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. …
Read More »Satellite Image Shows B-2 Moved To Hangar After Skidding Off Runway
As we have reported earlier, a U.S. Air ForceF Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit bomber sustained minor damage during an emergency landing at Whiteman Air Force Base. The damaged bomber has finally been moved off the grass and into a hangar. The stealth bomber had come to a rest on its …
Read More »MQ-25 Stingray Drone Aerial Refuels F-35 For The First Time
Credits: Boeing As we reported earlier, Boeing MQ-25 Stingray Tanker Drone refuels Navy E-2D Advanced Hawkeye command and control aircraft for the first time. Now according to the U.S. Navy, the service in partnership with Boeing has successfully carried out aerial refueling of F-35 fighter jet using an unmanned aircraft …
Read More »Brazilian Air Force A-29A Super Tucano Crashes In A Field Near Campo Grande
Crashsite in Campo Grande. – CREDITO: aeroin Força Aérea Brasileira Embraer A-29A Super Tucano plane crashed in a field after a technical malfunction, the pilot ejected safely. The Air Force Command reported that a pilot from the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) ejected himself, “after detecting a technical failure in the …
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