January 28, 2022 Military Aviation News
01/28/2022
Some American troops are on standby as the world waits to see whether Russia will invade Ukraine, but the U.S. Air Force’s involvement in the conflict is already well underway. U.S. and allied reconnaissance flights in the region have been ongoing since at least Dec. 24, dispatching multiple types of military planes to serve as extra eyes and ears over Eastern Europe.
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01/28/2022
The Pentagon is defending its preparations in response to the threat of a Russian invasion of Ukraine, with a top spokesman on Thursday highlighting that the United States has provided millions of dollars in weapons to Kyiv and providing new details about U.S. military forces that could deploy to Eastern Europe to bolster security there.
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01/28/2022
China’s military is stepping up its airborne challenges to Japanese airspace, according to recent data from Japan’s Ministry of Defense. Japan has already scrambled more fighter jets to intercept approaching Chinese aircraft in the past nine months than it did during all of fiscal year 2020, according to statistics the ministry released Tuesday.
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01/28/2022
At the Korean Aircraft Industries plant in Sacheon, the four prototypes of the single-seat KF-21 have already been assembled and units 5 and 6, both two-seaters, are being assembled.
Journalists from The JoongAng gained access to KAI’s facilities and were able to see first hand the progress being made on the 6 KF-21 prototypes. One of the peculiarities they were able to quickly appreciate were the different paint schemes KAI is testing on its aircraft. In particular the striking vertical drifts
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