... stand-off strike capability; look first and shoot first advantage; and the efficient employment of electromagnetic prowess.
The air power plays centerline role in Indo-Pak strategic environment. Being a smaller force with limited resources, Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has traditionally followed offensive defense posture. The notion behind this posture is to achieve psychological dominance over the adversary in the earliest phase of conflict to accomplish escalation control. At a later stage, to maintain ...
... Kalibr and Tsirkon missiles, as well as the further evolution of the Iskander family. It is also likely that the deployment of the medium-range LRHW missile will require a response from Russia—one that will bring some game-changing solutions.
The Air Force
Unmanned aerial vehicles will continue to expand their area of distribution, including in the air force. The first carrier-based aerial refuelling drone, the MQ-25, which is expected to rid multi-role fighter jets of the refuelling function ...
On 15 January 2016 RBC published a
commentary by
Pavel Baev
, a professor at the Peace Research Institute Oslo, entitled “The Illusion of Effectiveness: Where is the Russian Air Force Heading?” in which he takes a very critical view of the resources and strategy of the Russian air force.
Ilya Kramnik
, Head of Defense and Security Desk at Lenta.ru and RIAC expert, has responded to the commentary.
Since the middle of ...
... Russia stopped deploying combat aircraft in Eastern Europe. The region of Kaliningrad – the European outpost of Russia – has hosted a small number of Su-27 fighters, but their combat-readiness has been placed in question
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Flickr / US Air Force
A B-2 Spirit from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo.,
performed air refueling with a KC-135 Stratotanker
from Royal Air Force Mildenhall June 11, 2014,
over Cornwall, England
The main NATO aircraft deployments have mainly come in the form of exercises ...
Along with the Navy, the Air Force is a key Australian Defense Force (ADF) service. Both are tasked with
defending
the Green Continent from sea and air attack, guard sea lanes, project force in the South Pacific, and participate in global stability and security operations. To ...
Aviation plays the key role in modern warfare, and every air force needs to have at its core multi-purpose fighters capable of carrying out such combat missions as achieving air superiority above land operations and delivering strikes at enemy ground targets. At the moment, the leading international powers ...
