2019 Australian International Airshow held at Avalon Airport in Victoria - F/A-18B Hornet Twilight Display 2019

 

GATLING GUN ENGAGE ROCKETS OVER BAGHDAD

 

Starship | SN8 | High-Altitude Flight Recap

 

Demining of the northern outskirts of Stepanakert by Russian sappers

 

Hungary has taken delivery of 16 H145Ms

 The Hungarian Air Force has taken delivery of 16 H145M helicopters that it ordered. A total of twenty helicopters were ordered.

F-15SAs from the Royal Saudi Air Force join U.S. Air Force F-15Es and F-16s in a combined joint air operations in the Gulf on Dec. 17-18

 

The Royal Saudi Naval Force corvette HMS Badr (612), front to back, the guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81), Navy patrol coastal ships USS Squall (PC 7), USS Firebolt (PC 10), Coast Guard patrol boats USCGC Monomoy (WPB 1326), USCGC Maui (WPB 1304) and USCGC Wrangell (WPB 1332) transit the Arabian Gulf with Royal Saudi Air Force F-15SA fighter jets, U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets, a U.S. Navy MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter and a U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon aircraft during the joint and combined air operations in support of maritime surface warfare (AOMSW) exercise in the Arabian Gulf, Dec. 17. Combined integration operations between joint U.S. forces are regularly held to maintain interoperability and the capability to counter threats posed in the maritime domain, ensuring freedom of navigation and free flow of commerce throughout the region’s heavily trafficked waterways. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Louis Thompson Staats IV)

RTAF Makes Progress in Procuring Light Attack Aircraft AT-6E Wolverine

 At present, the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) has a type fighter and attack aircraft Aero Vodochody L-39ZA/ART Albatros of Czech Republic, stationed at Squadron 41, Wing 41, Chiang Mai as the last squadron.Royal Thai Air Force L-39ZA/ART, 41 Squadron, all 24 aircraft (understood to have five operational aircraft) are scheduled to be decommissioned in 2016 and replaced by new light attack aircraft. 12 aircraft according to the white paper plan to buy by the Royal Thai Air Force 2020. The procurement of new light attack aircraft is divided into phase 1, number of 8 aircraft commitments 3 years in the fiscal year 2021-2023 amount of 4,500,000,000 baht ($ 143,079,710) and phase 2 of 4 budget commitments 3 years in the fiscal year 2022-2024.

Under the policy of procurement and development, purchase and development of the Royal Thai Air Force the new light attack aircraft will be co-based with 12 Beechcraft T-6C Texan II propeller trainer aircraft ordered for $ 162 million.According to the T-6C, the Texan II propeller training aircraft is designated as the T-6TH training aircraft in the Royal Thai Air Force. The Beechcraft AT-6E Wolverine light attack aircraft will be designated the A-6TH attack aircraft for the Royal Thai Air Force.The T-6TH training aircraft is expected to be put into service from late 2022 to early 2023 at Kamphaeng Saen Aviation School. Replacement of the training aircraft Type Pilatus PC-9 of  Switzerland, at present there are a number of 18 machines in service since 1991. US company Textron Aviation Defense said it plans to deliver two T-6TH propeller trainer aircraft from the US to Thailand with the rest 10 machines are scheduled to be built and transported to Kamphaeng Saen Aviation School, Royal Thai Air Force.

The A-6TH light strike aircraft will be procured through participation with the Thai aerospace industry, namely RV Connex, Thailand and Thai Aviation Industries (TAI) and international companies are CMC Electronics Canada and Lockheed Martin US.According to the Common Fleet policy of the Royal Thai Air Force the A-6TH will be able to use the short-range air-to-air missile Diehl IRIS-T Germany, which will be a propeller light attack aircraft. The first model to support the use of IRIS-T and weapon systems such as a .50cal (12.7x99mm) FN HMP400 FN HMP400 air gun, APKWS air-to-ground missile, 500lbs GBU-12 Paveway II laser guided bomb, GBU-38 JDAM 500lbs GBU-38 JDAM missile bomb, and weapons to launch air-to-ground missile AGM-114 Hellfire.

Philippines - BRP Antonio Luna Frigate Passes Sea Trials in Korea

 2nd missile-frigate BRP Antonio Luna completes sea trials

MANILA – The prospective BRP Antonio Luna (FF-151), the country's second missile frigate ordered from Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), has successfully passed its sea acceptance trials (SAT) off Ulsan, South Korea from December 14 to 18.In a media statement late Friday, Rear Admiral Alberto Carlos, head of the Philippine Navy (PN)'s Technical Inspection and Acceptance Committee (TIAC), declared that FF-151 is compliant with the agreed technical specifications after personally witnessing the warship's performance during the sea trials."FF-151 is 95 percent complete at this time. All machinery and combat systems were subjected to test procedures as stipulated in the contract and were observed to be working properly. More importantly, I'm happy to announce that FF-151 passed the prescribed standards and procedures," he said.

Carlos said upon completion of this week's SAT, BRP Antonio Luna's completion rating is almost 100 percent.This, he added, will pave way for the frigate re-docking and final outfitting before delivery early next year.Built by South Korean shipbuilder HHI, BRP Antonio Luna is a modern naval warship capable of surface, sub-surface, air, and electronic warfare using state-of-the-art electronic sensors, long-range missiles, acoustic guided torpedoes, and an embarked anti-submarine helicopter.The ship is expected to be delivered and turned over to the PN in February next year.The first frigate, BRP Jose Rizal (FF150), was delivered and subsequently commissioned into the Philippine Navy last July 10 this year.BRP Antonio Luna's keel-laying on May 23, 2019, coincided with the launch of BRP Jose Rizal (FF-150).The contract for the BRP Jose Rizal and the BRP Antonio Luna was placed at PHP16 billion with another PHP2 billion for weapon systems and munitions.