The “sekrit dokuments” meme which has grown from multiple leaks of classified and confidential documents on the forums of the well-known War Thunder multiplayer game has once again lived up… Continue reading "Su-57 And MiG-29 Secret Data Leaked on Online Game Forum"
The Bulgarian Air Force is struggling with the maintenance of its MiG-29 fleet amidst delayed deliveries of F-16Vs ordered back in the 2010s. In order to stabilize the situation and… Continue reading "Bulgaria Struggles With MiG-29 Fleet Maintenance, Asks Poland For Aid"
India’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) concluded two contracts for the Indian Air Force (IAF) on March 29. BEL will supply Advanced Electronic Warfare (EW) suites… Continue reading "BEL To Supply D-29 EW Suites for IAF MiG-29s And Establish EW Test Range"
The Ukrainian Air Force’s Central Air Command reported yesterday that a car had crashed into a MiG-29 of the 40th Tactical Aviation Brigade in the evening of 10 March. The… Continue reading "Ukrainian Air Force Captain Crashes His SUV into MiG-29"
The recent withdrawal of the F-16IQ from airstrikes against Islamic State forces suggests that there are some major issues with the Lockheed Martin planes currently in service with the Iraqi… Continue reading "Will Iraq Exchange Its F-16s for MiG-29s?"
Iranian state media reported on the 25 December that a MiG-29 (NATO reporting name Fulcrum) of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force had crashed near Mount Sabalan, in the… Continue reading "Iranian MiG-29 Destroyed in Crash"
On November 26, the Mongolian Air Force received two MiG-29UB (NATO reporting name Fulcrum-B) trainer aircraft from Russia. Their arrival coincided with the 95th anniversary of the declaration of the… Continue reading "Mongolia Receives MiG-29UB Trainers"
In an exclusive interview with a Tasnim News Agency reporter, Shahriar Haydari, a member of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of the Iranian Parliament, announced that the country… Continue reading "Iran To Receive Russian Sukhoi Su-35 Fighters Within 3 Months"
The Indian Air Force (IAF) held large-scale exercises with the French Air and Space Force (FASF) and the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) in October – November. The HAL… Continue reading "IAF Debuts HAL Tejas In Exercises With France, Singapore"
Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing where we round up the week’s most interesting and important defense news. In this weekend’s issue, we cover US F-15 replacement in the Far East,… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (31 October – 4 November)"