Credits: Public Relations Doc of Puncak Polres A Mil Mi-8 helicopter was deliberately set on fire by armed militants in Ilaga Airport, Kabupaten Puncak, Papua. Local media reported that the helicopter belonged to PT Esra, which seems unlikely as this operator is not known to fly Mi-8 helicopters. The Indonesian …
Read More »IAF Lost 26 Fighter Jets From 2014 to 2019
Indian Air Force (IAF) lost 26 fighter jets in the last five years killing 12 pilots and seven other crew members. IAF’s crash report card of the last five years shows that seven fighters each were lost in 2014-15 and 2018-19 and another six in 2016-17. Two years — 2015-16 …
Read More »F-14 Tomcat Vs F-15 Eagle (Who Wins)?
F-14 TOMCAT Vs F-15 EAGLE: The U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcat and the U.S. Airforce F-15 Eagle are two of the best fighter jets ever built. The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is an American supersonic, twin-engine, two-seat, twin-tail, variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft. The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle is an American twin-engine, all-weather …
Read More »Upgrading Ukrainian Air Force With F-15 & F-16 Fighter Jets Could Deter Russia: Stephen Blank
A Ukrainian Su-27 Flanker and MiG-29 Fulcrum escort two B1B Lancers during a training mission for Bomber Task Force Europe, May 29, 2020. (Courtesy photo by Ukrainian Air Force) Stephen Blank, A Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute thinks that upgrading Ukraine’s Air Force with F-15 and F-16 …
Read More »Midnight Hawks Aerobatic Team Jets Damaged After Contacting Each Other In Mid-air
Midnight Hawks (four BAE Hawk jet trainer aircraft) at Helsinki International Airshow 2009 – Credits: Vestman Two Finnish Air Force Midnight Hawks Aerobatic team training jets contacted each other in mid-air. The wings of the planes made contact, causing minor damage. Both aircraft landed safely. Four Hawk jet training aircraft …
Read More »Is U.S. Air Force F-15 Pilot Spotted With Russian Patch?
The F-15E pilot showing the 492nd Fighter Squadron’s Red Air patch. In the box: the same patch found in the auctions. (Photo: U.S. Air Force) On Apr. 7, 2021, the 48th Fighter Wing’s official account posted photos from еру Point Blank 21-2 exercise at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, April …
Read More »USAF C-17 Airlifter Catches Fire on Runway At The Joint Base Charleston
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 …
Read More »11 years ago today Polish Presidential plane crashed killing all 96 onboard including President Lech Kaczynski
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. …
Read More »Top Gun: Maverick Release Date Delayed Again
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 …
Read More »Declassified Video Shows F-35 Dropping A Dummy Thermonuclear Bomb
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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