On Aug. 10, more than 1,000 Taliban fighters stormed the Ghazni city in a predawn assault. Afghan government forces lost more than 200 officers and soldiers in fighting over the past three days as Taliban insurgents launched sustained attacks on four different fronts. About 1,000 Afghan troops were sent as reinforcements Monday …
Read More »Boeing to upgrade U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels fleet to Super Hornets
Boeing has received a $17 million contract for convert nine F/A-18E/F Super Hornet aircraft for Blue Angels flight demonstration team, said in the statement of the U.S. Department of Defense on 13 August. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has contracted Boeing for the retrofit documentation and kits to convert …
Read More »Watch: F-15 Eagle managed to land with one wing After mid-air collision
Watch: F-15 Eagle managed to land with one wing After mid-air collision and demonstrated that F-15 Eagle can survive serious damages. On 1 May 1983 two Israeli Air Force aircraft, an F-15 Eagle and an A-4 Skyhawk, collided in mid-air during a training exercise over the Negev region, in Israel. Notably, …
Read More »Disposal of Navy first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier could exceed $1 billion
According to estimate the Disposal of Navy first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier could exceed $1 billion USS Enterprise was decommissioned six Year ago. It is the world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. Right now the U.S. Navy is figuring out how to safely dismantle the ship. The General Accounting Office estimates the …
Read More »Marine Corps Bell Boeing MV-22B Osprey Emergency landing near Amami Airport
An Osprey of USMC (reportedly belongs to MCAS Futenma (ROTM)) made a precaution landing at Amami Airport due to an unreported trouble. No personal injuries were reported. The Osprey departed from Amami at 18:50 LT. A similar incident has happened in April and June in this year, and Osprey of …
Read More »No F-35s for Turkey!: Trump Signs Defense Bill That Blocks Transfer
According to “THE WARZONE” article No F-35s for Turkey!: Trump Signs Defense Bill That Blocks Transfer Today President Donald Trump signed the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) at Fort Drum in upstate New York. Language in the bill specifically stops the delivery of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters to Turkey—a NATO …
Read More »5 dead in a Mil Mi-8 helicopter crash landing in Tajikistan
A helicopter carrying climbers in Tajikistan crash-landed in the Central Asian nation’s mountains, killing five of the 18 people on board, a Tajik official said Monday. During transportation of mountain climbers, who ascended to the Isomoili Somoni peak in Tajikistan, the Mi-8 helicopter had a heavy touchdown at the Fortambek …
Read More »Happy Independence Day Pakistan: A Brief History of PAF
The Pakistan Air Force is the aerial warfare branch of the Pakistan Armed Forces founded on 14 August 1947. As of 2017, per IISS, the PAF has 70,000 personnel and It operates 883 aircraft History of PAKISTAN AIRFORCE In 1933, British colonial government of India established the subcontinent’s first Air …
Read More »New Zealand Air Force Vintage plane crash lands near Ōhakea Air Force base
Two people have escaped uninjured after a vintage Air Force plane landed on its belly in a paddock outside RNZAF Base Ōhakea. The Defence Force confirmed that the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) Harvard had been forced to perform a “forced landing” in a farm paddock short of the …
Read More »Video of F/A-18 Hornet guiding a Tomahawk cruise missile into a moving ship
On Jan. 27, a Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) was tested against a moving target at sea off San Nicolas Island, California. What is more, the TLAM was launched from a ship and guided to its target by an F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. A video of the test was published by …
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