Slovakia gets first two US-made F-16 fighter jetsSlovakia's first two of 14 F-16 jets from a 2018, 1.6 billion euro deal arrived at western Slovakia's Kuchyna military airbase. Delays were...
23 Jul, 2024, 05.50 PM IST
Putin says Russia will not attack NATO, but F-16s will be shot down in UkraineRussian President Vladimir Putin stated that Russia harbors no aggressive intentions towards NATO countries like Poland, the Baltic states,...
29 Mar, 2024, 12.21 PM IST
Russia perseveres with bombardments of Ukraine in an effort to wear down air defencesRussia launched drones and missiles at southern and eastern Ukraine, injuring over a dozen people. Ukraine's air force intercepted 26 out o...
28 Mar, 2024, 04.51 PM IST
Washington approves sale of F-16 warplanes to TurkeyThe United States did not green light the transaction until Turkey's instruments of ratification of Sweden's membership had arrived in Wash...
27 Jan, 2024, 11.05 AM IST
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanks Denmark for pledging to send F-16s for use against Russia's invading forcesZelenskyy portrays Ukraine as defending Western values of freedom and democracy against tyranny and argues that Ukraine needs to be properl...
21 Aug, 2023, 02.05 PM IST
The Netherlands and Denmark will give F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, the Dutch prime minister saysThe Netherlands and Denmark will give F-16 warplanes to Ukraine, according to an announcement made by Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte. The ...
20 Aug, 2023, 07.19 PM IST
Russia says F-16 jets in Ukraine will be seen as 'nuclear' threatRussian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov spoke of a US plan to transfer F-16s to Ukraine, although Washington has not given the go-ahead for ...
13 Jul, 2023, 01.09 PM IST
Biden: Zelenskiy has promised Ukraine won't use F-16 planes to go into RussiaBiden announced a $375 million package of military aid, including artillery and armoured vehicles, for Ukraine during the final day of a th...
21 May, 2023, 05.38 PM IST
Slovakia to donate 13 MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine"We will hand over 13 of our MiG-29 jets to Ukraine," said Slovak premier Eduard Heger, adding that Bratislava would also deliver a Kub air...
18 Mar, 2023, 12.13 AM IST
Slovakia may consider giving Ukraine Russian-built warplanesSlovakia has already negotiated with NATO allies the Czech Republic and Poland to monitor Slovak air space from the beginning of September....
25 Jul, 2022, 09.10 PM IST
China sends largest incursion of jets into Taiwan defence zone in monthsTaiwan lives under the constant threat of invasion by China, which sees the self-ruled, democratic island as part of its territory to event...
24 Jan, 2022, 09.07 AM IST
Pakistan rejects as 'baseless' Indian stand of downing F-16 in February 2019Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman (now Group Captain) shot down the Pakistani F-16 jet during an aerial combat before his MiG 21 Bison ai...
23 Nov, 2021, 02.14 PM IST
Turkish defence minister warns against alliances that harm NATOGreek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said this month that the agreement will allow the two countries to come to each other's aid in the...
23 Oct, 2021, 01.25 PM IST
Pakistan's claim of not targeting Indian military installations false: Defence MinistryThey said that the Pakistani jets clearly targeted multiple military installations in Naushera and Rajaouri sector, but their attempts were...
28 Feb, 2019, 02.23 PM IST
Singapore to replace its ageing F-16 fighter jets with F-35 warplanesDefence Minister Ng Eng Hen in June last year had said that Singapore was evaluating a range of options, including Lockheed Martin's F-35, ...
18 Jan, 2019, 05.33 PM IST
Turkish military says Syrian jets, missile systems harass its F-16 warplanesThe three jets were among 12 F-16s patrolling the border when they were interfered with for two minutes by Syria-based missile systems.
11 Oct, 2015, 04.22 PM IST
US deploys six F-16 warplanes to Turkey for IS fightThe United States for the first time Sunday deployed half a dozen F-16 warplanes to Turkey to help operations against the Islamic State gro...
10 Aug, 2015, 03.13 PM IST