ABOARD A FRENCH AIR FORCE AWACS — Off in the distance, Ukraine, fighting for its survival. The pilot of a French military AWACS surveillance plane operates cockpit equipment on a 10-hour mission Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, to eastern Romania for the NATO military alliance. The commander of France's AWACS squadron talks to crew members aboard one of the four French …
NATO will send surveillance aircraft to Romania to bolster its eastern flank and "monitor Russian military activity", the alliance said on Friday. The Western military alliance has strengthened its presence in the region since Russia invaded Ukraine, which borders Romania, a NATO member. Since Russia invaded Ukraine last February, NATO has reinforced its air presence in eastern Europe with additional …
China carried out drills at an unknown site in Xinjiang province where they set up an object identical to the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force’s airborne warning and control system plane, news agency Nikkei Asia said in an exclusive report. The Nikkei Asia report quoting senior officials of Japan’s ASDF said that the object which resembles the JASDF’s E-767 aircraft. Experts …
The government is in the final stage of approving the acquisition of two Phalcon airborne warning and control systems for the Indian Air Force from Israel at a cost of around USD 1 billion, official sources said on Thursday. The fresh negotiations with Israeli authorities concerned for procurement of the two Phalcon AWACS come in the midst of India's bitter …