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Bell’s High-Speed Vertical Takeoff and Landing (HSVTOL) aircraft
30SepAvatarBy Military SeriesNo Comments
Air Force, Air

Bell’s High-Speed Vertical Takeoff and Landing (HSVTOL) aircraft

Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. company, announced on September 19, 2022 it has entered into a teaming agreement with Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), a global aerospace and national security company, for Bell’s High-Speed Vertical Takeoff and Landing (HSVTOL) aircraft. As part of the collaboration, SNC will specifically support the design and development of mission systems for HSVTOL variants. Bell’s HSVTOL vehicles blend the hover capability of a helicopter with the speed, range and survivability features of fighter aircraft, with low downwash hover capability and jet-like speeds of more than 400 kts/460 mph/741 km/h. This family of scalable aircraft concepts is designed to carry out USAF and USSOCOM missions across the full spectrum of conflict and political scenarios, including pe...
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Latest Israeli Air Strike on Damascus International Airport Kills Five Syrian Soldiers: Fragile Defences Under Pressure
22SepAvatarBy Military SeriesNo Comments
News, Air Force

Latest Israeli Air Strike on Damascus International Airport Kills Five Syrian Soldiers: Fragile Defences Under Pressure

The Israeli Air Force in the early hours of September 17 launched an air strike on Damascus International Airport, marking the latest of several attacks on civilian airports in the country which critics have claimed are an attempt to stymie its post-war recovery. The state-run Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported that "Our air defences intercepted hostile missiles in the airspace of Damascus and its countryside, shooting down a number of them," but conceded that five Syrian soldiers were killed in the attack. Israeli fighters have consistently engaged Syrian targets from beyond the country’s airspace after taking losses, particularly after the shooting of an F-16I fighter by a Syrian S-200 missile system in February 2018 which was widely publicised and saw footage leaked on the intern...
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US approves F-16 equipment for Pakistan
10SepAvatarBy Military SeriesNo Comments
Air Force, Air

US approves F-16 equipment for Pakistan

The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Pakistan of F-16 Case for Sustainment and related equipment for an estimated cost of $450 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale today. The Government of Pakistan has requested to consolidate prior F-16 sustainment and support cases to support the Pakistan Air Force F-16 fleet by reducing duplicate case activities and adding additional continued support elements. Included are U.S. Government and contractor engineering, technical, and logistics services for follow-on support of Pakistan’s F-16 fleet to include: Participation in F-16 Aircraft Structural Integrity Program Electr...
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US nuclear bombers fly over the Middle East in a show of force. Tensions between Washington and Tehran intensify
6SepAvatarBy Military SeriesNo Comments
Air Force, Armed Forces Branches

US nuclear bombers fly over the Middle East in a show of force. Tensions between Washington and Tehran intensify

The United States Armed Forces revealed this Monday that it has sent two nuclear-capable B-52 bombers to fly over territories in the Middle East, in what they consider a show of force exercise, given the growing tensions between Washington and Iran. 'AP News' reports that the two bombers left the Fairford airbase, in the United Kingdom, and flew over the eastern Mediterranean Sea, the Arabian Peninsula and the Red Sea, as part of military exercises that had the participation of aircraft from the Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Israeli forces will also have been present at the exercises, although it has not been officially confirmed by Washington. Israel, for its part, claimed that three F-16 jets had joined the multinational air mission, having accompanied the US bombers “along the skies of I...
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