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ZURICH, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Switzerland said on Friday it would reduce the number of Lockheed Martin (LMT.N), opens new tab F-35A Lightning II fighter jets it is buying from the United States so it can ...

BERLIN, Dec 16 (Reuters) - A meeting between the French, German and Spanish defence ministers last week failed to yield a breakthrough rescuing the troubled French-German-Spanish FCAS warplane ...

China and Japan ties, already frayed by comments made by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Taiwan, came under further strain at the weekend after a Chinese fighter aircraft trained fire-control radar ...

Japan reported two incidents of Chinese fighter aircraft locking radar on Japanese jets over international waters. This comes amid friction between China and Japan over Taiwan. Japan has recorded a ...

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating after seven people – including former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle – died when a small private jet crashed shortly after takeoff in Statesville, ...

The Defence Forces has taken possession of a new “strategic reach” aircraft which will be capable of flying to the west coast of the United States without refuelling. The French-made Dassault Falcon ...

The finding appears in the investigation into the loss of a Super Hornet on May 6 due to an arresting wire that broke as the aircraft was attempting to land — an incident attributed to poor ...

Japan has summoned China’s ambassador over an incident in which Chinese military aircraft allegedly twice locked fire-control radar onto Japanese fighter jets, as tensions between the two countries ...

An F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 143, launches from the flight deck of the USS Harry S. Truman during flight operations in the U.S. Central Command area of ...