Four Panavia Tornado F3 fighters from the UK Royal Air Force's 43 Sqn arrived in Lithuania in mid-October to begin a three-month service deployment to protect the airspace of Lithuania and fellow NATO entrants Estonia and Latvia. The UK detachment follows Belgian and Danish Lockheed Martin F-16s deployed to the region since April.
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.
