Ukrainian pilots are being imparted the basics of aerial combat as part of the training in anticipation of the arrival of the F-16 in Ukraine. But it will take some time before they will be able to ...

Weeks ago, bandits shot down a fighter jet in northern Nigeria. This comes amid questions over the Nigerian Air Force’s readiness to curb insecurity and a slew of deals by the Nigerian government to ...

It was a sad day for the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) in particular, and Nigerians generally, when on March 31, an Air Force fighter jet lost contact with the radar in Borno State while on a mission to ...

In the late 1960s and early 70s, France needed a new training aircraft to replace the aging fleet of Lockheed T-33 Shooting Stars, a plane that was originally developed in the 1940s, during the very ...

A NIGERIAN Air Force (NAF) Alpha Jet, serial number NAF-466, went missing on September 12 in the far northeast of the country. It was not until two days later on September 14 that the NAF revealed the ...

The Alpha Jet aircraft that went missing on 31 March was not shot down as claimed by the militant group popularly known as Boko Haram, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) said in a 2 April statement. NAF 475 ...

LONDON—Belgium is to sell its Dassault Alpha Jet jet trainer fleet as it transitions its pilot training over to the U.S. The Belga news agency says the Belgian defense ministry is planning to sell off ...