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View In: AirforcesIn January, South Korea’s KF-21 Boramae “Fighting Hawk” successfully completed its first supersonic flight, showcasing the increasing strength of the ROK’s Air Force. The test was carried out by the 3rd Flying Training Wing of the Republic of Korea Air Force, or ROKAF, near the Sacheon airport in th...

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View In: AirforcesWhy Can’t the JAS 39 Gripen Beat the F-35 in Sales?: Pepsi Cola, Burger King, and Volkswagen all share one thing in common – they’re second in their respective market, and while still respectable, it shows that someone was better. Some accept coming in as the runner-up, while others will go on a length...

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View In: AirforcesEurofighter Typhoon is a fantastic fighter and might just be the best fighter not name F-35 and F-22 – and it is up for sale if you have millions and millions of dollars, that is: A few days ago, we at 19FortyFive published a story on the Tempest AKA Future Combat Air System (FCAS), Great Britain’s curren...

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View In: AirforcesThe JAS 39 Gripen is clearly not made in the United States but is a powerful fighter jet built by Saab in Sweden. While the fighter plane has no household name recognition, she is a force to reckoned with and is among the very best fourth-generation fighters on the planet today: With an eye toward […] Th...

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View In: AirforcesPoland and the MiG-29: A Love Story – The Soviet Union developed the Mikoyan MiG-29 (NATO reporting name “Fulcrum“) in response to increasingly sophisticated warplanes, and the aircraft soon earned a reputation as a formidable and agile dogfighter. Export models were operated by former East Germany...

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View In: AirforcesThe Tu-22M3 Is Back: Russia’s Tu-22M3 ‘missile truck’ is relevant again. Known by its NATO moniker Backfire-C, the Tu-22M3 is flying out of Syria and patrolling the Mediterranean Sea in a manner that hearkens back to the Cold War. If you read Tom Clancy novels during the Soviet era, you may recogniz...