Category -- Air -- The Defense Post

Feb- 2024 -

28 February

Joe Saballa

UK Seeks Proposals for $1.3B New Medium Helicopter Program

The UK Ministry of Defence is now accepting bids for its $1.3-billion New Medium Helicopter program.

27 February

F-35 Gen III Helmet Mounted Display System

Ronald Watkins

3000th Gen III Helmet Mounted Display System Delivered to Joint Strike Fighter Program

Collins Elbit Vision Systems has delivered its 3,000th F-35 Gen III Helmet Mounted Display System for the Joint Strike Fighter program.

27 February

A C-130 Hercules flies over a sandy plains. The plane is colored gray, with a yellow stripe on its tail. It has "US AIR FORCE" painted on its side in black, as well as "WYOMING AIR GUARD", below its wing. The background is the landscape; a wide stretch of land occupies most of the space, with green grass and yellow-white sands scattered evenly. Over the horizon, a mountain range is seen. Some of its peaks are snowy and white. The sky above is full of thin, long clouds.

Rojoef Manuel

Philippine Air Force Receives C-130H Cargo Plane From US

The US has delivered a C-130H Hercules transport aircraft to the Philippine Air Force as part of the Excess Defense Articles program.

26 February

A US soldier reader strikes against the Houthi rebels in Yemen

Staff Writer With AFP

Yemen’s Houthis Announce First Civilian Death in US-UK Strikes

Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels have reported the first civilian death in US and British air strikes after the latest round of joint raids over the weekend.

26 February

Hezbollah fighters take part in a military parade marking the group's Martyrs' Day in the southern town of Ghazieh, south of the port city of Sidon, 12 November 2019

Staff Writer With AFP

Hezbollah Fires Rockets After Deadly Israeli Strikes on East Lebanon

Hezbollah fired rockets at an Israeli military base, the Lebanese group said after Israel's first strikes on Lebanon's east in months of hostilities linked to the Gaza war.

26 February

Staff Writer With AFP

NORAD Fighters Intercept High-Altitude Balloon Over Utah

A small balloon floating at a high altitude over Utah was intercepted by fighter aircraft but deemed to pose no national security or flight risk, NORAD said.

23 February