A Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighter jet of the Indian Air Force on Monday shot down a Pakistani military drone in Bikaner sector of the Indo-Pak border using an air-to-air missile, government sources said. The Pakistani drone was shot down by a Sukhoi-30 aircraft at around 11:30 AM, minutes after a ground-based …
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A fishing trawler may seem like an easy target for a powerful U.S. submarine – but these were the early days of the Pacific War, and even Japanese civilian boats were armed to the teeth. From the Silverside Museum: After shakedown off the California coast, Silversides set course for …
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A hero Army bomb finder Jack Lamb who was shot in the head by a sniper in Afghanistan is penniless and living in a car. Jack Lamb told how he has Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) since taking a Taliban bullet in the face while on patrol six years ago. After a …
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More than 500 Venezuelan soldiers have fled President Nicolás Maduro’s crumbling regime for neighboring Colombia, the Colombian migration authority reported Thursday. The number of Venezuelan soldiers and policemen who have arrived in Colombia in search of humanitarian aid continues to increase, according to data from Migración Colombia. The area where …
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Images from civilian satellite company ImageSat International show four Xian H-6 Chinese strategic bombers in Xingning Airbase, for the first time in few years. Xingning Air Base is a military airfield 5 km west of Xingning. 280 miles from Taiwan coasts The official Twitter account of ImageSat alleged that “The …
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A Polish Air Force MiG-29 Fighter jet Fighter jet has crashed in the woods, causing a fire, that has already been extinguished, the radio station RMF FM reported. According to several media reports, MiG-29 fighter assigned to the 23rd Tactical Air Base of the Polish Air Force shortly after taking …
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Here is an Immersive Ace Combat 7 First Person Dogfight Video: Spare-15 (F-18) VS Sol-1 (SU-30) Spare Squadron Spare Squadron, officially the 444th Fighter Squadron, is a former penal military unit in the Osean Air Defense Force, formerly under the command of by Colonel D. McKinsey. The unit is comprised …
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A helicopter carrying four Americans crashed in Kenya, killing them and the pilot, the Kenyan police said on Monday. The helicopter crashed on takeoff. It was one of two that had earlier landed at the Labolo tented Camp. All five occupants, the pilot, and four American tourists died in the …
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Iran’s state TV is reporting that five people were killed after a rescue helicopter crashed in the country’s western province of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari. The ambulance helicopter struck a power line and crashed. All five occupants died in the crash. The helicopter was destroyed by fire. The TV says the …
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The danger birds present to aircraft isn’t insignificant. The Air Force’s mightiest jets are far from immune from the danger posed by low-flying birds. The military, in particular, takes the risk of bird strikes very seriously. It has led to the Bird Aircraft Strike Hazard (BASH) program, which you can …
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