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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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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Israeli fighter jets carried out airstrikes in Syria to thwart a planned attack on Israel by Iran-backed fighters using armed drones, the Israel Defense Forces said Saturday night. See Details: Israeli Air force Jets Strikes Syria To Thwart Major Iranian Drone Attack A top Revolutionary Guards commander denied Israeli claims …
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Israeli fighter jets carried out airstrikes in Syria to thwart a planned attack on Israel by Iran-backed fighters using armed drones, the Israel Defense Forces said Saturday night. The Israeli military said its strike late Saturday targeted operatives from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force as well as …
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In a startling saga of compromises made on the safety and capability of India’s frontline fighter aircraft besides posing danger to the life of pilots, it has come to light that at least 18 of brand new Sukhoi 30 MKI had been fitted with already-used and secondhand engines. Noteworthy Cat …
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On Aug. 22, 2019, the legendary Royal Air Force (RAF) Red Arrows flew in formation alongside the US Air Force (USAF) Thunderbirds for a historic aerial parade above Manhattan, along the Hudson River and over Statue of Liberty. History was made as the U.S. Air Force’s Thunderbirds, the RAF’s Red …
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The An-2 biplane suffered a landing gear collapse on landing at Gmunden Airfield, Austria. The aircraft sustained damage to the left-hand gear and left-hand lower wing. Videos of the accident show the aircraft touching down just short of the elevated runway, causing the gear to collapse. The aircraft the swung …
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Several eagle-eyed Twitter users have spotted what they believed was severely eroded Radar-Absorbing Coating in front of the canopy of a U.S. Air Force (USAF) F-22 seen refueling over an “undisclosed location.” As reported by Sputnik News, the U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) published a video showing one of the 12 …
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