Afghan National Army (ANA) MD Helicopters MD530F Cayuse Warrior crashed at Kandahar International Airport (OAKN/KDH) – Afghanistan The military helicopter crashed upon landing during a training flight under unknown circumstances. Two Afghan national army pilots have suffered minor injuries after a training helicopter crashed in the country’s southern province of …
Read More »United States Air Force drone crashes in Helmand province of Afghanistan
The United States Air Force drone crashes in Helmand province of Afghanistan An unmanned aerial vehicle of coalition forces has crashed in southern Helmand province of Afghanistan. According to informed military sources, the drone crashed earlier today after experience engine failure. “One of our unmanned aircraft experienced engine failure and …
Read More »Iran Border patrol Bell 214A/C helicopter crashes in Urmia, 1 dead & 3 injured
Islamic Republic of Iran Police Aviation Bell 214A/C helicopter crashes in Dalampar, Urmia Iran The Helicopter crashed under unknown circumstances. One crew member is said to have died in the crash, three others were injured. Head of the Border Guard Command of the province, Fardin Piri, confirmed the news, saying …
Read More »Google’s to start world-first drone delivery business in Canberra
A world-first drone delivery business has been granted approval to take to the skies over the Australian capital. For the past 18 months, Project Wing, an offshoot of Google’s parent company Alphabet, has been trialing drone delivery of food and drinks, medication and locally-made coffee and chocolate. Australian aviation authority …
Read More »Philippine President threatens Beijing of ‘suicide missions’ after hundreds of Chinese ships swarmed Thitu Island
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to send his troops on a “suicide mission” if Beijing doesn’t “lay off” a Manila-occupied island in the South China Sea. Duterte’s speech at a rally in the city of Puerto Princesa in Palawan came days after the Philippine government claimed as many as …
Read More »Three American soldiers and a U.S. contractor are killed near Bagram Air Base
Three U.S. Marines and a U.S. contractor were killed when their convoy hit a roadside bomb on Monday near the main U.S. base in Afghanistan, the U.S. forces said. On Tuesday evening, the Defense Department identified the three Marines as Cpl. Robert A. Hendriks, 25, of Locust Valley, New Yor …
Read More »Wreckage of ‘crashed’ Japanese F-35 stealth fighter jet found
Search and rescue teams found wreckage belonging to a Japanese Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth fighter that disappeared on Tuesday over the Pacific Ocean close to northern Japan, a military spokesman said on Wednesday. “We recovered the wreckage and determined it was from the F-35,” a spokesman for the Air Self …
Read More »Japan Grounds entire F-35 Fleet After Fighter Jet reportedly crashes over Pacific
Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-35A Lightning II fighter jet reportedly crashes over Pacific Japanese Defence Minister Takeshi Iwaya said that the air force would suspend flights of its remaining F-35As for the time being following the plane’s disappearance, Kyodo has reported. F-35 Fighter Jet Disappears From Radar over the Pacific Ocean during a …
Read More »Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-35A Lightning II fighter jet reportedly crashes over Pacific
An F-35A Lightning II fighter jet of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force has reportedly crashed during routine training flight according to the local source. The crash site of Japanese F-35A stealth fighter aircraft is believed to be about 135 km northeast of Misawa city. F-35 Fighter Jet Disappears From Radar …
Read More »U.S. designates elite Iranian military force ‘IRGC’ as a terrorist organization
President Donald Trump announced on Monday that the United States is designating Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) a foreign “terrorist organization”, marking the first time Washington has formally labeled another country’s military a “terrorist group”. In an important step to counter the Iranian regime’s terrorism, the U.S. has designated …
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