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The Su-35 is at least equal—if not superior—to the very best Western fourth-generation fighters. Here's What You Need to Know: The maneuverability of the Su-35 makes it an unsurpassed dogfighter. The Sukhoi Su-35 Flanker-E is the top Russian air-superiority fighter in service today, and represents the pinnacle of fourth-generation jet fighter design. It will remain so until Russia succeeds in bringing its fifth-generation PAK-FA stealth fighter into production. Distinguished by its unrivaled maneuverability, most of the Su-35’s electronics and weapons capabilities have caught up with t...

Top Aces Aggressor F-16 Flies For The First Time In The U.S. Top Aces Aggressor F-16 Flies For The First Time In The U.S. The F-16A of Top Aces lands at Phoenix Mesa Gateway airport after its first flight in the USA. (Photo: Thomas Backus) The former Israeli F-16 flew from the Top Aces’s facilities at Phoenix Mesa Gateway airport and is the first 4th generation fighter flown by private “Red Air”. The Canadian company Top Aces performed on May 18, 2021 the first flight of one of its former Israeli F-16As since their arrival in the United States earlier this year. The aircraft, which was ...

China flies the domestically designed two-seat JH-7 Flying Leopard, around 240 of which serve in the PLA Air Force and Naval Air Force.

AIR DEFENSE: Saudis Under Heavy Attack  May 9, 2021: Saudi Arabia has a growing problem with Iranian UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) used as cruise missiles. For several years Iran has been smuggling in UAV components to northern Yemen where Shia rebels have been trying to take over the entire country since 2014. That offensive was thwarted in 2015 by the intervention of an Arab Coalition that halted and pushed back the rebels. Unfortunately for the Saudis the home province of the Shia rebels is in northwest Yemen along the Saudi border. That border is 1,800...

Finland gets final bids for $12 billion fighter jet deal April 30, 2021 As a true fifth-generation fighter, the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is one of three Canadian Future Fighter contenders, along with the Boeing Super Hornet and the Saab Gripen. (Photo: Lockheed Martin) HELSINKI — Finland says it has received final offers from all five manufacturers bidding in a contest to provide new fighter jets to the Nordic country’s military in a 10 billion-euro (US$12 billion) deal to replace its aging fleet of F-18 Hornet aircraft. The Finnish Defence Forces said Thursday that i...