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 …
Read More »U.S. Air Force B-2 Bomber Damaged During Emergency landing At Whiteman AFB
A B-2 Spirit deployed from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., approaches the runway at RAF Fairford, U.K., June 9, 2017. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Miguel Lara III) A U.S. Air ForceF Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit bomber sustained minor damage during an emergency landing at Whiteman Air Force …
Read More »Kratos Air Wolf Tactical Drone Successfully Completes Test Flight At Burns Flat
The newly approved Burns Flat Test Range and Facility is an important new strategic asset available to Kratos, enabling Kratos to accelerate its drone testing and demonstration, further increasing Kratos’ ability to rapidly develop and demonstrate jet drones, supporting subsystems, and other tactical systems and aircraft (Picture source: Kratos) Kratos …
Read More »Kratos Unveils XQ-58A Valkyrie UCAV At MSPO 2021
Radio Kielce screen grab U.S.-based drone-maker Kratos Defense & Security Solutions unveil its XQ-58A Valkyrie unmanned combat aerial vehicle on the international market at the 29th International Defense Industry Exhibition MSPO 2021 in Poland. The XQ-58A is a low-cost tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) designed to deliver a combination of …
Read More »When French Air Force Destroyed Entire Ivorian Air Force
Credits: Unknown via Tom Antonov In 2004, an armed conflict took place between France and Côte d’Ivoire in which French Airforce destroyed entire Ivorian Airforce. On 6 November 2004, Ivorians launched an air attack on French peacekeepers in the northern part of Côte d’Ivoire who were stationed there as part …
Read More »Ivorian Air Force Mil Mi-24D Crashes near Ferkessedougou Killing 5 Onboard
Ivory Coast’s Defense Ministry said Friday that all five people aboard a military helicopter on a reconnaissance mission that went missing on its northern border died in a crash. The MI 24 attack helicopter was located 2 kilometers (1 mile) north of Togolokaye, the ministry said in a statement. “All …
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