Airbus A400M Atlas taxies after arriving at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kyle Brasier) On 7 May, a Spanish Air Force (Ejército del Aire) Airbus A400M Atlas military transport was damaged following a bird strike. The aircraft was on approach to Zaragoza Air Base, located …

F-16’s from the 114th Fighter Wing, South Dakota Air National Guard drop live bombs onto the North Impact Area at Fort McCoy, Wis. Aug. 9, 2017. Fort McCoy is home to several large-scale training exercises, including the Combat Support Training Exercise (CSTX) which is a large-scale training event where units …

The new “Venom”. (Image credit: USAF via Maj. Garret “Toro” Schmitz) The US Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon Demonstration Team, commonly known as Viper Demo, unveiled a stunning new paint scheme for their primary demonstration jet today at their home base of Shaw AFB in South Carolina. The jet is …

An Indian Air Force MiG-29UPG -Credits: A MiG-29 multirole fighter jet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed during a training mission near Punjab’s Jalandhar today. The pilot ejected safely. He was soon taken away in a rescue helicopter, the IAF said in a statement. A MiG-29 fighter aircraft crashed …

Credits: Peter Voinovich / Twitter Croatian Air Force Zlin 242L trainer aircraft crashed under unknown circumstances about half an hour after takeoff. Both pilots were killed. At around 4 pm, police received a report that a plane had dropped off at Biljana Donje. Immediately after the alert, police officers were …

Indian Air Force Mil Mi-17-IV – Credits: Wikipedia The Indian military helicopter made a forced landing in a field due to bad weather conditions. One of the six occupants sustained minor injuries. According to the Indian Air Force (IAF), the chopper was on a routine air maintenance sortie from Chaten …

Blue Angels F-18 Hornet No. 7 sits in the hangar at the 134th Air Refueling Wing, McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base, Tenn., during inclement weather. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Kendra M. Owenby, 134th ARW Public Affairs) U.S. Navy Blue Angels are about to transition from …

A screenshot of the HUD video filmed by a Greek Mirage 2000. (Image: screenshot via HAF video below) The Greek Air Force released a video allegedly showing a ‘dog fight” between a Greek Mirage 2000 and a Turkish F-16. The footage shows how the Mirage is chasing the F-16 in …

Boeing rolled out the first Airpower Teaming System unmanned aircraft for the Royal Australian Air Force on May 5, 2020. (Boeing) Boeing rolls out the first “Loyal Wingman” drone for the Royal Australian Air Force during putting the RAAF high on the list of countries experimenting with autonomous aircraft. “This …

To extend the range of the aircraft and reach more remote targets, the CIA approached the Navy proposing to develop the ability to launch and land U-2s from carriers. Project Whale Tale began on an August morning in 1963, when test pilot Bob Schumacher took off with his U-2 from …