On Apr. 21, 1989, SR-71 Blackbird #61-17974, better known as Ichi-Ban departed Kadena Air Base (AB) on a mission. At the controls were Pilot Lt. Col Dan House, and RSO Blair Bozek. As #974 accelerated through three times the speed of sound, the left compressor bearing froze, causing the immediate …

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) released a video, which showed the British Type-45 destroyer HMS Duncan being pursued by IRGCN fast attack boats. The video reveals a warship sailing in the distance while a group of smaller boats armed with machine guns follow behind at some distance.   …

According to the U.S. Department of Defense Lockheed Martin has been awarded an incentive contract for F-16 aircraft production for Slovak Air Force Lockheed has won a contract valued at as much as $799,9 million to build a batch of 14 F-16 Block 70 aircraft jets (12 single-seat and 2 …

A RUSSIAN naval base is on a mysterious lockdown after an accidental missile explosion at the base was linked to a sudden radiation spike in the region. The world is on alert after a rocket engine explosion on a naval test range in northern Russia was linked to a shock …

on August 7 a U.S. MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) crashed in the district of Radwaniyah west of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. The U.S.-led coalition acknowledged that that one of its drone made “an unscheduled landing” in Baghdad due to what it described as “a mechanical problem.” …

The Air Force recently broke the record for the highest thrust-producing air-breathing hypersonic engine the service has ever tested in its history. Northrop Grumman built the scramjet engine for the Air Force Research Laboratory and its development comes amid a general renaissance in all things hyper-sonic across the U.S. military. …

The Libyan National Army (LNA) Claims to shot down two Israeli-made Orbiter-3 tactical unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), which were supposedly being operated by forces loyal to the Government of National Accord (GNA). Made by Aeronautics, the Orbiter-3 UAVs were reportedly gifted to the Government of National Accord by Turkey. The …

The U.S. Air Force has confirmed the ability of its newest F-35A fighter jet to deploy directly from the factory into combat. According to a statement released on 6 August, the 388th Fighter Wing set a speed record for bringing online a newly-delivered aircraft last week, flying a local sortie …

on Aug. 8, 2019,  a pair of USAF F-22 Raptors, two Canadian Forces CF-18s, a USAF E-3 Sentry AWACS supported by a USAF KC-135 Stratotanker and C-130 tanker under NORAD control intercepted two Russian Tu-95 Bear H bombers over the arctic Beaufort Sea’s international air space. The intercept happened early …

At least two people died and several others received injuries after the liquid fuel in a missile jet engine exploded during a test at the military testing area Nyonoksa on White Sea coast. This latest incident reportedly occurred at a site near the village of Nyonoksa in Russia’s northwestern Arkhangelsk …