A passenger jet caught fire after overshooting its landing sending it crashing through a fence at an airport in Russia, injuring 18 people. UTAir flight 579, a Boeing 737-800, suffered a runway excursion accident after landing at Adler/Sochi Airport, Russia. The aircraft departed Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport at 00:32 hours local …
Read More »Lockheed Martin Proposed new Air superiority fighter: Hybrid F-22/F-35
According to Defence one, Lockheed Martin is quietly pitching the U.S. Air Force a new variant of the F-22 Raptor, equipped with the F-35’s more modern mission avionics and some structural changes With a Raptor’s body and the JSF’s brain, the new jet would aim to answer the next decade’s …
Read More »12 Dead ( 2 Ukrainian crew members and 10 Afghan soldiers) In Mi-8 helicopter Crash
Afghan army Mil Mi-8 Helicopter with 14 aboard crashes at Shaheen Corps headquarters, northern Balkh province A total of twelve occupants died in the crash, two pilots and ten passengers. A Mil Mi-8MTV helicopter crashed during takeoff from the Shaheen Corps headquarters in Afghanistan. On board, the helicopter were …
Read More »Watch: Austin bomber detonating his explosive as police close in
Dramatic video shows Austin bombing suspect Mark Conditt’s detonating a final explosive as police close in. The first publicly released video of Texas police closing in on the suspect in a series of deadly Austin package bombings shows officers approaching his SUV before the vehicle explodes. Aerial footage released Friday by the …
Read More »Serious Flaw in $400,000 Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Helmet
According to Military.com Article, The Navy is close to fixing a technical bug in the sophisticated F-35 Joint Strike Fighter helmet that amounts to a dangerous hindrance for aviators attempting to land in the black of night on a moving aircraft carrier. The bug prevents less experienced pilots from landing …
Read More »10 Amazing & Interesting Facts F-35 Lightning II Stealth Fighter Jet
Here are the 10 Amazing & Interesting Facts F-35 Lightning II Stealth Fighter Jet 1. Global Program & Funding F-35 unites U.S. Air Force, Marines, Navy, twelve international partners including Australia, Canada, Denmark, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Turkey, UK, and three foreign military sales countries. The only three factories are located in …
Read More »Piper PA-28 Cherokee plane crash near Kaplan
A Piper PA-28 Cherokee plane crash near Kaplan Vermillion Parish, LA – United States of America The light plane hit a transmission tower guy wire and crashed. The pilot died in the crash. The airplane was destroyed during the accident sequence. 2 plane occupants died A plane crashed into a television tower …
Read More »F-22 Raptor First Time used in Combat in Syria on a secret mission
In September 2014 a squadron of four F-22 Raptor Fighter jets belonging to the 27 Fighter Squadron stationed at Al Dhafra Air Base set on a secret mission to bomb an ISIS target deep in Syrian territory. If they’re detected by ISIS operatives or the Syrian military, it could spell trouble. …
Read More »Pakistan Navy helicopter crashes in Arabian Sea
At least one naval airman was Dead (martyred) on Friday as a Pakistan Navy helicopter crashed during a routine operational sortie in the Arabian Sea. Two of the four persons in the helicopter were injured in the incident. A rescue and recovery operation is underway, confirmed a navy spokesperson after …
Read More »Boeing Win Navy’s MQ-25 Stingray Tanker Drone Competition
After a months-long competition Boeing Win Navy’s MQ-25 Stingray Tanker Drone Competition: U.S. Navy awards Boeing with an $808M contract for four MQ-25A unmanned air vehicles On 30 August, Boeing has announced that company is awarded an $805,318,853 fixed-price-incentive-firm-target contract to provide the design, development, fabrication, test, verification, certification, delivery, …
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