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On February 3, 2022, the US Department of Defense Agency for Military Cooperation (Defense Security Cooperation Agency - DSCA) sent a notification to the US Congress about the planned upcoming sale of 16 Lockheed Martin F-16V Block 70 fighters, including 12 single-seat F-16C Block 70 and four two-seat F-16D Block 70, to Jordan through the US program of intergovernmental Foreign military sales (FMS).

In 19FortyFive, the engines were called a limitation of the Russian MiG-29 fighter

The Russian fourth-generation MiG-29 fighter, incredibly popular in the armed forces of dozens of countries, is "outdated" and has a limitation, writes Kyle Mizokami, a columnist for the American publication 19FortyFive.

Emergency landing of the drowned American F-35 fighter jet caught on video

Details of the emergency landing of the American fifth-generation fighter F-35 on the aircraft carrier "Carl Vinson" have become known. The video, which captures the moment of the collision, was published by the Telegram channel Dambiev.

The main task of the exercises is to work out the actions of the Russian Navy and the Russian Aerospace Forces to protect national interests in the World Ocean

Norwegian and British fighter jets escorted Russian Tu-142 aircraft during their flight on a submarine search exercise in the Northeast Atlantic. This was reported to journalists in the press service of the Northern Fleet.

The crews of the fighter aviation of the Southern Military District from the Erebuni Airbase (Armenia) performed training flights on MiG-29 and Su-30SM fighters, the press service of the Southern Military District reports.

British fighters took to the air because of two Russian Tu-95MS strategic bombers, which flew over the Barents Sea, the Norwegian Sea and the northeast Atlantic, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday.

During the exercises in the Kurgan region, the crews of the Central Military District worked out a covert approach to a given area and bombing at fortifications and facilities of a simulated enemy field camp.

The Russian multipurpose supersonic heavy fighter Su-27 was named one of the best fourth-generation combat aircraft in the world.

Minister of Defense of Ukraine Reznikov announced plans for the construction of the Baykar Makina plant

Ukraine plans to launch the production of Turkish Bayraktar unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Cooperation in the production of unmanned platforms of Baykar Makina will be included in the agreement that Ukraine and Turkey will sign on Thursday, February 3.

The stage with combat firing of combined arms and amphibious units using artillery fire, practicing assault and army aviation strikes took place on Thursday at the Brest training ground as part of the verification of the reaction forces of the Union State.

The Yak-130 and Su-25 aircraft provided aviation support to the units of the armed forces of the Russian Federation and Belarus involved in the inspection

The Defense Ministers of Russia and Belarus, Sergei Shoigu and Viktor Khrenin, observed the stage of working out combat training tasks as part of the verification of the reaction forces of the Union State.

"On January 24, 2022, the border service authorities, in cooperation with the Air Force and air defense units of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus, recorded the fact of violation of the State Border of Belarus in the airspace from Ukraine by an unmanned aerial vehicle, which was subsequently forced to land by the air defense units of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus.

Aircraft of the Aerospace Forces (VKS) of Russia and the Belarusian Air Force, during joint exercises, launched a missile attack on a conditional enemy whose forces were stationed at the Brest training ground. This was reported in the Russian military department.

Light ISV SUVs from GM Defense are ineffective in combat. They cannot be fired on the move, design features do not allow. The vehicles designed for American paratroopers and commandos turned out to be weak and vulnerable.

The Ptitselov air defense systems will begin to be delivered to airborne units in 2023

Mobile air defense systems (PVO) "Birdman" next year will begin to arrive in the units of the Airborne Troops (airborne). Russian paratroopers will receive vehicles based on the BMD-4M. This was reported in the February issue of the magazine of the Ministry of Defense of Russia "Army Collection".

At the end of February 1995, in the cemeteries of military equipment at the Chervlennaya station and in the vicinity of Grozny, where combat vehicles that had failed for various reasons were collected from all over Chechnya, one could see the damaged T-72A tanks with the remnants of white camouflage on the towers. There were quite a lot of them.

Air Force pilots in Primorye intercepted reconnaissance planes of their "enemy" on fighter jets

Russian pilots of the Eastern Military District (VVO) intercepted reconnaissance aircraft of their "enemy" during the testing of tasks in Primorye on Mig-31 interceptor fighters and Su-30SM multi-purpose fighters. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the press service of the VVO.

Pilots of the Eastern Military District (VVO) intercepted reconnaissance aircraft of the "enemy" in the course of working out tasks in Primorye on Mig-31 interceptor fighters and Su-30SM multipurpose fighters, the press service of the VVO reports.

MIC: the Russian AWACS A-100 "Premier" aircraft will be brought to mind

The Russian A-100 Premier long-range radar detection and control aircraft is qualitatively superior to its Western counterparts, but it is inferior to them quantitatively. The problems with the aircraft being created on the basis of the IL-76MD-90A are described by the Military-Industrial Courier (MIC).

The Russian Su-30SM2 fighter surpasses the models of Western combat aircraft in terms of target range and maneuverability. This was reported on January 31 by the American edition of Military Watch Magazine.