First two F-35A Fighter Jets arrived in RAAF Williamtown Australia F-35A Lightning II serialled A35-009 and A35-010, in the colors of the 3 SQN, arrived at their new home base at RAAF Williamtown, Newcastle, NSW, Australia, on Dec. 10, 2018. With the arrival of the first two aircraft, Australia becomes the …

Lights In the sky seen across the U.S. Were Conga Lines Formations of USAF Military airlifters. The U.S. Air Force conducted an extraordinary exercise to evaluate their ability to deploy a large aircraft formation. Air Mobility Command’s airlifters have hit the skies en masse under the cover of night to fly …

Seven government officials Including state governor killed in Sudan helicopter crash  The helicopter exploded in flames after it hit a communications tower as it tried to land in the remote Al-Qadarif state, witnesses are quoted by AFP news agency as saying. There are said to be seven fatalities and several …

Investigation & Crash Animation of fatal Marine Corps C-130 crash that killed 16. Sloppy maintenance work at an Air Force depot was at the root of a tragic crash of a Marine Corps Reserve KC-130T that resulted in the deaths of 16 service members in July 2017. On July 10 of last …

Two Historic de Havilland Vampire destroyed in a hangar fire at Paris-Villaroche Airport – LFPM – France.  Two de Havilland Vampire were struck by a hangar fire. One airplane was completely destroyed, another was substantially damaged. A pair of Vampire jets were destroyed at Villaroche Airport in France this morning when …

Russia’s Su-57 stealth fighter jet will be armed with hypersonic missiles, according to Tass, a Russian state-owned media outlet. “In accordance with Russia’s State Armament Program for 2018-2027, Su-57 jet fighters will be equipped with hypersonic missiles,” a Russian defense industry source told Tass. “The jet fighters will receive missiles …

Satellite imagery shows hundreds of Russian tanks near the border with Ukraine Russia has been ramping up its forces near the border with Ukraine since August and now poses the greatest military threat since 2014, the year Moscow annexed Crimea, the commander of Ukraine’s armed forces told Reuters in an …

Southwest Airlines plane skids off the runway while landing in California A Southwest Airlines plane skidded off the end of a wet runway in Southern California on Thursday morning. No one was injured in the incident, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.   Flight 278 from Oakland landed during a …

Real or Fake: Blue Angels perform “Hand of God?” The United States Navy’s Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron is known for pulling off some spectacular aerial feats. At speeds reaching nearly 700 MPH, these acrobatic aviators perform loops, rolls, inverted flybys, and, according to a popular internet image, a maneuver …

During summer 1971, the IDF/AF began launching reconnaissance sorties not only around, but also deep inside Egyptian airspace, attempting to track down and map positions of new SAM sites, as well as to monitor the construction of new Egyptian Air Force air bases. As explained by Tom Cooper and David …