An international team of researchers has traced an unusual 2017 radioactive release that blanketed a large part of Europe to Russia. The cloud was not harmful outside of Russia, according to the paper published in scientific journal PNAS, but researchers said there may have been a more serious fallout in the …
Read More »U.S. Navy Needs $5 Billion To Repair Damaged China Lake Base After Earthquakes
The Navy may need more than $5 billion to return Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake to a “mission capable” status following a series of earthquakes back in July. A pair of major earthquakes, with registered magnitudes of 6.4 and 7.1, along with thousands of aftershocks, rocked the base and …
Read More »U.S. Navy New $12 Billion Aircraft Carrier USS John F Kennedy Gets Its Flight Deck
Newport News Shipbuilding has completed installation of the flight deck on the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy. The USS John F Kennedy is the second Gerald R Ford-Class aircraft carrier currently under construction for the US Navy and is due to be commissioned in 2020. A recent milestone was achieved …
Read More »Russian Ural Airlines plane with 234 people on board Crash-Lands in Cornfield
Ural Airlines Flight U6-178, an Airbus A321-211, registration VQ-BOZ, performing flight U6-178 from Moscow Zhukovsky (Russia) to Simferopol (Ukraine), was substantially damaged when it force landed to a cornfield shortly after takeoff due to a dual bird strike and engine failure. The aircraft with 226 passengers and 7 crew, was …
Read More »China says it can track F-35s operating in stealth mode with new anti-stealth RADAR
According to China’s Global Times newspaper, a senior Chinese radar designer said in a recent interview that China has developed a meter wave anti-stealth radar that can be used to spot enemy stealth aircraft and even guide Chinese missiles toward them. Speaking to the newspaper, Wu Jiangqi, a senior defence …
Read More »Photos and Videos of Syrian Air Force warplane shoot down by Syrian Rebels
A Sukhoi Su-22M-4 fighter jet of the Syrian Air Force was shot down by the jihadist group Tahrir al-Sham near Al-Tamanah, Idlib governorate. See Details: Syrian Rebels shoot down Syrian Air Force Sukhoi Su-22M-4 fighter-bomber in Idlib, Pilot captured after ejection A pilot who ejected from the plane was captured, …
Read More »Syrian Rebels shoot down Syrian Air Force Sukhoi Su-22M-4 fighter-bomber in Idlib, Pilot captured after ejection
A Sukhoi Su-22M-4 fighter jet of the Syrian Air Force was shot down by the jihadist group Tahrir al-Sham near Al-Tamanah, Idlib governorate. A pilot who ejected from the plane was captured, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which reports on the war using a network of sources. …
Read More »Here’s Why Tom Cruise is Still Captain after 30 plus years of service in Top Gun
Top Gun: Maverick Alternate Trailer Explains why Pete Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is Still Captain after 30 plus years of service in Top Gun The funny video in this post features an alternate trailer for Top Gun: Maverick and it’s an understatement to say that Tom Cruise is cockier than before. …
Read More »British Student Alana Cutland Dies in Madagascar after falling from plane
A CAMBRIDGE University student died after falling out of a plane while she took part in an internship in Madagascar. The 19-year-old Alana Cutland from Milton Keynes died while on an internship in the north-east of the African island nation earlier this month, the Foreign Office said. Reports said she …
Read More »Japan’s ‘Air Force One’ 747 Jumbo Jet Is Up For Sale For $28 million
A 28-year-old Japan’s ‘Air Force One 747-400 Jumbo Jet that served 14 Prime Ministers, Is Up For Sale For $28,000,000. The very special GE CF6 powered jumbo jet—serial 24730 that was registered by Japanese Air Self Defense Force as 20-1101, but now carries the registration N7474C—was built in 1991. It …
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