Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency says Israeli warplanes have attacked a Palestinian base in the country’s east, near the border with Syria. The report says there were three strikes early on Monday, minutes apart, that struck a base for a Syrian-backed group known as the Popular Front for the Liberation …
Read More »Francisco Marín Núñe Former Patrulla Aguila pilot Dies in plane crash in sea
As we have reported earlier a Spanish Air Force CASA C-101EB Aviojet Crashed Into Sea along the Seashore. According to the Defense Ministry, the pilot of a Spanish Air Force plane that crashed this morning in the Mediterranean Sea, in front of the seaside spit La Manga del Mar Menor, …
Read More »Air Force Delayed $176 Million Replacement Project Of 77-year-old Offutt Air Force Base Runway
U.S. Air Force has confirmed Offutt Air Force Base Runway runway closure delayed 10 months, at a cost of nearly $176 million. According to the 55th Wing’s runway replacement at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, has been pushed back from December 2019 to October 2020. The ten-month delay of the …
Read More »Spanish Air Force CASA C-101EB Aviojet Crashed Into Sea along the Seashore
Spanish Air Force CASA C-101EB Aviojet Crashed Into Sea along the Seashore. Search operations are being conducted. A Casa C-101 Aviojet advanced trainer of the Ejército del Aire (Spanish Air Force), has crashed into the Mediterranean waters today in an accident off the coast of La Manga del Mar Menor, …
Read More »C-130 Hercules Transport Aircraft Crash Landed At Santa Barbara Airport
A privately owned C-130 Hercules Transport Aircraft crashed-landed at Santa Barbara Airport in California at around 10:20PM on the evening of August 25th, 2019. The aircraft in question appears to belong to International Air Response, an operator of C-130s that are used for various unique applications, such as test and …
Read More »Russia To Offer Next Generation T-14 Armata Tanks Deal To India For $4.5 Billion
Russia to put $4.5 Billion Next Generation T-14 Armata tank deal on the table during upcoming Modi visit. Momentum towards the sale of the T-14 Armata next generation Main Battle Tank to India is high on the Russian agenda during the upcoming visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Vladivostok …
Read More »Two Israeli Drones Loaded With Explosives Crashes in Beirut
An Israeli drone fell in the Hezbollah-dominated southern suburbs of Beirut and a second one exploded near the ground early on Sunday, the Lebanese army and Hezbollah said, in the first such incident in more than a decade. The Israeli military declined to comment. The second drone caused some damage …
Read More »Video Shows Starfighters TF-104 Intercept and Escort “One More Orbit” G650ER World Record Flight To NASA’s KSC
Taken on Jul. 9-11, 2019 the cool video in this post features a TF-104G belonging to Starfighters Aerospace flown by Piercarlo Ciacchi intercepting Gulfstream G650ER during World Record Flight “One More Orbit” from the Kennedy Space Center and back through the poles. According to Starfighters’ website, the company operates the …
Read More »Seven dead in a Bell 206 Helicopter and Aeroprakt A22L Foxbat plane mid-air collision in Majorca
An Aeroprakt A22L Foxbat ultralight and a Bell 206 JetRanger helicopter have experienced a mid-air collision over Inca, Mallorca, Balearic Islands. Both were destroyed. The two occupants of the ultralight and the five occupants of the helicopter were killed. The collision occurred just after 1.30pm local time near Inca in …
Read More »The First Man To Fly Have Blue & Tacit Blue Experimental Stealth Aircraft, Passed Away
On Aug. 15, 2019 Norman “Ken” Dyson, a U.S. Air Force (USAF) and civilian test pilot most noted for his work on the “Have Blue” and “Tacit Blue” e As told by Air Force Magazine, Dyson was a fighter pilot who became a test pilot. After having flown the F-100 and F-4 …
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