The incident happened in Paktika Province, Afghanistan when After spotting Taliban forces on a distant ridge line, U.S. Army mortar teams engage with 60mm mortars. A simultaneous airstrike is called in which accidentally drops a 500-pound bomb on a U.S. Army infantry outpost, mistaking the position for Taliban fighters. …
Read More »Light Aircraft crashes at Caernarfon Airport ,Two injured
Two injured when a light aircraft crashed at Caernarfon Airport. The plane flew through a perimeter fence and overturned while trying to land at the at 1:20 pm Afternoon There was no fire and the pilot and passenger were, fortunately, able to walk away from the plane with minor injuries. They …
Read More »Los Deltas Argentinos (Article in Spanish )
Los Deltas Argentinos Desde los principios de la 3era Generación de Cazas, la FAA buscó un candidato para empezar con la era de interceptores supersónicos que durante la década de los 60’s y 70’s no tuvieron más que un papel importante como cazas de superioridad aérea, y que la mayoría …
Read More »The story of DARPA’s concept of Launching satellites from F-15 Fighter jets
In March 2014, Boeing Defense Space and Security of Huntington Beach, California, won a contract potentially worth $104 million to build and demonstrate the Airborne Launch Assist Space Access (ALASA) system. The program was intended to demonstrate the capability to launch up to 45 kilograms of payload into low Earth …
Read More »USAF F-22 Fighter jets intercepts Russian TU-95 and TU-142 Bombers jets
U.S. F-22 Fighter jets intercept TU-95 Russian Bombers near the western coast of Alaska Two USAF Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor fighter jets intercepted two Russian TU-95 “Bear bombers flying near the western coast of Alaska According to the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) the incident happened at 10 a.m. Friday as the …
Read More »What is the future for propulsion technologies of Fighter Jets? (Sightings of UFOs by F/A- 18 Hornet prompted the research)
Here is one of the two immediate sightings of UFOs recorded by F/A-18 Hornet’s Advanced Targeting Forward Looking Infrared (ATFLIR) targeting pods. We often wonder when we hear of 6th generation planes that are being developed by USA, Russia, and China as to where all this will lead us. Which …
Read More »Cirrus SR22 airplane crash near a neighborhood west of Parker in Douglas County , One killed
A Cirrus SR22 airplane crash killed one person when it went down near a neighborhood west of Parker in Douglas County. South Metro Fire Rescue said the plane went down behind 11083 Pastel Point in the Stepping Stone Subdivision. This is west of the town of Parker. An engine …
Read More »A-10 Cockpit view Action – Bombing -Close Air support – Tank Killer
The Fairchild-Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II is a single-seat attack aircraft. A-10 is a twin-Turbofan engine with a wing straight. In the jargon of the pilots, it is called Warthog. The idea of developing an aircraft explicitly dedicated to close air support came in 1966 to the then Chief of Staff …
Read More »Beechcraft Duchess plane crash Ignites Wildfire on Volcan Mountain Near Julian
Beechcraft Duchess plane crash Ignites Wildfire on Volcan Mountain Near Julian A twin-engine Beechcraft Duchess crashed into the ground northeast of the tourist destination highland town about 8:30 p.m. The crash ignites a wildfire. The burn area had grown to approximately 12 acres east of Warner Springs and west of …
Read More »Turkey will receive its first F-35 Lightning II Fighter jet on 21 June
Turkey will receive its first F-35 Lightning II Fighter jet on 21 June Turkey will receive its first delivery of a US-made Lightning II Fighter jet on June 21 Right now Two fighter pilots from the Turkish Air Force are getting special training in the US, where the delivery of …
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