On March 14, 2017, Indonesian Air Force F-16B skidded off the runway of Roesmin Nurjadin Air Force base in Pekanbaru, Riau, as a result of a brake malfunction. No fatalities or injuries were reported. The aircraft pilot Maj. Andri and air cadet Second Lieut. Marko suffered minor injuries. Following the …

The Pentagon is considering sending additional antimissile batteries, another squadron of jet fighters and added surveillance capabilities to the Middle East to shore up the military’s regional presence in the wake of the attack last weekend on Saudi Arabia’s petroleum industry, U.S. military officials said. The Wall Street Journal reported …

Indian Air Force (IAF) received the first multi-role combat aircraft Rafale from its manufacturer Dassault Aviation in France on Thursday, defense sources said on Friday. First of 36 Rafale fighter jets from France was received by Deputy Chief Air Marshal Chaudhary during his visit to France on Thursday. The tail …

A US drone strike intended to hit an Islamic State hideout in Afghanistan has killed at least 30 and 40 injured civilians who were resting after harvesting pine nuts. The attack, on Wednesday night, was aimed at destroying a hideout used by ISIS militants, but it accidentally targeted farmers near …

On 17 September 2019, the Israeli news outlet NZIV, citing a number of military sources, published the flight route of the Israeli stealth fighters, that struck eastern Syria. According t the flight route of the Israeli F-35s it turned out, the IAF F-35s, not only entered the Syrian airspace but …

As we have Reported earlier a Mysterious F-117 Nighthawk Fuselage Under Protective Cover was Spotted in Transit in California. According to The War Zone Report More than a decade after the F-117 Nighthawk stealth attack jet’s official retirement, the Air Force still has 51 of the aircraft in its inventory and has …

Saudi Arabia’s Defense Ministry spokesman Col. Turki al-Malki presented evidence about the recent attack on key oil facilities in the Kingdom. Saudi Arabia has offered the first look at evidence it said it had collected after the unprecedented strikes on the Abqaiq oil processing facility and the Khurais oil field …

U.S. Air Force has deployed at least one Lockheed EC-130H Compass Call electronic warfare (EW) plane in one of its bases in the Middle East. On September 18, Manu Gómez, an observer of civilian and military aviation, spotted the advanced EW plane over the eastern Mediterranean. The plane flew over Israel …

Speculations around the capabilities of the U.S.-made Patriot missile defense system arose in light of the most recent attack against oil facilities in Saudi Arabia. Questions have abounded all week as to how Saudi Arabia, the planet’s third-highest defense spender and steward of the world’s largest oil facility, allowed itself …

Boeing made a surprise announcement of the successful test flight of the new MQ-25 Stingray carrier-based unmanned aerial refueler. Boeing’s MQ-25 Stingray carrier-based tanker drone test asset, known as T1, has flown for the first time at MidAmerica Airport in Mascoutah, Illinois. The company is developing the Stingray for the …