The Indian Air Force (IAF) is seeking to acquire an additional 18 Sukhoi Su-30MKI multirole fighter aircraft from Russia, according to Vladimir Drozhzhov, the deputy director of Russia’s Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC). The Indian Air Force intends to purchase 18 additional Su-30MKI ‘4+ generation’ heavyweight fighter jets from …

An Aero Vodochody L-39ZA /ART Albatros of Wing 411 crashed under unknown circumstances. The instructor pilot died in the crash, the trainee pilot survived the crash but was injured. The plane crashed during a training session, air force spokesman Pongsak Semachai said, adding that officials are still investigating the cause …

A Delta flight had to make an emergency landing in Raleigh, North Carolina, due to engine problems. Hear passengers describe the frightening experience Dramatic video footage taken by a passenger on board a Baltimore-bound flight Monday showed a loose spinner rattling in one of the engines before the plane was …

Two Qatar Emiri Air Force training jet collided in mid-air, but the pilots managed to eject safely, the defence ministry said on Wednesday. The incident was announced on the ministry’s Twitter account without mention of the date or time of the incident. “During a training flight a collision occurred between …

U.S. Air Force sent RC-135S Cobra Ball reconnaissance and ballistic missile detection aircraft to the Persian Gulf The Cobra Ball’s sent to the Persian Gulf comes after increasing tensions between the US and Iran have worsened since Donald Trump withdrew from a 2015 nuclear agreement between Iran and several world …

Lockheed P-38L Lightning at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, marked as a P-38J of the 55th Fighter Squadron, based in England. Via Wikipedia The Lockheed P-38 Lightning is a World War II-era American piston-engined fighter aircraft. Developed for the United States Army Air Corps, the P-38 …

Chinese fighter jet manufacturer Shenyang Aircraft Corporation offered a glimpse into the future of what a flying wing stealth drone might look like for use with aircraft carriers, Global Times reported. To mark the 50th anniversary of Shenyang J-8’s maiden flight, the company, under the state-owned Aviation Industry of China, …

Google has denied contributing expertise to the Chinese military in building a new touchscreen tool for its new Chengdu J-20 stealth fighter aircraft The tech giant said that it had no role in the military aspect of touchscreen research that could potentially give an advantage to Chinese fighter jets in …

Six IAF personnel and a civilian were killed when the helicopter disintegrated and crashed in Budgam on the day that Indian and Pakistani jets squared off along the Line of Control following the IAF airstrike on Balakot, Pakistan. See Details: 6 IAF Officers & 1 Civilian Killed In IAF Mi-17 helicopter …

Sergei Chemezov, chief executive of the country’s defence industry, said that Russia had recently started manufacturing the sophisticated S-500 surface-to-air missile/anti-ballistic missile systems. During an interview with the Russian daily Krasnaya Zvezda, Yuri Muravkin, The deputy chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces’ anti-aircraft missile troops claims that Brand-New S-500 Missile …