According to U.S. Navy a Chinese Navy warship fired a military-grade laser at US Navy P-8 surveillance aircraft while it was flying over the Pacific Ocean, an action that the US Navy called “unsafe and unprofessional.” The People’s Republic of China “navy destroyer’s actions were unsafe and unprofessional,” US Pacific …

The Colombian Bell UH-1H Huey II helicopter crashed under unknown circumstances. Regretfully three occupants died and two occupants were seriously injured. “The air force reports that the Huey II helicopter … which was flying between Air Combat Command No. 4, in Melgar-Tolima, and Air Maintenance Command, in the city of …

  A Spanish Air Force C-101EB Aviojet crashed into the sea during a formation flight. The plane has come down in La Manga and it’s confirmed the pilot has been killed as the plane hit the ground and burst into a fireball of flames. A Casa C-101 Aviojet belonging to …

Pakistan is celebrating ‘Surprise Day’ as a tribute to a retaliatory attack by the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) on a botched Indian attempt to strike in Balakot this time last year. On Feb. 27, 2019, the Pakistan Air Force conducted Operation Swift Retort, shooting down two Indian Air Force fighter …

Two Turkish F-16 fighter jets flew over the eastern Aegean islet of Agathonisi on Monday and were intercepted by Greek counterparts. The Hellenic National Defense General Staff said the Turkish planes had entered Athens’ flight-information region without submitting a flight plan, according to Greek media outlet Ekathimerini. Flights by Turkish …

On February 22, 2019, Daredevil “Mad” Mike Hughes died after his homemade rocket crashed into the ground outside of Barstow, California. Hughes launched himself inside the steam-powered rocket in hopes that he might sail high enough into the atmosphere to prove that the Earth is flat. He was 64. A …

Russia Has Developed Prototype of Air-to-Ground Hypersonic Missile for Su-57. The new weapons system can reportedly be fitted inside the Su-57s internal weapons bay. “The enterprises of the Russian military-industrial complex have created a prototype of a small-sized air-to-surface hypersonic missile for[internal] deployment on the Su-57 fighter,” a source was quoted …

According to the latest media reports, the Syrian Air Defense Force shot down TAI Anka origin UAV over the Syrian Idlib region. The army gunned down the drone in the town of Dadikh in the southeastern countryside of Idlib, said the report without giving further details. https://twitter.com/200_zoka/status/1232336660987289600 This came amid …

There is an old joke that runs through the bomber fleet that when the B-1 and B-2 bombers are retired, the pilots will be flown home from the boneyard in the B-52 Stratofortress. The article by Tony R. Landis, Air Force Materiel Command History Office shows hows U.S. Air Force …

Indian National Cadet Corps Pipistrel Virus SW 80 Garud training aircraft registration number W-3936 crashed under unknown circumstances. Both occupants were seriously injured. One of them, a wing commander died later of his injuries. The deceased pilot has been identified as Wing Commander Gurpreet Singh Cheema who succumbed to his …