Jets

Turkey Signs Deal With Britain to Buy 20 Eurofighter Jets

Turkey and the UK signed a multibillion-dollar deal for the sale of 20 new EF-2000 Eurofighter Typhoon jets during British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s visit to Ankara on Monday. According to a press release shared by the UK government, the...

Germany Reportedly Approves Sale of Eurofighter Jets to Turkey

Germany has cleared the way for the delivery of 40 Eurofighter Typhoon jets to Turkey following a positive decision by the federal security council, Der Spiegel magazine reported on Wednesday. Turkey has been in talks to purchase Eurofighter Typhoon jets,...

Hydrogen-Powered Jets Could Bring Revolution in Travel

A hypersonic, hydrogen-powered passenger jet tested by a Swiss start-up is looking to cut the journey time from the US to China to three and a half hours. Destinus has been testing its prototype aircraft for the past couple of...

American Fighter Jets Fly Over Turkish Occupied Cyprus

American F-22 fighter jets tore across the skies of Cyprus, flying over Famagusta and Karpasia, causing frustration in Ankara. By bypassing the so-called Turkish control center for the occupied territories in Cyprus, the United States ignored submitting the relevant request...

First Upgraded F-16 Jets Arrive in Greece

The first two of a total of eighty-three upgraded F-16 jets arrived at the Tanagra Airbase in Greece on Monday. The first two F-16 Viper jets will serve as pilot training aircraft. Greece hopes to receive at least six more...

Battle for the Sale of F-16 Jets to Turkey Heating Up in US Congress

Battle lines are being drawn in the US Congress for the proposed sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey as Greek-American lawmakers are mobilizing to ensure that the Biden administration does not proceed with the sale and the upgrade...

Greece Requests to Buy 20 Lockheed F-35 Fighter Jets from the US

Greece has sent an official request to the United States for the purchase of twenty Lockheed Martin-made F-35 fighter jets, the country's prime minister said on Thursday. Speaking to reporters in Madrid during a NATO summit, Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Greece...

Is Poland About to Send Fighter Jets to Ukraine?

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday that the US was "working actively" on a deal with Poland to supply Ukraine with jets to fight Russia. The deal, according to reports, could involve Poland handing over its existing MIG-29s,...

US Congress Moves to Block Sale of F-16 Jets to Turkey

Members of the US Congress are piling on pressure on the Department of State this week to prevent the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey. On Thursday it emerged that a cross-party letter addressed to Secretary of State Anthony...

Greece to Buy Six More Rafale Jets, Bringing Total to 24

Greece announced on Saturday it will buy six more Rafale fighter jets from France bringing the total the number of French fighters sold to Athens to 24. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis revealed plans to acquire an additional six Rafales. "I...