A Russian surveillance plane recently flew over several American military bases, including Area 51, perhaps America’s most secretive military site. The plane, a Tupolev 154, was first spotted in Northern California last week. News of the flight mission, which occurred under the Treaty on Open Skies and took place on …

RAF Eurofighter Typhoon  Fighter jets from RAF Lossiemouth were scrambled to stop two Russian Tupolev Tu-160 long-range bombers entering UK airspace Fighter jets have been scrambled from a Scottish base for the second time in five days to monitor Russian military aircraft flying close to UK airspace. The Ministry of Defence …

An unmanned aerial vehicle of the OSCE SMM to Ukraine spotted Russian cutting-edge radio-electronic jamming systems in the occupied territories of eastern Ukraine. The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) has released the image of modern Russian jamming systems in eastern Ukraine. A statement from the OSCE Special Monitoring …

CASA C-295M T.21-10 of Ala 35 (code 35-48) suffered a runway excursion today at Santa Cilia De Jaca Airport (LECI) after bouncing on the runway during landing. The pilots lost control at the end of the runway. All the occupants were injured.  The plane is based at Getafe AFB. The …

According to investigative documents, a faulty sensor on a Lion Air 737 Max was repaired in a US aircraft maintenance facility before the tragedy, Accident investigators in Indonesia, home of Lion Air, and the US, where Boeing Co, the plane’s manufacturer, is based, have been examining the work that a …

The US Navy amphibious assault ship USS Wasp was recently seen sailing through the South China Sea with an unusually heavy configuration of F-35s. The Wasp deployed carrying at least 10 F-35B Lightning II stealth fighters, more than the usual load of six of these hard-hitting fifth-generation jet fighters   …

MIT and NASA engineers demonstrate a new kind of airplane wing. Assembled from tiny identical pieces, the wing could enable lighter, more energy-efficient aircraft designs. Researchers in the US have designed, built and tested a radical new lightweight wing design that can change shape mid-flight to enhance performance and boost …

A Cessna P210N Pressurized Centurion II plane crashed Solunska Glava, south of Skopje International Airport (LWSK) The Cessna crashed in Solunska Glava in bad weather conditions, all occupants, a family of 4 people, were fatally injured. “At 16:16, we lost contact with the Cesna P210 plane, which has flown from …

On a barren hillside in northern Albania lies a  massive steel door creaks open to reveal a hidden former air base burrowed into the heart of the mountain. Made up of 600 meters (1,980 feet) of tunnels the secret Gjader air base is now a depot for dozens of hulking …

Among the strangest mishaps in aviation are those where the plane makes off without a pilot.   Here 3 historic events in which plane flew itself after pilot ejection 1) 1989 Belgium MiG-23 crash On 4 July 1989, a pilotless MiG-23 jet fighter of the Soviet Air Forces crashed into …