USAF’s to buy New 12 F-15X Advanced Eagle Fighter Jets for $1.2 Billion. According to Bloomberg the Pentagon is planning to request $1.2 billion for 12 Boeing F-15 X fighter aircraft in its fiscal year 2020 budget request Recent article at Bloomberg and popularmechanics.com has revealed that the USAF will …

Finally! Japan to launch its first aircraft-carrier since WWII equipped with F-35 super-fighter jets Tokyo will launch its first aircraft carriers since the end of World War II to accommodate a growing number of stealth fighters, long-range missiles and other equipment adding to the Japan Self-Defence Forces (JSDF). The guidelines …

Flights at the United Kingdom’s Gatwick Airport, the second busiest in the country, have been grounded for more than 24 hours at least due to Rogue Drones flying in the vicinity. The drone has shut down Gatwick for the past 24 hours as the Army was called in to help …

Russia announces plans to set up its first ever military base in the Caribbean – the country’s largest presence in the region since the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 The state-sponsored TASS news agency reported that Russian experts had selected the island of La Orchila, 125 miles northeast of Caracas, …

A Vietnamese Fisherman Reeled In a Chinese 22 feet long Yu-6 torpedo In The South China Sea Vietnamese fisherman Tran Minh Thanh landed an unusual catch the other day, finding what appears to be a Chinese torpedo off the country’s coast. Under the watchful eye of local border guards, Tran dragged …

Top Gun 2 is now deep into production and shooting has moved to the Lake Tahoe area for a somewhat puzzling series of action scenes with Cruise fully outfitted for flight while running around in the snow.  See Details: Tom Cruise Runs In Flight Suit through the snow in Lake Tahoe …

U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet made an emergency landing at MCAS Iwakuni An FA-18 made an emergency landing at MCAS Iwakuni under unknown circumstances, causing the runway close until 15:10 LT. An All Nippon Airways’ flight from Tokyo/Haneda (HND/RJTT) to Iwakuni diverted to Hiroshima (HIJ/RJOA) due to runway close.  According …

Tom Cruise Runs In Flight Suit through the snow in Lake Tahoe for intense Top Gun 2 scene. The 56-year-old actor was spotted filming for the highly anticipated Top Gun sequel Top Gun: Maverick in Lake Tahoe, Calif. Tom was spotted in full flight gear including a striped helmet for the …

US Naval aircraft and aircraft from the Chilean Air Force participate in a fly-by adjacent to aircraft carrier USS George Washington. Lt. j.g. David Babka/USN US Navy defense contractors and subcontractors have reportedly suffered “more than a handful” of disconcerting security breaches at the hands of Chinese hackers over the …

Ukrainian Air Force Sukhoi Su-27 crash near Zhitomir, Pilot Dead Fighter jet crashed on final approach about 2 km from Ozerne Airfield, Zhitomir Region, after performing a training flight. The pilot was killed in the crash. The Ukrainian General Staff said the Sukhoi Su-27 went down while returning from a routine flight …