Bulgaria's air defence corps commander GenDimiter Georgiev has announced that the country will modernise four to six RSKMiG-29 Fulcrum fighters to meet NATO standards instead of acquiring second-hand Lockheed Martin F-16s. The country sought a US offer of used F-16s in January. Georgiev added that only three of Bulgaria's MiG-29s are operational and the air force will retain the aircraft until 2012.
Source: Flight International
Italy has followed fellow Eurofighter partner nation Spain and placed a long-trailed follow-on order for up to 24 examples of the multirole jet. Disclosed on 23 December, the order, placed via the NATO Eurofighter and Tornado Management Agency, will see the new fighters replace the Italian air force’s current Tranche ...
Two US naval aviators safely ejected from their Boeing F/A-18F over the Red Sea after the jet was mistakenly targeted by one of the guided missile ships escorting the aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman.
Sweden’s Defence Materiel Administration has awarded Saab a SKr466 million ($42 million) contract to support further development of the nation’s Gripen C/D fighter fleet.
