Draken International, LLC is an American provider of tactical fighter aircraft for contract air services including military and defense industry customers. The firm is based at the Lakeland Linder International Airport in Lakeland, Florida and also has operating bases at Kinston Regional Jetport and Kelly Field in San Antonio, Texas.

We deliver world-class adversary training and special mission support. On a daily basis, the US Air Force, the UK’s RAF, militaries in the NATO alliance and their partners rely on our services. What do we do? In the classroom or in the air, our primary purpose is to prepare frontline personnel to survive the fight.

2024年11月26日 · Enter Draken International, a private company that owns and operates one of the largest fleets of privately operated military aircraft in the world. What Is Draken International? Draken International, based in Lakeland, Florida, is a global leader in adversary air services.

2022年4月8日 · As it sits now, Nellis won’t execute an option to renew its adversary air (ADAIR) contract for another year with Draken International. The private adversary company, which is one of the largest in the fast-growing marketplace, flies a large mix of aircraft in the aggressor role from the base, including everything from straight-winged L-159 ...

2018年2月15日 · Within spitting distance of the Weapons School is a hangar belonging to Draken International, a private company that provides “contract air support.” Its pilots — who are all ex-military, and about 80 per cent of whom are USAF Weapons School grads — play the role of “bad guys” against air force “good guys” in live aerial combat ...

2021年12月10日 · Draken International announced last week two contracts to acquire a fleet of second-hand F-16 Fighting Falcons from the Netherlands and Norway. The company is set to receive 12 aircraft from...

2014年9月3日 · Welcome to Draken International, the world’s largest private air force. Lakeland, Florida-based Draken formed in 2011, and has grown rapidly since then. Currently the company undertakes a...

2020年1月13日 · WASHINGTON — Last year, the Air Force tapped seven defense companies for a $6.4 billion opportunity for “Red Air” training where contracted pilots pose as aggressors in air-to-air combat ...

2019年1月17日 · Draken L-159Es are Aero Vodochody-designed single-seat, multi-role ADAIR fighter jets. Photo: Jose Ramos/Draken International. The Air Force is about to create a whole new industry: private adversary air (ADAIR). As soon as February, the service will award a 10-year, up to $6 billion contract to multiple companies, changing the way fighter ...

2024年2月19日 · In 2021 Draken International has signed a contract to bring yet more Lockheed Martin F-16s to its fast-expanding “red air” fleet, as the adversary air support contractor adds ex-Norwegian Vipers to the dozen former Dutch examples it acquired earlier last year.