MILITARY● LOWAug 22 · Aug 22, 2026, 12:00 PM
Chinese J-16 fighters arrive in Egypt ahead of Eagles of Civilisation 2026 joint drill
South China Morning Post
A fleet of Chinese J-16 fighters has arrived in Egypt ahead of a joint exercise that will be the aircraft’s first-ever deployment to Africa. The planes and aviators taking part in the Eagles of Civilisation 2026 exercise arrived at an Egyptian airbase on Friday morning after a 6,000km (3,700-mile) journey that took nine hours and required the planes to refuel in mid-air, according to the People’s Liberation Army. It added that the service personnel involved in the exercise had started...
GlobeAlert aggregates and classifies open sources; the story above belongs to its publisher. Summaries are machine-generated from the source text.
More in Military
MILITARY1h agoA surprise engine team up, plus a budget warning from spaceBreaking DefenseMILITARY1h agoU.S. to spend $2 billion to $3 billion per month on Iran war, Congressional Budget Office saysCBS NewsMILITARY2h agoIran’s drone hunt escalates as Tehran targets US spy tech to expose battlefield secretsFox News WorldMILITARY2h agoIran war increasing inflation, straining US munitions: congressional reportAl Jazeera [en]