Speaking to reporters at a media roundtable on the eve of the Singapore Airshow, Gen. Charles Brown, Jr. said more tankers and airlifters available to Pacific Air Forces was a “key aspect” to his command’s activities in the vast region.
The show must go on, insist the organizers of the Singapore Airshow, despite an increasing number of exhibitors pulling out of the biennial event due to fears of the new coronavirus epidemic sweeping the globe.
According to witnesses, seven Chengdu J-10 fighter jets in the team’s distinctive blue, white and red livery landed at Singapore’s Changi East Airbase on Tuesday afternoon along with a pair of Ilyushin Il-76 transport aircraft of China’s People’s Liberation Army Air Force.
The agreement was inked after a meeting on the sidelines of the Reagan National Defense Forum, where the U.S. and Singaporean defense ministers discussed a range of issues on their countries' bilateral defense relationship.
Japan is nearing an agreement to purchase a privately owned island for use as a training ground for U.S. military aircraft based in Japan, potentially ending a sometimes torturous process that began nearly a decade ago.
This high-resolution imagery shows a total of seven Shenyang J-15 Flying Shark multirole fighters onboard the carrier’s flight deck, along with four Changhe Z-18 helicopters.