IL-76TD landing in a thick fog

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⚡️🇵🇪🇸🇪 Peru might join the Gripen club.
Sweden seeks parliament approval to export up to 12 Gripen E/Fs to Peru. If signed, it'd be the third Latin American order after Brazil (40+ jets, 26 more in talks) and Colombia (24 planned). A regional fleet of 80+ Gripens could enable joint training, logistics, and maintenance.

Peru’s small air force relies on old Mirage 2000Ps, Su-25s & MiG-29s. As Russian support fades, more countries are turning to Western options. The Gripen offers a modern, low-cost platform with:

Raven AESA radar

EW suite (defensive/offensive)

Meteor, IRIS-T, GBU-49, Taurus

Recon & battlefield data fusion


The Gripen F (2-seat) is tailored for Brazil, suited to training & complex ops. Peru joining would boost Saab’s regional presence and deepen South American airpower interoperability.

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⚡️🇵🇹Also, there are reports that Portugal is in talks with Saab regarding the acquisition of the Gripen as well. Something to keep an eye on.

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F-14 Tomcat going vertical and fully loaded with AIM-54 Phoenix.

The AIM-54 Phoenix is an American radar guided, long range air-to-air missile (AAM), carried in clusters of up to six missiles on the Grumman F-14 Tomcat, its only operational launch platform.

The Phoenix was the United States' only long-range air-to-air missile. The combination of Phoenix missile and the AN/AWG-9 guidance radar was the first aerial weapons system that could simultaneously engage multiple targets. Due to its active radar tracking, the brevity code "Fox Three" was used when firing the AIM-54.

Both the missile and the aircraft were used by Iran and the United States Navy. In US service both are now retired, the AIM-54 Phoenix in 2004 and the F-14 in 2006. They were replaced by the shorter-range AIM-120 AMRAAM, employed on the F/A-18 Hornet and F/A-18E/F Super Hornet—in its AIM-120D version, the latest version of the AMRAAM just matches the Phoenix's maximum range.

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The joint exercise 'Eagles of Civilization 2025' between the Chinese and Egyptian air forces has begun at an air base in Egypt.
This exercise, which began in mid-April, will continue until the beginning of May.

This is the first time the two countries are participating in a full-scale air exercise together. The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) has deployed its advanced J-10C fighter jets, KJ-500 AWACS, YU-20 tanker aircraft and helicopters, among other aircraft.

The main objective of the exercise is to strengthen strategic cooperation between the two countries, improve mutual understanding, and enhance the ability to conduct joint operations.

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FA-50 firing an AGM-65G Maverick.

This is fine 😭

⚡️🇵🇰🇮🇳 Also folks, Tensions between India and Pakistan. Air assets on both sides are on high alert. Anything can happen.

⚡️🇨🇳 Aclear picture of the Chinese 6th Gen Plane.

⚡️🇨🇳 Check out this detailed close-up of China's WS-10 engine nozzle feathers on a J-16 jet!

The WS-10 is a high-thrust turbofan engine developed for advanced Chinese fighter jets like the J-10C, J-11B, J-15, J-16, and J-20.
Thrust: 120–140 kN

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