Lebanon’s Hezbollah says it has shot down an Israeli drone outside the southern town of Ramyah. According to Israeli media, the UAV was downed during “routine activity,” and that there “wasn’t any intelligence leak”. Pro-Israeli sources described the UAV as a “small drone”. Hezbollah provided no details regarding the type of UAV …
Read More »Pilot Claims He Was Buzzed By A Huge Flying Pig With Six Rotors On Its Back At 1900 ft
The pilot of the Eurofox reported that the two-meter long pink pig powered by six rotors on its back flew just nine meters away from him. The bizarre incident happened just after 2.15pm on May 4 this year when he was flying two miles south of Pocklington airfield, East Yorkshire. …
Read More »India’s Vice President Tweets May Have Inadvertently Revealed India’s Next-Gen Nuclear Weapons Platform Details
According to forbes, On August 28 the official Twitter account of the Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu, tweeted photos of his visit to the country’s Naval Science & Technological Laboratory. Among the missiles and unmanned vehicles is a sub-scale model of a submarine. And it appears to …
Read More »Three died and five injured in Benin Air Force Cargo Plane Crash
The military cargo plane of the Benin Air Force crashed under unknown circumstances. Three crew members died and five others were injured. The plane took off from Parakou and was En route to Benin. The aircraft type involved has not been reported. The Benin Air Force reportedly operates a DHC-6 …
Read More »U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt accidentally fired off a M-156 rocket into Arizona desert
An A-10 Thunderbolt II, from the 190th Fighter Squadron, trains with targets, Orchard Combat Training Center, Boise, Idaho Aug. 19, 2019. Idaho Gov. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Ryan White) A US Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt accidentally released munitions over Arizona on Thursday, according to an Air Force statement. …
Read More »Luftwaffe F-104 Starfighter Landing On Autobahn A 29 And Ending Nose-down On Grass
The Cold War Footage below, filmed in March 1984, during exercise “Highway ’84”, is particularly interesting as it shows an aircraft rarely seen operating from public roads: an F-104G Starfighter of the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) in “heavy” (tip + pylon tanks) configuration. The video shows the F-104G “23+30”, belonging …
Read More »U.S. Air Force To Invest In Low-Cost, Single-Use Disposable Aircraft For Air Superiority
At the 2019 Defense News Conference on September 4, acting United States Secretary of the Air Force Matthew Donovan announced a number of “controversial changes” would be taking place within his military branch’s “future budgets.” “We need to shift funding and allegiance from legacy programs we can no longer afford …
Read More »List Of New Russian Mega-Drones Unveils at MAKS 2019 Airshow
In recent years Russia has gained extensive combat experience using small and tactical drones, particularly in Syria, on reconnaissance, target acquisition, and battle damage assessment. With a growing emphasis on reconnaissance and aerial operations, Russia has increased the role of UAS in the conflict in Crimea and Ukraine and the …
Read More »Max Air Boeing 747-4B5 Plane Carrying 600 Pilgrims Crash Lands In Nigeria
Max Air Flight NR2092 was a charter flight from Jeddah–PrinceAbdullah Air Base (JED/OEJN), Saudi Arabia, to Minna Airport (MXJ/DNMN), Nigeria. It was reported that one of the 747 engines failed during approach and the aircraft skidded off the runway upon landing. No one was injured, but the aircraft received minor …
Read More »U.S. to buy Super Realistic mock-ups of Russian S-300 air defense system
According to The Drive, U.S. Air Force is seeking responses for its requirement to acquire full-size Super Realistic mock-ups of the Russian S-300PMU air defense system – NATO codename SA-20 Gargoyle. The U.S. Air Force wants to buy two life-size mock transporter-erector-launchers, or TELs, that mimic the physical look, as …
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