Static attractions star as weather thwarts World Defense Show flying displays
By Craig Hoyle and Riyadh2022-03-07T19:28:00+00:00
With poor weather conditions including dust storms and high wind speeds having forced the cancellation of planned flying displays on the first two days of the 6-9 March World Defense Show (WDS) in Riyadh, some of Saudi Arabia’s military assets continue to provide the main attraction in the static park.
Bad visibility at the purpose-built WDS show site, which is located in the desert around 70km north of the capital city, also led to a planned opening ceremony and flypast being cancelled.
Mitsubishi F-2 fighters of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) have conducted a month of air-to-air refuelling trials with a tanker of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).
A Boeing P-8A maritime patrol jet from the US Navy overflew the Taiwan strait separating the island from mainland China, a waterway over which Beijing claims jurisdiction but Washington views as international water.
Fokker Services Group (FSG) is to develop an update package “including turnkey engineering, certification and modification services” for nine C-390 airlifters on order for the Netherlands and partner Austria.
