A Russian destroyer nearly collided with an American guided-missile cruiser in the Philippine Sea, the U.S. Navy said on Friday, calling the incident “unsafe and unprofessional.” The Russian Pacific Fleet, meanwhile, blamed the U.S. for the close encounter. The U.S. Navy released an aerial photo and dramatic video of the …

On June 6, 1944, the Allies launched a massive offensive to invade German-occupied Western Europe and deployed 24,000 paratroopers, who jumped into the warzone to join over 160,000 of their comrades on the ground. Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day, it was the largest seaborne invasion in history. …

With an increase in the demand for state-of-the-art aircraft, capabilities have caused costs to rise in the price of Modern military aircraft. All prices are adjusted to reflect their status in 2019 dollars, and all prices indicate per unit cost (not including research and development costs). Here is a list …

According to janes.com, the Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF) has put its Chinese-made armed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) up for sale In a notice posted on its website on 3 June, the RJAF said it was looking to sell six CH-4B UAVs, a type made by the China Aerospace Science …

In 1982 during maintenance procedures at Beale Air Force Base a Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird fell on its right-wing due to a Stupid Mistake The SR-71 #964 was going through a routine maintenance procedure at Beale Air Force Base. Due to Technician’s Improper maintenance procedures and failure to follow Technical Data …

On May 21, 2019, a year and a half after a fatal crash, the U.S. Navy has recovered the wreckage of the missing C-2A Greyhound from more than three miles below the surface, USNI News has learned. The aircraft went down on Nov. 22, 2017, in the Philippine Sea. The …

The Lockheed P-38 Lightning is a World War II-era American piston-engined fighter aircraft. The P-38 had distinctive twin booms and a central nacelle containing the cockpit and armament. The P-38 was used for interception, dive bombing, level bombing, ground attack, night fighting, photo reconnaissance, radar and visual pathfinding for bombers …

on April 9, 2019, a Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-35A Lightning II fighter jet reportedly crashes over Pacific. The crashed Joint Strike Fighter was one of four F-35As that took off from Misawa Air Base for a training mission at 6:59 p.m., Japan time, on April 9. The aircraft disappeared …

The plane had been used for 20 years, but it had never suffered a single accident before, so the cabin crew had no doubts the flight would be easy. Passengers got on board the plane; flight attendants nonchalantly checked their boarding passes; everything went as usual. The first pilot greeted …

Col. Richard H. Graham a former Blackbird pilot, explains in his book why the SR-71 Blackbird had to refuel after takeoff Actually, most SR-71’s operational sorties started off with a refueling after takeoff. “Many people believe we refueled after takeoff because the aircraft leaked fuel so profusely that we needed …