telegram, LM vice president and F-35 program general manager Dan Crowley said
Airbus Military ran all four engines of its A400M prototype for the first time on November 18 as the aircraft closes in on its delayed first flight. The four TP400 turboprops were run at low power settings simultaneously, first with the aid of ground power and then with fuel, for a total of four hours
The RAAF’s three-strong C-130J detachment in the Middle East Area of Operations (MEAO) has completed its relocation to Al Minhad Air Base near Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. The final sortie of a C-130J from its former Middle East home base of Al-Udeid in Qatar was greeted by a traditional firetruck water canon salute
Boeing and the USAF successfully tested the ability of a laser weapon to defend against airborne targets by shooting down five UAVs during a test earlier this year. The test, conducted at NAS China Lake in California using a system dubbed Mobile Active Targeting Resource for Integrated eXperiments (MATRIX) saw the mobile, trailer-mounted system shoot
