Major international airlines are canceling and re-routing flights in the Middle East after the reports of Ukrainian Airlines Flight 752 crashed in Iran on Tuesday, killing all 176 people on board. Iran is facing mounting pressure to explain the destruction of a civilian airliner near Tehran hours after Iranian forces launched …
Read More »Iran Releases Video Showing Preparations Ahead Of Missile Strike On U.S. Airbase In Iraq
Iranian TV released a video purportedly showing missile preparations ahead of the Iranian strike on the US-operated al-Asad Airbase near Baghdad and the US military HQ near Ebril in Iraq on January 8. The video shows warehouses housing the missiles in an undisclosed location as well as launch preparations by …
Read More »U.S. Satellite Intelligence Reveals That Ukrainian Airlines Flight 752 Was Hit By A Surface To Air Missile: Report
Ukraine International Airlines flight 752, a Boeing 737-800, crashed near Shahriar, about 8 minutes after takeoff from Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport, Iran. Al 167 passengers and nine crew members on board were killed. The flight took off from runway 29R at 02:41 UTC (06:11 LT), with a delay of …
Read More »South African Airforce C-130 Hercules Crash Landed At Goma Airport
A South African Air Force (SAAF) C-130BZ has crash-landed at Goma airport, in the eastern part of the Democratic of Congo, on 9 January 2020. The aircraft was transporting 59 passengers and eight crew members from the UN mission when its left engine caught fire upon landing, said Mathias Gillman, …
Read More »Ukraine Flight PS752 Probably Crashed After Being Hit By A Russian-Made Tor-M1 Missile
Ukraine International Airlines flight 752, a Boeing 737-800, crashed near Shahriar, about 8 minutes after takeoff from Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport, Iran. Al 167 passengers and nine crew members on board were killed. The flight took off from runway 29R at 02:41 UTC (06:11 LT), with a delay of …
Read More »Afghan Army Mi-35 & Mi-17 Helicopter Crashed In Separate Incidents In One Day
on 8 January 2020 two Afghan National Army helicopters crashed in Separate incidents in one day. In the first incident Afghan military Mil Mi-35 helicopter crashed in western Afghanistan, killing two pilots on board, the country’s Defense Ministry said. The MI-35 helicopter crashed in the Porchaman district of Farah province …
Read More »Satellite Imagery Shows Extent Of Damage From Iranian Missile Strike On U.S. Airbase In Iraq
The Middlebury Institute of International Studies and Aurora Intel shared satellite images showing the impact of the January 8 Iranian missile strike on the US-operated Ayn al-Assad airbase in Iraq. Satellite photos were taken show that an Iranian missile strike has caused extensive damage at the Ain al-Assad air base …
Read More »Operation Martyr Soleimani: Iran Fired 22 Ballistic Missile At U.S. Bases In Iraq
Iran has carried out Operation Martyr Soleimani: a ballistic missile attack on airbases housing U.S. forces in Iraq, in retaliation for the U.S. killing of General Qasem Soleimani. More than a dozen missiles launched from Iran struck two air bases in Irbil and Al Asad, west of Baghdad. It is …
Read More »Ukrainian Plane Carrying 176 Pessengers Crashes In Iran Shortly After Takeoff
Ukraine International Airlines flight 752, a Boeing 737-800, crashed near Shahriar, about 8 minutes after takeoff from Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport, Iran. Al 167 passengers and nine crew members on board were killed. The flight took off from runway 29R at 02:41 UTC (06:11 LT), with a delay of …
Read More »52 F-35 Stealth Fighters Take Part In “Elephant Walk” Drill To Take Out Iran’s Missile Defence
The F-35s during the Elephant Walk (Image credit: U.S. Air Force photo by R. Nial Bradshaw) Amid fast-rising tensions between the United States and Iran following the former’s assassination of Quds Force commander General Qasem Soleimani, the U.S. Air Force has launched massive exercises for its newest class of combat …
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