With more than 300,000 active service personnel, more than 5,000 planes currently in service, and a budget more than $180 billion, the US Air Force is undoubtedly the largest and mightiest air force in the world. United States air force has a wide range of fighter jets and has air …
Read More »Singapore Airlines Flight 368 bursting into flames
Singapore Airlines Flight 368 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Singapore Changi Airport to Milan–Malpensa Airport in Italy. On 27 June 2016, the Boeing 777-300ER operating the flight to Italy turned back to Singapore after an engine oil warning. While landing at Changi Airport, the plane’s right engine …
Read More »Dornier Do 31 Germany V / STOL cargo plane
The Dornier Do 31 was Germany V / STOL cargo Aircraft. Development of Dornier Do 31 The first preparatory work began in 1959, and in February 1962 the aircraft manufacturer Dornier was commissioned to develop the Do 31 as a 25-ton class combat-zone transporter for the transport of 36 fully-equipped …
Read More »When Pilot of F-4D Phantom ordered his weapons system officer to Eject
On Nov. 18, 1968, an F-4D #66-0249 belonging to 433rd TFS, Ubon RTAB, Thailand, was Stricken by 37mm Anti-Aircraft fire that rendered the Phantom uncontrollable. Pilot Major Ben “Ray” Battle ordered his weapons system officer (WSO) 1Lt Robert “Kenny” Boone to eject. After the ejection, the aircraft became controllable and …
Read More »Ultralight floatplane crash at Santa Rosa Sound off Tiger Point, 1 dead
One killed in an Ultralight floatplane crash at Santa Rosa Sound off Tiger Point, Santa Rosa County, FL – United States of America The aircraft impacted the waters of Santa Rosa Sound off Tiger Point, Fairport Peninsula, Florida. The seaplane sustained unreported damage and the sole pilot onboard was fatally injured. …
Read More »Pilot Dead in a Royal Hellenic Air Force T-2E Buckeye plane crash
Pilot Dead in a Royal Hellenic Air Force North American T-2E Buckeye plane crash about 7 nautical miles near the village Kollines north of the city of Sparta in south Peloponnese. The accident occurred at 8:50 a.m Defense Minister Panos Kammenos declared a 3-day mourning in Hellenic Air Force for …
Read More »Contexto regional e internacional de la Defensa Argentina.
(Escrito por Nicolás Zelaya) CAPÍTULO l. Apreciación del Escenario Global y Regional. Diagnóstico Global El escenario actual internacional se caracteriza por una creciente complejidad e incertidumbre, producto de la coexistencia de múltiples centros de poder y decisión, así como por la emergencia de nuevos actores que participan en la construcción …
Read More »RAF Typhoons Intercepted Russian Navy Beriev Be-12 Amphibian Aircraft
On Aug. 25, two Royal Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon jets in QRA (Quick Reaction Alert) at the Romanian Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base were scrambled to carry out VID (Visual Identification) on two Russian aircraft flying over the Black Sea in what was the third time the RAF jets have been …
Read More »MMH370 intercepted by Sukhoi SU-30 FIGHTER JET before disappearing
A volunteer investigator has claimed the Malaysian Airlines flight MMH370 that went missing in 2014 was intercepted by a Sukhoi SU-30 fighter jet The Malaysia Airlines flight which was traveling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing carrying a total of 239 people on March 8, 2014. All efforts to track down …
Read More »IRAN F-5 Fighter jet crash in Dezful, killing pilot
Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF) Northrop F-5E Tiger II crashes in Dezful, Khuzestan province – Iran. The pilot was killed, while the co-pilot survived and was hospitalized. Fighter jet was on a training mission when it crashed while trying to land on a runway at Dezful Air Base in the …
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