f-35A lightning ii

Turkey’s Renewed F-35 Ambitions: Erdogan Courts Trump for Stealth Jet Revival Amid Shifting Global Alignments

Turkey is making a renewed push to rejoin the F-35 Lightning II fifth-generation stealth fighter jet program—a program it was expelled from in 2019 following its controversial acquisition of the Russian S-400 missile defense system. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan,...
Su-57E Fighter Jet

Russia Offers India Su-57E Fighter Jet with Full Source Code Access, Undercutting U.S. F-35 Proposal in Game-Changing Move

The global fifth-generation fighter jet market, Russia has made an unprecedented offer to India: the export of the Su-57E stealth fighter with full source code access. This proposal, described by regional defense analysts as a strategic shockwave, grants India a...
Gripen fighter jets

Czech Republic Secures Gripen fighter jets Lease Extension, Ensuring Air Defense Continuity During F-35 Transition

In a move that secures the Czech Republic’s air defense capabilities through the next decade, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) has agreed to a new offer from Sweden to extend the lease of 12 JAS-39 Gripen C/D fighter jets until...
Arctic: U.S. F-35A and Russian Su-35 in Near Collision

Close Encounter Over the Arctic: U.S. F-35A and Russian Su-35 in Near Collision

A recently surfaced video appears to show an unusually close and potentially hazardous interaction between a U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II and a Russian Su-35 Flanker-E fighter jet, raising fresh concerns over the growing frequency and intensity of aerial...