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India Trains To Counter J-20 Stealth Fighters as China’s J-16 Holds Rare Drills Against Egyptian Rafales

As China’s J-16 “Hidden Dragon” fighter jets drill against Egyptian Rafales, the Indian Air Force continues to sharpen its teeth through multinational exercises and...

Pakistan’s “F-16s Copying India’s Su-30 MKI Tactics” to Fight the IAF: A Sneak Peek at Aggressor Squadrons

In World War II, the adversaries captured each other's warplanes and introduced them into a modest dissimilar air-combat training (DACT) role. The Germans formed "Touring...

Rafale Jets To Get New COMET Long-Range Air-to-Air Missiles By 2030 – Comes After May India-Pak Clash

After the May 2025 India–Pakistan aerial clash —where shots were fired at around 180–200 kilometers—France is reportedly rushing a new missile, COMET, meant to...

J-10C for Bangladesh: Dhaka Cites Pakistan’s May Clash Against India as It Advances Chinese Fighter Jet Talks

In March 1971, a major crisis erupted in India's neighborhood when the Pakistan Army launched Operation Searchlight to crush the Bengali nationalist movement in...

China Holds 2nd J-16 vs Rafale Wargames in Less Than One Year; Is PLAAF Learning To Counter Indian Jets?

Nearly a year after pitting its J-16 vs Rafale jets, Chinese J-16 fighters drilled with the Egyptian Rafales during the “Eagles of Civilization 2026”...