Chad will shortly become the second African user for Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) Hürkuş basic trainer aircraft, the manufacturer confirmed at the Farnborough International Airshow 2022. The deal – which will make Chad the second operator of the type in Africa, after Niger – was revealed by Temel Kotil, CEO of TAI, during an interview […]

The Algerian Air Force has announced the crash of a MiG-29 ‘Fulcrum’ fighter plane near the air base in Posfer, in the northwestern part of the country, near the city of Oran. The Algerian Ministry of National Defense confirmed the death of one of the pilots in the accident, which it attributed to a technical malfunction. […]

Less than a quarter of the South African Air Force’s (SAAF’s) fleet of aircraft is serviceable as budget cuts, COVID-19 disruptions and problems at Denel erode its capabilities. This emerged during a Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans (PCDMV) briefing that, amongst others, looked at the status of the maintenance of the SAAF fleet […]

The South African Air Force (SAAF) has temporarily grounded all of it’s Gripen multirole fighter fleet as none are serviceable.According to the Department of Defence (DoD), this is due to a lack of funding for maintenance, as support contracts were not renewed in time. “After a lengthy discussion between the South African Air Force (SAAF), […]

The Ethiopian Air Force (ETAF) appears to have began a comprehensive aerial campaign against the Tigray Defence Force (TDF), after bolstering its capacity, and also to prevent an overrun of Addis Ababa, its capital city. The air offensive includes bombardment of the TPLF command and control installments, training, logistics and prison facilities, air defence assets, and […]

A Namibia Defence Force (NDF) F-7 fighter jet has been badly damaged in a runway excursion at Ondangwa’s Andimba Toivo Ya Toivo Airport. The aircraft (0315) suffered the incident on 15 October. The Chief of the Namibia Defence Force, Air Marshal Martin Pinehas, told Informante that the aircraft had landed normally but its brake parachute […]

The Algerian Air Force has ordered additional Su-30MKA and MiG-29M/M2 fighters from Russia in a contract worth nearly $2 billion. According to Vedomosti, a Russian-based newspaper, Algeria ordered an additional 16 Su-30MKA and 14 MiG-29M/M2 fighter jets for $1.8 mill excluding weapons and training.These will complement the 58 Sukhois and MiGs already in service with […]

In the autumn of 1999, with technical support from Ukraine, at least two Uzbekistan Su-27s were delivered to Angola. Ukrainian specialists helped to develop (technical and flight personnel) new equipment already in a new place in Luanda. The total number of delivered vehicles is unknown, allegedly only Su-27 and Su-27UB were delivered. Painted in a […]

Namibia commissioned two Chinese-built naval patrol vessels at the harbor town of Walvis Bay on Friday. The two attack and patrol vessels christened as Brukkaros and Daures, boast surface and undersurface targets attacking capabilities. They were donated by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army and had arrived in Namibian waters in August. Namibian President Hage Geingob […]

Russia will complete the contracted delivery of 12 modernized Su-30K fighter jets to Angola by early 2018. “So far, two [Su-30Ks have been delivered to Angola], there is a delivery schedule, and its fulfillment has been launched as for now. I think that the deliveries will be completed by early next year,” Aleksandr Vorobei, the […]

Russia and Angola are negotiating the purchase of six additional Su-30K fighters. Luanda will be able to increase its fleet and Moscow will be able to get rid of the aircraft returned by the India built in fulfilment of the contract signed in 1996-1998. These are the same aircraft Luanda contracted in 2013 but has […]

Denel has announced that it is on track to deliver RG32M armored patrol vehicles and Self Defence Remotely Operated Weapon (SDROW) lightweight remote weapon systems to Namibia. “The contract is a substantial one and consists of eight RG32M vehicles and four SDROW weapon stations,” Johan Steyn, CEO of Denel Vehicle Systems, said delivery to Namibia […]