The U.S. Air Force is sending six B-52 Stratofortress bombers to Diego Garcia, a military hub that acts as a strategic location for operations in both the Middle East and the Pacific. New satellite imagery, exclusively obtained from Planet Labs, shows two B-52s at the U.S. airbase on Diego Garcia …

Iran has admitted its military made an “unforgivable mistake” in unintentionally shooting down a Ukrainian jetliner and killing all 176 people on board, after days of rejecting western intelligence reports that pointed to Tehran being responsible. The plane, en route to the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, was carrying 167 passengers …

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 …

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Steve Gillette explains the capabilities of the F-35B Lightning II joint strike fighter to Dr. Ng Eng Hen, Singapore minister of defense, at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., Dec. 10, 2013. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jason Colbert) The US State Department approved …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …

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 …