David Oliver
Bilateral Thai-China Exercise Falcon Strike Returns After Covid
An annual joint fighter jets exercise between Thailand and China resumed this month after being put on hold for two years during the pandemic,...
Chasing the Middle East Top Guns
In the last decade, the Middle East has become the happy hunting ground for Fourth Plus-generation fighter aircraft manufacturers.
It began in 2007 when Saudi...
Philippine Air Force Orders 32 More Black Hawks
On 22 February the Philippines Department of National Defense (DND) signed a $624 million contract to purchase Black Hawk helicopters for the Armed Forces...
China Continuous Testing of Taiwan’s Air Defence
The People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) has been persistent in its incursions into Taiwan’s air defence identification zone (ADIZ).
Over the past two years,...
Military Support for Tsunami-Hit Tonga
The massive eruption of an underwater volcano near Tonga in the Pacific on Saturday 15 January caused a tsunami that has devastated its smaller...
F-35A wins the Swiss Air Force Competition
On 16 June US President Joe Biden had lobbied on behalf of American defence companies when meeting his Swiss counterpart while in Geneva for...
Philippine Coast Guard Commissions Second H145 helicopter
In October the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) commissioned the second of two Airbus H145 helicopters ordered in September 2018, just four months after the...
China’s new Commando Helicopter
The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) unveiled its latest type of transport helicopter, the Aviocopter Z-8L.
The new 15-ton class helicopter is expected to...
Logistics Lifters
There is an impressive range of dedicated transport aircraft now carrying military air cargo around the region.
In the list of air forces’ priorities, transport/cargo...
Turkish Future Fighter Unveiled
Another first for Le Bourget was the unveiling of a full-scale mockup of Turkey’s future fighter, TFX.
President and CEO of Turkish Aerospace Prof....
