Has Nigeria acquired Super Hinds?
DARREN OLIVIER follows the trail to find out exactly who on the continent has been sending their helicopters to Ukraine for upgrades.
The Year of Hard Choices for SANDF
South Africa’s military needs to have a plan B.
VVIP Charters and the South African Air Force
We explore how VVIP chartering works and what it costs.
Uniform Idiocy
A Ukrainian air crew in the eastern DRC are caught red-handed trying to procure FARDC uniforms.
Getting Granular on Peacekeepers
Editor JOHN STUPART talks armed conflicts and peacekeeping trends with Good Governance Africa’s STEPHEN JOHNSON.
France announces order for Airbus A330 MRTT air-to-air refuelling aircraft
The French Air Force has enormous experience in the field of air-to-air refuelling. It knows the factors which are critical to success and its selection of the A330 MRTT is a real honour for us. In addition it is a long-standing operator of our transport aircraft and as always we are particularly proud in gaining the further confidence of an existing customer.”
Limits to any future war
Back from Juba, RICHARD STUPART reflects on some of the constraints on the next round of fighting.
Boko Haram and ISIS: the same coin?
In many ways, what the group is doing to Syria and Iraq resembles Boko Haram in Nigeria. But is the analogy stretching too far?
First Airbus A400M for Germany leaves the paintshop
The A400M Luftwaffe edition leaves the paintshop. This is the first A400M airlifter for the German Airforce.
Why are African militaries not making better use of CubeSats?
As the cost of space-based sensors continues to plummet, most African militaries remain surprisingly uninterested in using the technology and reaping the benefits that their counterparts in the rest of the world are experiencing. This represents a missed opportunity that may have dire effects for the effectiveness of the continent’s national armed forces in the medium future.