Category: Military Aviation
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The Su-30SM2 is the latest modernised derivative of the Su-30SM in Russian Naval Aviation, with updated avionics and electronic-warfare systems, improved radar detection range and expanded weapons capability.
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News Date: September 2026 Finland and Sweden conducted a joint interception of Russian military aircraft in the Gulf of Finland area, marking a further step in the operational integration of Nordic air surveillance and NATO air-policing activities in the Baltic region. Source: Nordic and NATO-related official or corroborating defence reporting.
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Finnish F/A-18 Hornets and Swedish JAS 39 Gripens conducted their first joint operational Quick Reaction Alert identification mission over the Gulf of Finland. The aircraft were scrambled to identify Russian military aircraft operating in international airspace. The mission marks a further step in the operational integration of Finnish and Swedish air-defence and air-policing capabilities following…
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US F-35 aircraft are expected to participate for the first time in India’s multinational Tarang Shakti 2026 air exercise, scheduled to begin at Jodhpur on 26 September. The deployment introduces a fifth-generation combat aircraft into one of India’s largest multinational air exercises and provides an additional indicator of expanding operational interoperability between the Indian Air…