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 …

The United States has halted delivery of equipment related to the stealthy F-35 fighter aircraft to Turkey, marking the first concrete U.S. step to block delivery of the jet to the NATO ally in light of Ankara’s planned purchase of a Russian missile defense system. U.S. officials told their Turkish …

The military’s media wing on Monday said that it was meaningless to question whether Pakistan used JF-17 Thunder aircraft or US-built F-16 jets to shoot down two Indian Air Force (IAF) warplanes that violated Pakistani airspace on February 27, saying Pakistan has the right to use any of its abilities …

The Indian Air Force scrambled its top fighter jets Sukhoi-30 & Mirage 2000 to intercept four Pakistani F-16 fighter jets and surveillance drone that was flying close to the international border near Punjab It’s unclear if the Pakistani jets were trying to intrude into Indian airspace, with sources saying that …

Here is an FTD Facts video of The Differences Between HAL TEJAS and JF-17 Thunder. A lot of information in this video related to JF-17 and Tejas is questionable and seems lack of research. For example In introduction considering HAL Tejas as a 5th generation Fighter jets simply shows that …

US deploys marines in the South China Sea as tensions SOAR – ‘We must show China our POWER’. The US has deployed Marines in the South China Sea as tensions between Washington and Beijing continue to be on a knife edge. Revisiting a strategy used in WW2, the US Marines …