On 29 September 2025, after a two-month mission, the Task Group Lightning operating with Italian F-35 Lightning II aircraft officially handed over to Italian Eurofighter jets.
A Dutch F-35 stealth fighter has been spotted with a fresh drone-shaped kill marking after shooting down multiple Russian drones that entered NATO airspace.
Two additional Lockheed Martin F-16C/D Block 70 multirole combat aircraft landed on 3 October at the Third Air Base near Graf Ignatievo, Bulgaria’s Ministry of Defence has confirmed.
The Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Republic announced that two additional multirole combat aircraft Lockheed Martin F-16C/D Fighting Falcon Block 70 were welcomed at the 46th Wing Air Base in Kuchyňa-Malacky.
From 22 to 26 September 2025, the Finnish Air Force is conducting Exercise Protective Fence 25, involving approximately 50 aircraft and 1,200 personnel operating from locations across Finland and Sweden.
India’s Ministry of Defence has signed a Rs 62,370 crore ($7.5 billion) contract with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited for the supply of 97 Light Combat Aircraft Tejas Mk1A to the Indian Air Force.
The Ministry of Defence of Kuwait has exercised an in-service support extension option for its Eurofighter aircraft fleet programme, for which Leonardo is the prime contractor.
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The second B-21 Raider, which first flew on 11 September, will be used to test weapons and mission systems for the new stealth bomber, Northrop Grumman told Air & Space Forces Magazine.
Last spring, the 87th Electronic Warfare Squadron (EWS) COMBAT SHIELD team completed the first operational assessment of the Eagle Passive/Active Warning Survivability System (EPAWSS) on the F-15E Strike Eagle.
The Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) has completed its first ever fighter aircraft deployment to Europe in its 71-year history, with two F-15 fighter jets arriving at RAF Coningsby as part of the “Atlantic Eagles” mission.
The first group of Finnish Air Force personnel has begun its initial training on the F-35 multi-role fighter at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida.
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NATO has scrambled its first jet in response to a potential threat from Russian drones, less than a day after the Alliance announced its new Eastern Sentry air defence activity.
