Argentina has allocated funding to procure the Chengdu Aircraft Corporation (CAC)/ Pakistan Aeronautical Complex FC-1/JF-17 in the country’s latest effort to recapitalize its fighter aircraft capabilities. The drafts budget for fiscal year (FY) 2022 includes USD664 million towards the purchase of 12 JF-17 Thunder Block III jets (including USD20 million …
Read More »Indian Air Force Buying 56 CASA C-295 Airlifters To Replace AVRO fleet
Credits: Airbus The Indian Ministry of Defence announced that it has signed a ₹22,000-crore contract with Airbus for 56 C-295 medium transport aircraft for the Indian Air Force. The Cabinet Committee on Security, headed by PM Modi, cleared the purchase a fortnight ago. According to Airbus, India has formalized the acquisition …
Read More »Five B-21 Raider Stealth Bombers Prototype Are In Final Assembly
Artist rendering of a B-21 Raider concept in a hangar at Dyess, Air Force Base, Texas, one of the future bases to host the new airframe. (Courtesy photo by Northrop Grumman) The U.S. Air Force now has at least five Prototypes of the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider stealth bomber in …
Read More »Watch: RC-135 Spy Plane Make Frightening Crosswind Landing at RAF Mildenhall
On September 7, 2021, an RC-135U Combat Sent electronic intelligence-gathering aircraft made a frightening crosswind landing at RAF Mildenhall in England. The RC-135 had returned from an intriguing mission that saw the spy plane circumnavigate the border of Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave. The video from the YouTube channel Airshow World shows …
Read More »Mysterious Stealthy Aircraft Spotted At Lockheed Martin’s Radar Test Range
A mysterious stealthy low-observable aircraft was spotted at Lockheed Martin’s secretive Helendale radar-cross section (RCS) measurement facility. While we don’t know what this shape is intended to resemble, it provides a timely reminder of some of the exotic test work that’s clearly going on behind closed doors, at facilities like …
Read More »PAF T-37 Trainer Jet Crashes Near Mardan
PAF Cessna T-37 jet trainers – Credits: u/khizee_and1 A Pakistan Air Force Cessna T-37 Tweet trainer jet crashed under unknown circumstances near Mardan. It was not clear whether any casualty occurred in the incident. “A board of Inquiry has been ordered to investigate the cause of the accident,” said the …
Read More »USAF Sends Retired F-117s to California For Air Combat Training Against F-15s
Two F-15C Eagles and an F-117 fly in formation over the skies of Fresno, Calif. before separating to land at the Fresno Yosemite International Airport on Sept. 14, 2021. This week, two F-117 Nighthawks are participating in dissimilar air combat training missions along with F-15 pilots from the 144th Fighter …
Read More »Indian Army HAL Cheetah Helicopter Crashes In J&K
Credits: Unknown An Indian Army HAL Cheetah helicopter crashes in Shiv Garh Dhar of Udhampur district, Jammu and Kashmir. Both pilots died in the crash. The helicopter was destroyed. “Today, during a training sortie in Patnitop area, Indian Army’s Cheetah helicopter crash-landed in Shiv Garh Dhar area in the district,” …
Read More »Two LNA Mi-8 Helicopters Collided Midair and Crashed In Benghazi
Two Libyan National Army (LNA) Mil Mi-8 helicopters collided midair and crashed. Two crew members of one helicopter died in the crash. All other crew members survived. Two people died in Libya on Sunday after helicopters belonging to forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar collided in the country’s east, a spokesman …
Read More »U.S. Navy T-45C Goshawk Jet Crashes In Residential Area In Lake Worth
A US Navy McDonnell Douglas T-45C Goshawk, operated by Training Air Wing TWO, was destroyed subsequent to an impact with multiple residential structures in Lake Worth, about one mile north of Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth (NFW/KNFW), Texas. The two pilots ejected and one was seriously injured. …
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