According to documents obtained by U.S. News, a top American diplomat sent a written reprimand to the chiefs of the Pakistani air force in August accusing them of misusing U.S.-supplied F-16 fighter jets and jeopardizing their shared security. The communication came months after India claimed one such F-16 shot down …
Read More »U.S. Air Force F-35 Guided Ground Artillery Units To Take Out Air Defense Site
A Marine F-35B Lightning II fighter jet, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 122 (VMFA-122) (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Bryan Guthrie) on Nov. 7, 2019, during the Joint Strike Fighter integration exercise U.S. Army ground artillery units recently conducted a test in which they destroyed a mock air …
Read More »U.S. Navy RQ-4A Drone Suffers Major Damage During Takeoff In Middle East
U.S. Navy RQ-4A BAMS-D (Broad Area Maritime Surveillance – Demonstrator) drone suffered major damage during a takeoff attempt while operating in the Middle East. The incident, first reported by USNI News on December 12, happened on Nov. 26, 2019. The service’s $180-million RQ-4A Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Demonstrator (BAMS-D) was attempting to …
Read More »Satellite Imagery Shows U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier Chased By 20 Iranian Fast Attack Boats
On Dec. 4, 2019, Iranian state news agency has released a satellite image shows U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) transited the Strait of Hormuz escorted by 20 Iranian Revolutionary Guard small craft. According to media reports, a group of twenty Iranian Revolutionary Guard small craft ‘harassed’ …
Read More »Germany In Talks With Lockheed Martin & MBDA Over New Missile Defense System
According to a new Defence Ministry report, German defense officials are negotiating with contractors Lockheed Martin and MBDA Deutschland about a bid proposal for a next-generation anti-missile program that the government believes is missing crucial components Information about the status of the high-profile TLVS program is included in the latest, …
Read More »LNA Forces Shot Down Turkish Bayraktar TB2 Drone Over Tripoli
The Libyan National Army (LNA) announced on December 13 that its units had shot down a Turkish unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAV) near the country’s capital, Tripoli. The UCAV was reportedly shot down over the area of Ain Zara, southeast of Tripoli, while it was supporting forces loyal to the …
Read More »U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor That Crash Landed 7 Years Ago Takes To The Sky Again
Seven years after an accident that nearly saw the jet written off, a U.S. Air Force Lockheed-Martin F-22A Raptor serial 02-4037/TY made a functional check flight at Hill Air Force Base (AFB), UT after an extensive 7-year repair of the aircraft at the Ogden Air Logistics Center (OOALC). The Raptor …
Read More »Turkey Threatens To Close Down U.S. Air Force Base Amid U.S. Sanctions
A U.S. Senate committee backed legislation to impose sanctions on Turkey after its offensive in Syria and purchase of a Russian S-400 missile system, the latest move in the chamber to push Republican President Donald Trump to take a harder line against Ankara. The Republican-led Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted …
Read More »Huge Fire Breaks Out On Russian “Admiral Kuznetsov” Aircraft Carrier
A huge fire has broken out aboard the Russian Navy’s only aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, that is currently at the Barents Sea port of Murmansk for repair works. According to the latest reports by RT.com six people have reportedly been injured, two sailors and one worker are listed as …
Read More »Russian Air Force Mil Mi-28 Helicopter Crashed Near Korenovsk Airfield
Russian Air Force Mil Mi-28 helicopter crashed during a night training mission under unknown circumstances. Both crew members died in the crash. The crash was probably caused by a pilot’s mistake or technical failure, the military source said. A Russian Mi-28 military helicopter has crashed in Krasnodar Territory, in the …
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