As we have reported earlier according to multiple Turkish media outlets the U.S. had offered Turkey a new deal on F-35 fighter jets, boosting optimism that strained relations between the two NATO allies were making progress. U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, a close ally of President Donald Trump, said this week …
Read More »Lockheed Martin To Manufacture F-16 Fighter Jets Wings In India
According to Reuters report US-based aerospace company Lockheed Martin’s decision to build F16 wings for their global supply to the world from India Vivek Lall, vice president of Strategy and Business Development for Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, said the wings of all future F-16s that the company will sell worldwide will …
Read More »RDAF Sent Special Colored F-16s To Intercept A Russian Il-20M Spyplane
On September 30, 2019, two Royal Danish Air Force (RDAF) F-16s were scrambled from Fighter Wing Skrydstrup to intercept and identify a Russian Air Force Il-20M Coot-A aircraft flying in international airspace off Denmark. The exciting thing about the intercept was the fact that one of the two F-16s in …
Read More »Woman Forced To Sit In Her Own Urine For 7 Hours After Cabin Crew Refused Toilet Access
26-year-old Air Canada passenger PASSENGER claimed she was forced to sit in a seat soaked in her own urine during a seven-hour flight after the crew refused to let her use the bathroom. Irish woman was traveling from Dublin to Colombia with Air Canada last month when it happened. She …
Read More »At Least Seven After A WWII-era B-17 Bomber Crashes In Connecticut
The Collings Foundation WWII era Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress, registration N93012, named “Nine-O-Nine” impacted an airport structure while attempting to return to Windsor Locks-Bradley International Airport (BDL/KBDL), Connecticut. The aircraft had received clearance for departure from runway 06 at 09:45 hours local time. After takeoff, the aircraft made a right-hand …
Read More »Russian Air Defense Shot Down More Than 100 Drones Near Hmeimim Airbase During Last Two Years: Report
Russian Air Defense Shot Down More Than 100 Near Hmeimim Airbase During Last Two Years: Report According to Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Major-General Igor Konashenkov, Air defense and electronic warfare systems deployed at Russia’s Hmeymim air base in Syria have shot down or disabled over 100 drones during terrorists’ attempted …
Read More »More Rafale For India? IAF To Add More Fighter Jets Firepower
According to a recently published report by the Indian Defence Research Wing, India will sign an agreement for 36 more Dassault Rafale jet fighters in 2020 — a move that was first reported in 2017 and attributed to rising tensions with China, AINonline reported. The Indian Air Force has recently …
Read More »Taiwan Unveils New Indigenous Advanced Jet Trainer Named “Yung Yin”
Credits: AJT以紅白藍三色塗裝,主要以青天白日滿地紅旗的色系為構想。(中央社) Taiwan unveiled a prototype of Taiwan’s new indigenous advanced jet trainer (AJT), named “Yung Yin (勇鷹)” or Brave Eagle, which was unveiled on Tuesday, as part of the country’s effort to become more self-reliant regarding its defense. At the unveiling ceremony in Taichung, President Tsai Ing-was said the …
Read More »South Korea Showed Off Newly Purchased F-35 Stealth Fighter Jets For The First Time
On Tuesday during Armed Forces Day ceremony South Korea displayed some of its newly purchased US-made F-35 stealth fighter jets for the first time. President Moon Jae-in reviewed military planes including an F-35, missiles and artillery systems that were displayed on the ground at the start of the ceremony at …
Read More »Extremists Attack U.S. Military Airbase And EU Convoy in Somalia
Separate attacks in Somalia have targeted a US special forces base in the town of Baledogle and a European military convoy in the capital, Mogadishu. A Somali official confirmed reports of an attack on a U.S. base in the country. Yusuf Abdourahman, a security official with the Lower Shabelle regional …
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