China to strengthen military coordination with Russia
China sent four nuclear-capable H-6K strategic bombers "to form a joint formation" with Russia's Tu-95 bombers, pictured, to conduct a joint patrol over the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea. Photo: AFP
Russia nets a special Su-57 fighter jet for Christmas
The Sukhoi Su-57 is a stealth, single-seat, twin-engine multirole fifth-generation jet fighter being developed since 2002 for air superiority and attack operations. Credit: Handout.
Soldiers assigned to a brigade under the PLA 81st Group Army drive their armored personnel carriers on the snow ground during a driving skills training exercise on December 9, 2020.Photo:China Military
Fighter jets attached to an aviation brigade of the air force under the PLA Southern Theater Command taxi on the runway before takeoff during a flight training exercise in early December, 2020. (eng.chinamil.com.cn/Photo by Lu Shiqiang)
Tech. Sgt. John Rodiguez provides security with a Ghost Robotics Vision 60 prototype at a simulated austere base during the Advanced Battle Management System exercise on Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Sept. 1, 2020. (Tech. Sgt. Cory D. Payne/Air Force)
AFT: Two U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons fly in formation with two Royal Saudi Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles after receiving fuel from a KC-135R Stratotanker during a routine exercise over Southwest Asia, Dec. 15, 2020. (Staff Sgt. Taylor Harrison/Air Force)
AFT: Soldiers conduct an emergency deployment readiness exercise mission at Pacific Missile Range Facility Barking Sands on the island of Kauai, Hawaii, on Dec. 10, 2020. (Staff Sgt. Alan Brutus/Army)
A Special Tactics operator guides a 27th Special Operations Wing MC-130J onto a runway during an exercise at Melrose Air Force Range, N.M. (Staff Sgt. Ridge Shan/Air Force)
Raise the Black Flag: Nellis launches new Air Force operational test event
F-22s and F-16s from 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron refuel from a KC-135 over the Nevada Test and Training Range for Large Force Test Event 20.03. LFTE 20.03 was the beta version of "Black Flag," a premier joint operational test event hosted by the 53rd Wing that validates tactics in a combat relevant environment. (1st Lt Savanah Bray/Air Force)