The U.S. and Israeli Ministry of Defense on Dec. 30 formalized a deal for 12 Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopters and two additional Boeing KC-46 Pegasus refueling tankers. 

The Royal Thai Air Force is considering purchasing as many as eight Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning IIs as part of its modernization to replace its aging fleet of Northrop F-5E/Fs and F-16A/Bs.

The Netherlands has become the latest country to declare its F-35 fleet operational.

After awarding about $8 billion in contracts to adversary air and other private air support providers from fiscal 2015 to 2020, the U.S. military services are reviewing the performance of these companies to understand how they can better and more cost-effectively train aircrews.

After more than five years of negotiations and unconfirmed reports, Indonesian Air Force chief Fadjar Prasetyo has finally confirmed that his service will no longer pursue the acquisition of Russian Sukhoi Su-35 fighters and instead focus on the Dassault Rafale and Boeing F-15EX.

The U.S. Air Force will start divesting its E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System, starting with four of the aircraft in 2022, as the service tries to find its way ahead on the broad Advanced Battle Management System program to fill the aircraft’s role.

New data released by the State Department on Dec. 22 shows U.S. arms sales activity declined sharply in the first year of the Biden administration.

The U.S. Air Force has picked MacDill AFB, Florida, to be its next KC-46 base.