Govt offers to buy 200 foreign fighter jets – if they’re Made-in-India

NEW DELHI: India is offering to buy hundreds of fighter planes from foreign manufacturers - as long as the jets are made in India and with a local partner, Indian Air Force officials say. A deal for 200 single-engine planes produced in India - which the Air Force says could rise to 300 as it fully phases out ageing Soviet-era aircraft - could be worth anything from $13-$15 billion, experts say, potentially one of the country's biggest military aircraft deals.

New Russian missile system raises stakes in Syria, as US officials…

Russia's completion this month of an integrated air defence system in Syria has made an Obama administration decision to strike Syrian government installations from the air even less likely than it has been for years, and has created a substantial obstacle to the Syrian safe zones both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have advocated. Deployment of mobile and interchangeable S-400 and S-300 missile batteries, along with other short-range systems, now gives Russia the ability to shoot down planes and cruise missiles over at least 400km in all directions from western Syria, covering virtually all of that country as well as significant portions of Turkey, Israel, Jordan and the eastern Mediterranean.

Just How Much Of An Ally Is Jordan Against ISIS?

Protesters hold up pictures of Jordanian King Abdullah and pilot Muath al-Kasaesbeh with national flags, as they chant slogans during a rally in Amman to show their loyalty to the King and against the Islamic State, February 5, 2015. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed When the Islamic State burned a Jordanian pilot to death in a cage in February 2015, King Abdullah of Jordan vowed to crush ISIS until his military runs "out of fuel and bullets."

China says to tackle veterans’ benefits after high-profile protest in capital

Uniformed people take part in a protest outside the Bayi Building, a major Chinese military building in Beijing, China, October 11, 2016. China will keep tackling the difficulties facing demobilized soldiers and pays attention to resolving their problems, the Defence Ministry said on Thursday, after hundreds protested outside a major military building against job losses.

Latest Wikileaks Dump Shows Tom DeLonge Emailing Clinton Campaign Chair About UFOs

We've known since the song "Aliens Exist" on Enema of the State that former Blink-182 guitarist Tom DeLonge believes, well, that aliens exist. Still, it's pretty funny to find him chatting casually about UFOs with Hillary Clinton's campaign manager in a dump of emails from Wikileaks.

In fact: Why a special relationship with Russia matters

After India's surgical strikes along the LoC, Moscow expressed concern "with aggravation of situation along the line of control" and called on "parties not to allow any escalation of tension". This stood in sharp contrast to Russia's reaction to the 2008 terror strikes, where it supported "resolute actions of the Indian government to cut short terrorist actions".

Republican candidates focus on family values –

From left, state Rep. Dean Dorhman, R-La Monte, 4th District U.S. Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler, R-Harrisonville, and state Rep. Nathan Beard, R-Sedalia, pose for a photo for a constituent who attended the ice cream social hosted by the three representatives Saturday afternoon at the Pettis County Courthouse. The three candidates, who are running for re-election for their respective seats, spoke of the need for continued family values and support for veterans and the military at the event.

Sen. Harry Reid announces $200M for Nevada military, veterans projects

Sen. Harry Reid says Nevada will be getting more than $200 million in federal funding for projects involving the military and veterans. The retiring Democrat announced Saturday that the money will be allocated for projects at Nellis Air Force Base, Naval Air Station Fallon and Reno VA Medical Center.

Obama flies to Israel for Shimon Peres memorial service

29, 2016, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., en route to the funeral of former Israeli President Shimon Peres in Jerusalem. . Military Personnel salute as Air Force One, with President Barack Obama aboard, prepares to departs at Andrews Air Force Base Md., Thursday, Sept.

Pentagon chief, an expert on nukes, says little about them

As defense secretary to a president who famously envisioned "a world without nuclear weapons," Ash Carter has said remarkably little about them. He has been quiet on a range of nuclear issues, including the Pentagon's $8 billion effort to correct an array of morale, training, discipline and resource problems in the Air Force nuclear missile corps, revealed by The Associated Press in the last three years.

Attendees at North Korean air show wowed by model F-16

Now here's something you don't see every day: an F-16 fighter jet buzzing through the skies of North Korea and launching - fireworks. The plane roaring over people's heads at the country's first air show Sunday was actually a remote-controlled mock-up of the fabled U.S Air Force fighter.

185TH Air Guard Ducts a oeBOSS LIFTa Flight

Over 40 civilian employers and distinguished visitors from around the states of Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota boarded flights departing the Sioux City, Iowa airport for an Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, "Boss Lift" that departed from the 185th Air Refueling Wing. While lying next to the boom operator in the back of the U.S. Air Force KC-135 aircraft, guests nominated by their National Guard employee made their way to the refueling area above South Dakota where they got to witness an air to air refueling with F-16's from South Dakota's 114th Fighter Wing based in Sioux Falls, SD.