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A senior Iranian air force commander announced that the country is producing new generation of its home-made Saeqeh (Thunderbolt) fighter jet, adding that the new aircraft will be unveiled in coming months.

Iran plans to build semi-heavy and training jets, a senior Air Force commander announced on Monday, adding that the country's experts have equipped Mirage fighters with state-of-the-art home-made weapons.

Japan dispatched fighter jets more often over the past 12 months than at any time since the Cold War ended, according to government figures, with the sorties mostly aimed at chasing away Chinese and Russian aircraft.

Tehran, YJC. Air Force official says his forces are producing a trainer aircraft which is to be unveiled soon.

BEIRUT: Russian warplanes have mounted a new wave of air strikes since Thursday night in northwestern and western Syria, a Syrian military source and state TV said on Friday. The source said the 18 air strikes were in the provinces of Idlib, Hama and Aleppo and were against Islamic State targets.

Japan and Britain are to jointly develop missile technology for fighter jets, while Tokyo may also start exporting Japanese-made parts for US surface-to-air missiles, a report said Thursday.