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RNoAF F-16AM with reg 285 was damaged earlier today during a hard landing at Bodo Airport in Northern Norway. The aircraft when through its front landing gear. According to a spokesperson the aircraft hit an emergency wire on the runway that might have contributed to the accident. Pilot OK. See foot...

Only part of 36 Saab JAS 39 Gripen E/F the Brazilian Air Force will order are going to be build in Linköping, Sweden. The biggest Latin American country will construct many Swedish designed fighter jets itself, and even more than the ordered 36 to resell the combat aircraft to other nations in Latin...

According to press agency Reuters the South Korea will buy 40 F-35s with options for another 20. The F-15SG seems to be totally of the table. See: http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/11/1 ... JQ20131115

One of the Swedish TP 84 Hercules's will remain in the Philippines to airlift cargo and rescue/aid workers between Cebu and Tacloban and other stricken areas. The other Hercules will return home, but not confirmed if this is the one with reg. no 845 that took off first on Monday. A TP 100 takes/took...

This shouldn’t be news with more than a 100 aircraft of the type in production, but it is: a USMC Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II for the first time ever dropped a laser-guided weapon right on target this week, confirmed a spokesperson of the US Marine Corps. http://airheadsfly.com/2013/10/31/f-3...

The fourth C-17 Globemaster III for the Indian Air Force departs Long Beach, California. The aircraft wears reg. no. CB-8004. Image and more about the Indian AF C-17s here: http://airheadsfly.com/2013/10/26/fourt ... air-force/

The Kazakhstan military has confirmed the orders for C295s number 3 and 4, no official confirmation yet of the remaining four aircraft of the second part of the preliminary deal: http://airheadsfly.com/2013/10/25/c295s ... confirmed/

The Romanian minister of Defence signed the deal. The twelve Portuguese Air Force F-16s, incl. the three bought from the USA, will be modernised and delivered to Romania from 2015. A little bit more about it right here: http://airheadsfly.com/2013/10/12/deal- ... o-romania/

Norway signed the contract for the first two Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II multi-role fighter aircraft on Friday September 27, 2013. Oslo pays USD 98 million per plane. Meanwhile Oslo is looking for ways to find another 2 billion dollar to beef up the order to the 52 F-35s the Royal Norwegian Ai...

Sweden just cancelled its C-130 to Mali! The airstrips in the north are ,,unfit'' according to the Swedish defence minister. The move is fairly remarkable as the TP 84 and 70 personnel were planned to be operational in less than two weeks from now (October 1, 2013). A few more details here: http://a...

Probably a downgraded JAS 39B or D with a new designation like SK 70, or T-70 for the export market, but that is highly speculating.

It is more than a rumour. A Saab spokesperson said this week that if they go ahead with Boeing it would mean a downgraded version of the current Gripen, so a lot cheaper to buy but with the same flying characteristics. Saab still hopes to sell the new Gripen-E/F to many other countries, especially i...

Sending helicopters can always be considered too risky. The scouts and Dutch military leadership might just decide to send transport aircraft instead, like they did earlier when supporting French troops. Fixed-wing transports might have less risk and a possible Dutch Herc deployment could share some...

Wow! That is some real great footage. Those T-50s are stunning

Thursday afternoon British parliament has blocked UK military involvement in a possible attack against Syria for the time being, so the Typhoons will likely only fly defensive air-to-air sorties in the Cyprus area and will (for the time being) not be retasked with any offensive missions.