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Chadian Air Force Su-25 Frogfoot Accidentally Fired Rocket At French C-130H At N’Djamena Airport killing Five Civilians

Chadian Air Force Su-25 Frogfoot Accidentally Fired Rocket At French C-130H At N'Djamena Airport killing Five Civilians

A screenshot from the surveillance video filmed at NDjamena. On Apr. 17, 2020 a Chadian Air Force Su-25 Frogfoot accidentally fired a rocket at French C-130H parked at Base Aérienne Kossei NDjamena, Chad. The rocket accidentally fired by a Chadian Air Force Su-25 Frogfoot struck an empty tanker truck, missed …

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Lockheed Martin Has Reported Trained 1,000th Pilot & 9,000th Maintainer For The F-35 Lightning II program

Lockheed Martin Has Reported Trained 1,000th Pilot & 9,000th Maintainer For The F-35 Lightning II program

Gen. Mike Holmes, the commander of Air Combat Command, congratulates Capt. Kristin “BEO” Wolfe, the new F-35A Lightning II Demonstration Team pilot (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Kip Sumner). Lockheed Martin has reported that it trained the 1,000th pilot and 9,000th maintainer for the F-35 Lightning II program. More …

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Airbus MRTT Test Aircraft Successfully Completed World’s First Fully Automatic Refuelling Contacts On F-16 Fighter Jets

Airbus MRTT Test Aircraft Successfully Completed World’s First Fully Automatic Refuelling Contacts On F-16 Fighter Jets

Photo caption: The picture shows the first fully automated refuelling contacts between an Airbus tanker test aircraft and a Portuguese Air Force F-16 fighter jet. Credits: airbus Airbus has achieved the first-ever fully automatic air-to-air refueling (A3R) operation with a boom system. The flight test campaign, conducted earlier in the …

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Watch: Libya’s LNA Forces Shoots Down GNA Dassault Mirage F1 Jet With Russian Defense System

Watch: Libya’s LNA Forces Shoots Down GNA Dassault Mirage F1 Jet With Russian Defense System

Credits: Rob Schleiffert – Mirage F1BD Via Wikipedia A Mirage F1 fighter jet from the Government of National Accord (GNA) is said to have been shot down by an air defence system of the Libyan National Army (LNA). The LNA’s air defenses, using their Russian-made Pantsir-S system, shot down the French-made Mirage …

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Indian Air Force Brand New AH-64E Apache Helicopters Makes Emergency Landing In Punjab Field

Indian Air Force Brand New AH-64E Apache Helicopters Makes Emergency Landing In Punjab Field

IAF helicopter Apache after emergency landing in Hoshiarpur of Punjab. (Photo:India Today) A brand new AH-64E Apache attack helicopter of the Indian Air Force (IAF) made an emergency landing in a field in Punjab’s Hoshiarpur. The two pilots are safe and the district police are in touch with the IAF’s …

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U.S. Air Force Starts 3D Printing Face Shields Amid Protective Equipment Shortages

U.S. Air Force Starts 3D Printing Face Shields Amid Protective Equipment Shortages

U.S. Air Force Staff. Sgt. Maximilion Estrada, Phoenix Spark noncommissioned officer in charge of agile manufacturing, assembles a face shield(U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jonathon Carnell) U.S. Air Force based at the Travis Air Force Base has started producing 3D printed face shields amid protective equipment shortages in …

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