A USAF 437th Airlift Wing Boeing C-17A Globemaster III, performing flight RCH351 (callsign “Reach 351”), experienced a fire in the main lefthand wheel bay, probably due to overheated brakes, after landing at Joint Base Charleston (CHS/KCHS), North Charleston, South Carolina. On 9 April 2021, a C-17A mishap occured at Joint …
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PLF 101, the aircraft involved in the accident, seen in 2008 – Credits: Dmitry Karpezo The Smolensk air disaster occurred 11 years ago on 10 April 2010, when a Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft of the Polish Air Force crashed near the Russian city of Smolensk, killing all 96 people on board. …
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Credits: Paramount Pictures Top Gun: Maverick Release Date Delayed to November 19, 2021. Paramount Pictures has again changed the release date of the highly-anticipated aviation sequel Top Gun: Maverick. Originally set to debut in 2019 the Tom Cruise-led film will now hit the theaters in November. It was previously slated …
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Sandia National Laboratories, in cooperation with the Los Alamos National Laboratory and the U.S. Air Force, completed a round of flight tests as part of the integration of the new B61-12 nuclear gravity bomb onto the F-35A Joint Strike Fighter. The press release from Sandia said that the supersonic test …
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Photo credit: KAI/Republic of Korea Armed Forces South Korea unveiled its homegrown KF-21 Boramae (Hawk) supersonic stealth jet fighter on Friday, joining an exclusive club of military aviation giants and setting the stage for a $5.2 billion program it hopes will be a top export driver and jobs creator. According …
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Turkish Air Force KAI KT-1 Woongbi – Credits: Aldo Bidini The KT-1 type military training aircraft, which took off from the 2nd Anajet base in İzmir, crashed in the sea off Foça for an unknown reason. The Ministry of National Defense announced the two pilots aboard were rescued. The cause …
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Credits: Indian Air Force Dassault, the manufacturer of Rafale jets, agreed to pay one million euro to an Indian middleman just after the signing of the Indo-French contract in 2016, an investigation by the French publication Mediapart has revealed. An amount of 508,925 euro was allegedly paid under “gifts to …
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The United States Air Force ‘s newest fighter. EAGLE II the F-15EX – Credits: Eglin Air Force Base U.S. Air Force’s latest fighter aircraft, the Boeing F-15EX, has officially been named Eagle II, in a ceremony that took place today at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. The first F-15EX …
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Credits: TRT World A Northrop NF-5 aircraft, belonging to the Turkish Air Force demonstration team “Türk Yıldızları” (Turkish Stars) crashes in the central province of Konya killing a pilot. According to the Turkish authorities, the NF-5A Freedom Fighter crashed at 14.15LT, during a training flight. UPDATE: Pilot dies in NF-5 …
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The XQ-58A Valkyrie demonstrates the separation of the ALTIUS-600 small UAS in a test at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground test range, Arizona on March 26, 2021. This test was the first time the weapons bay doors have been opened in flight. (Photo: Kratos/U.S. Air Force) on March 26, …
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