According to aviation-safety.net,On 12-AUG-2019 an Iranian Air Force (IRIAF) Grumman F-14A Tomcat fighter jet after a technical issue during a training mission near Esfahãn-Shahid Beheshti International Airport The fighter jet plane from the 8th Tactical Air Base crashed after a technical issue during a training mission. The pilot trying to …
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US soldiers are patrolling Afghanistan with a new tool that lets them see the battlefield like never before — personal, pocket-sized drones. The 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division has deployed to Afghanistan with Black Hornet personal reconnaissance drones — a small, lightweight unmanned aerial vehicle produced by FLIR …
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According to Indian Media Reports Pakistan Air Force is deploying JF-17 fighter jets at Skardu Forward operating base near Ladakh Amid the ongoing tensions with Pakistan over the abrogation of the Article 370, Pakistani forces have started moving equipment to their forward bases close to Ladakh. “Three C-130 transport aircraft …
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It has been claimed by some sources that an RAF Tornado (ZA467) crewed by Squadron Leader Gary Lennox and Squadron Leader Adrian Weeks was shot down on 19 January by an R-60MK missile fired from an Iraqi MiG-29 piloted by Jameel Sayhood, however, this aircraft is officially recorded as having …
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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 …
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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. …
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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 …
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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 …
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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.” …
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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. …
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