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Taiwan launches search for missing F-16 fighter jet pilot
TAIPEI: Taiwan’s Air Force said on Tuesday (Jan 6) it has launched a search for a pilot believed to have…
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Pilot error caused deadly Bangladesh jet crash: Government
DHAKA: Pilot error was to blame when a fighter jet smashed into a Bangladesh school in July, killing 36 people…
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Poland intercepts Russian plane over Baltic Sea for third time this week
WARSAW: Poland said on Friday (Oct 31) that its jets intercepted a Russian reconnaissance plane over the Baltic Sea for…
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Indonesia to buy 42 fighter jets from China marking its first non-Western aircraft purchase deal
JAKARTA: Indonesia’s top defence official said on Wednesday (Oct 15) that Jakarta will acquire at least 42 Chinese-made Chengdu J-10C…
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Commentary: Malaysia’s fifth-generation fighter jet problem
MALAYSIA MUST DECIDE WHICH AIRCRAFT TO ORDER At present, the RMAF operates seven US-made F/A-18 Hornets (delivered in 1997), 18…
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UK says fighter jets to join NATO missions over Poland
And on Saturday, Romania became the latest NATO member state to report a drone incursion, as Poland also scrambled aircraft…
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Commentary: Air force modernisation in Southeast Asia – deterrence or danger?
Singapore, however, is an exception. The Republic of Singapore Air Force has relied primarily on US-built combat aircraft since the…
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Indonesia signs contract with Türkiye to buy 48 KAAN fighter jets
JAKARTA: Indonesia has signed a contract to buy 48 KAAN fighter jets from Türkiye, the Indonesian defence ministry said on…
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Indonesia’s multi-nation fighter jet fleet may expand with China’s cheaper J-10s, but what price might it pay?
REGIONAL STABILITY AT RISK For more than a decade, Indonesia has been championing ASEAN to formulate a code of conduct…
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Commentary: China’s defence industry is getting a DeepSeek moment with India-Pakistan clash
GLOBAL ARMS EXPORT I see parallels. While the jury is still out on how disruptive DeepSeek is to US big tech,…
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