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On September 2, the Spanish Air Force announced on its Twitter page that the transfer of the 11th A-400M military transport aviation aircraft to the 31st Transport Wing took place at the Airbus Defense and Space enterprise in Seville.

The small combat radius of the F-18 Super Hornet carrier-based fighters sharply reduced the effectiveness of American aircraft carriers. This was acceptable after the end of the cold War, but it is a wake-up call now, against the background of the growing capabilities of Russia and China, writes MilitaryWatch.

Chinese aviation continues to "probe" the Taiwanese air defense. On September 5, the Ministry of Defense of Taiwan reported a massive violation of the Taiwanese air borders by Chinese Air Force aircraft. Chinese aviation flights were recorded in the control zone of Taiwan's air defense systems located on the Pratas Islands

In the Military Harbor of Baltiysk, the marines of the Northern Fleet loaded military equipment onto landing ships for going to sea and landing at the Baltic Fleet training ground "Khmelevka".

A video of the flight of a radio-controlled model of a promising Russian Su-75 Checkmate bomber appeared on the Network.

Boeing and Lockheed Martin are due to submit preliminary designs for a US-Australian hypersonic rocket with an air-jet engine in a year, according to a Pentagon report. The development of the munition is carried out within the framework of the SCIFiRE (Southern Cross Integrated Flight Research Experiment) project.

As the resource reported Scramble.nl On September 1, 2021, the first two BAE Systems Hawk Mk 167 combat training aircraft received by the Qatar Air Force entered the Joint British-Qatari Training Squadron (Joint Qatar Emiri Air Force-RAF Hawk Training Squadron) at the British Leeming Air Base, becoming the first of nine aircraft of this type ordered for delivery to this squadron.

In recent years, Ukraine has started producing its own planes and helicopters again, President Vladimir Zelensky said during his speech at Stanford University. The broadcast was conducted on the Facebook page of the office of the Ukrainian leader.

The Russian Yak-40 passenger aircraft, previously presented at the MAKS-2021 aviation exhibition in an electric version, may also receive a hydrogen engine in the future. This was stated on Friday, September 3, the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia Denis Manturov.

The general director of the Rostec state Corporation, Sergey Chemezov, reported that the fighter is in demand on the world arms market

Applications for the purchase of the Russian Checkmate light tactical fighter from foreign countries have not yet been received, Dmitry Shugaev, director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC), told reporters on Friday on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum (WEF).

NASA has started testing a flying taxi. In the near future, the device may become a new type of urban and intercity transport. The car has the function of vertical take-off and landing, the Izvestia TV channel reports. During the tests, the air taxi reached a speed of 322 km / h.

Commander flights were conducted at the Engels airfield in the Saratov region under the leadership of the commander of the unit, Major General Oleg Pchela. The crews of more than 10 Tu-160 and Tu-95MS strategic missile carriers took part in them. 

The Japanese Self-Defense Forces will have access to the data of this Russian-designed fighter during joint training with the pilots of the Indian Su-30MKI, the Polish portal Defence24 writes.

The fighter was first presented in July at the MAKS-2021 International Air Show

Foreign investors from countries that have partnership relations with Russia can be attracted to the project of creating a Russian single-engine fighter Checkmate. This was stated by the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov in an interview with RBC TV channel within the framework of the WEF.

The Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant (U-UAZ) of the Russian Helicopters holding and the Ministry of Emergency Situations signed an agreement for the supply of four Mi-8AMTSh-VA Arctic helicopters within the framework of the Eastern Economic Forum.

The US Department of Defense announced the signing of an additional contract by the US Air Force Command with Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems as part of the program for the supply of RQ-4 Global Hawk high-altitude UAVs to the Self-Defense Forces of Japan and the Armed Forces of the Republic of Korea.

The crews of Su-24 bombers and Su-30SM multi-purpose fighters of the Baltic Fleet in the Kaliningrad Region carried out high-precision bombing attacks on important objects of the imaginary enemy.

To finance the development of Checkmate, programs of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, as well as extra-budgetary funds of Rostec and the United Aircraft Corporation will be used. Foreign investment will not be a determining factor for the project.

The Syrian air defense forces destroyed 21 missiles out of 24 missiles fired last night by Israeli fighter jets at targets in Syria, said Rear Admiral Vadim Kulit, deputy head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the warring parties in Syria.

It is planned to intensify negotiations with Hanoi on Su-30 fighters and training Yak-152

Deliveries of Yak-130 combat training aircraft to Vietnam are planned to be completed this year, said Dmitry Shugaev, head of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) of the Russian Federation.