Aircraft

I have watched North African airpower arguments recycle the same claim for two years. Algeria, we are told, has entered ...

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has lost one of its two ATR 42-500 maritime patrol aircraft following the crash of ...

Lockheed Martin has announced that the first F-16 Block 72 Fighting Falcon for the Royal Moroccan Air Force (RMAF) has ...

Airbus used a newly delivered Angolan C295 maritime surveillance aircraft at Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) 2026 to pitch the ...

On September 20, 2026, during an official 3-day visit to Ostrava, which encompassed participation in the Czech Air Force Days ...

The first aircraft is already in Texas. A Royal Moroccan Air Force (RMAF) C-130H Hercules sits inside L3Harris Technologies' maintenance ...

During the El Alamein 2026 airshow in Egypt, the Egyptian government submitted a formal request to the United States to ...

China's People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) brought an unusually large and diverse contingent to the El Alamein International Airshow, ...

The second edition of Egypt's flagship aerospace event opens at El Alamein International Airport on 8 September 2026, following a ...

New footage of a rolled-out Il-78MK-90A aerial refueling tanker, built in export configuration, points to Algeria as the aircraft's most ...

In September 2026, General Atomics AeroTec Systems (GA-ATS) will put a major focus on Africa. With two trade show appearances, ...

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has finished factory acceptance testing on its first three Leonardo M-346FA fighter-attack aircraft, clearing the ...

Paramount Aerospace Industries has unveiled a dedicated counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) configuration for its Mwari multi-mission aircraft, releasing details of ...

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) completed factory acceptance testing on three additional AgustaWestland AW109 Trekker Type B helicopters between June ...

Uganda’s Chief of Defence Forces, General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, officially commissioned a new LET L-410 transport aircraft into the Uganda People's ...

Small teams of Ivorian Air Force personnel have been quietly working through their paces at a French airbase in Charente-Maritime, ...

Algeria is finalizing an agreement to take its first Chinese combat aircraft, the Chengdu J-10C fighter jets, and the Shaanxi ...

Czech aircraft manufacturer Aero Vodochody announced on 18 June 2026 the sale of its L-39 Skyfox jet trainer to Angola. ...

Africa is set to become the single largest market for the Embraer A-29 Super Tucano over the next two decades, ...

A Russian Air Force Tupolev Tu-154M carrying Mali's transitional president, General Assimi Goïta, departed Bamako for Moscow on 14 June ...

The President of Angola, João Lourenço, has approved a €132.8 million financing agreement to procure 14 Leonardo light utility helicopters ...

Russia has deployed a comprehensive, state-controlled combat aviation unit to Bamako, Mali, marking its deepest air-power expansion into Africa since ...

There is an old military axiom that whoever controls the skies controls the battle. In the classical sense, air supremacy ...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has postponed the transfer of 30 Dassault Mirage 2000-9 fighter jets to Morocco due to ...

Three Turkish F-16 fighter jets performed a high-speed flyover in Mogadishu to celebrate the 66th anniversary of the Somali National ...