The sad story of two USAF pilots Who Lost Their Lives in F-111 shot down during Operation El Dorado Canyon On Apr. 14, 1986, at 5:13 p.m., U.S. Air Force (USAF) F-111F Aardvarks from the 48th Tactical Fighter Wing (TFW) took off from Royal Air Force (RAF) Lakenheath on the …

A Mozambican Air Force helicopter has crashed during a logistics operation in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, but without loss of life, a Mozambique police source has reported A Russian Mil Mi-8 helicopter from the Mozambican Defense and Security Forces (FDSM), registration 079, crashed on Sunday, April 14, at …

On April 9, 2019, a Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-35A Lightning II fighter jet crashes over Pacific. The Pilot of the fighter jet is still missing. The aircraft disappeared from a flight of four F-35As at 19:27 pm (10:27 GMT) 135km (84 miles) east of Misawa, in north-eastern Japan.  The …

Iranian defense analyst Babak Taghvaee claimed on April 14 that The Israeli Air Force is reportedly successfully used new supersonic Rampage stand-off air-to-surface missiles for the firі time during a recent airstrike on Syrian military positions. Israel has reportedly conducted a number of strikes on sites around Masyaf in the …

The SIAI-Marchetti S.211  jet trainer aircraft force landed in a paddock after a loss of engine power. During rollout, the tail of the aircraft hit irrigation pipes causing partial separation of the rudder. An ex-fighter jet pilot and his French counterpart have had a miraculously escaped death The pair was …

On JANUARY 26, 2019 Switzerland received five bids to replace its aging fighter fleet, from European aerospace group Airbus, France’s Dassault and Sweden’s Saab, as well as Boeing and Lockheed Martin from the United States. Switzerland’s stable of Boeing McDonnell Douglas F/A-18C and D Hornets and Northrop F-5 Tigers is …

Seven children were killed and 10 more wounded on Sunday when an unexploded mortar shell blew up in eastern Afghanistan, an official said. The incident appears to be the latest instance of discarded ordnance claiming civilian lives, in a country littered with landmines, homemade bombs and old shells. Assadullah Dawlatzai, …

Quwa Defence News & Analysis Group shared a publicly available import and export (EXIM) registries, According to registries the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) received three Saab 2000 aircraft on 06 April 2019. These Saab 2000s appear to be from an order of three aircraft made by Pakistan’s Directorate General of …

Despite finding some of the parts of the crashed jet, Japanese investigators are still having trouble determining the cause of the accident, as the jet’s black box has still not been located. Sections from the left and right rudders of a Japanese Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) F-35A Lightning II, …

Troops loyal to the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) claimed that they had shot down a MiG-21 warplane of the Libyan National Army (LNA) near the city of Tripoli. The Libyan National Army’s (LNA) fighter jet was downed on Sunday south of the capital of Tripoli, Colonel Mohammed Gnunu, …