Warplanes

  • Poland redesigning F-35 jets with better-camouflaged monochrome insignia

    A proposed change to the checkerboard insignia on Polish warplanes could make them harder for enemies to detect in battle. A significant change is coming for the insignia of the Polish Air Force: a new low-detectability checkerboard pattern meant to ensure the country’s F-35 jets can operate with maximum stealth. The idea of camouflaging warplanes…

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  • Ukraine claims to have destroyed Russian plane

    Ukraine claims to have destroyed a Russian surveillance plane.  Ukraine’s air force commander, Mykola Oleshchuk, said:  “The A-50 with the call sign ‘Bayan’ has flown its last!” Interfax Ukraine news agency quoted military sources as saying the A-50 was downed over Russian territory, between the cities of Rostov-on-Don and Krasnodar.  Russian news agencies quoted emergency…

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