Su-22 Fitter-D

New images released by the Libyan Air Force provide an interesting glimpse of the current operational assests at al-Watiya airbase, but more importantly, also indicate that the Su-22 reportedly undergoing overhaul is not an Su-22 (S-32MK) as previously thought, but rather a more modern Su-22M instead. The news comes just as it’s been confirmed that […]

Saudi warplanes struck military bases that had been seized by Houthi rebels in Yemen, crippling the air force in a U.S.-backed campaign that has led to fears of a proxy war among the Middle East’s big powers. As weekend airstrikes blunted their expansion into southern Yemen, the Iranian-backed rebels suffered a political setback: Their most […]

The Syrian Arab Air Force (SyAAF), entangled in a bloody civil war that will soon reach its four-year mark, relies heavily on Russia and Iran to keep attrition from diminishing its firepower. After having upgraded several SyAAF Mi-17s with armour plates and FLIR cameras, stationing Mojaher 4, Yasir and Shahed 129 UAVs in Syria and […]

The commander of the Yemeni Air Force has clarified reports that Ansar Allah – the Zaidi Shia group, known as the Houthis – has taken control of a shipment of three Sukhoi jets. Various Arabic media organisations reported on 17 February that the aircraft had arrived from either Russia or Ukraine at the port of […]

A Russian-made Yemeni military jet ploughed into a residential district of the capital Sanaa on Monday, killing the pilot, officials said, and witnesses said it exploded in mid-air before crashing. The Sukhoi crashed into “Al-Asbahi residential district in southern Sanaa,” a military official told AFP. […]