A Vietnamese fighter-bomber Sukhoi Su-22 crashed killing two pilots. The pilots were on a training drill when their aircraft crashed around midday in Nghe An province Senior Lieutenant-General Nguyen Trong Nghia, vice chairman of the General Political Department under the Vietnamese People’s Army, told online newspaper VietNamNet that the Air and …
Read More »Boeing: F/A-18 Super Hornet can operate on Indian aircraft carrier
According to The Economic Times Article Published on 26 July, The F/A 18 can safely operate from Indian aircraft carriers with significant payload After conducting detailed capability studies and simulation analysis, US aerospace manufacturer Boeing has said that it is confident that the F/A 18 Super Hornet Block III can …
Read More »Watch: Gripen Dropping a Laser-Guided Bomb on a Forest Fire
The Swedish Air Force has declared war on a new, homegrown enemy: forest fires. Sweden dispatched two Gripen fighters to bomb forest fires, snuffing out flames with blast waves. As weird as it sounds, it actually works, and you’ve probably done something like it yourself. Scientists describe the effect is …
Read More »Watch: C-130 Super Hercules Goes Inverted at Farnborough 2018
Here is the Video of a remarkable aerobatic display by Lockheed Chief Pilot Wayne Roberts in a new LM-100J Super Hercules variant. Roberts flew an incredible demonstration routine at the Farnborough Air Show in the new civilian variant of the legacy C-130 Hercules. It is almost certainly the most remarkable …
Read More »Israeli’s F-35 Stealth Aircraft appeared On Flight Tracking Website for about 1 hour
According to The Aviationist Article published on 24 July, 2018. F-35 Stealth Aircraft Goes “Live” On Flight Tracking Websites As It Flies Mission Over Israel An F-35, Adir jets recently delivered to the Israeli Air Force, appears on Flightradar24.com: the deliberate action or just a case of bad OPSEC? On …
Read More »SR-71 vs MiG-31- When Russian Foxhound intercepted U.S. Blackbird
Exactly 30 years ago a new combat aircraft appeared in the skies over Russia. Without firing a missile, the MiG-31 achieved what Soviet air defence had been attempting for years – send the SR-71 spy plane into early retirement. The only aircraft which possessed the capabilities to shoot down an …
Read More »Israel shoots down Syrian Air force SU-22/24 Fighter jet by using Patriot missiles
The Israeli military shot down a Syrian fighter jet after it entered Israeli airspace on Tuesday afternoon, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) The Syrian fighter jet was shot down by the Israeli Defence Force with two patriot missiles. One pilot died in the crash, the fate of the other pilot …
Read More »Japan Building New Aircraft carrier – More advanced than the UK or US supercarrier?
Japan once had the second-most powerful carrier force in the world – on December 7, 1941. On that date, they had six fleet carriers and five light carriers in service, with two fleet carriers on the way. That was in comparison to the United States, which had seven fleet carriers …
Read More »Piper PA-32R-300 Lance Crash near Lincoln County Airport, 2 dead
A small plane crashed in Lincolnton early Tuesday morning, killing two people aboard. The plane, a Piper PA-32 aircraft, crashed moments after taking off on the way to an air show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin The deadly crash happened in a field off Jack Dellinger Road near the Lincoln County Airport. …
Read More »Trump Wants the New Air Force One to be Painted Red, White & Blue
President Trump has stated that he wants the new Air Force One aircraft to be painted Red, White and Blue instead of the baby blue colour the current aircraft have. “It’s going to be the top of the line, the top in the world,’’ Trump said in an interview with …
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