Multiple U.S. Navy guided missile destroyers sailing off the coast of southern California reportedly encountered a mysterious fleet of drones in 2019. Over the course of four nights in 2019, several unidentified drones swarmed U.S. Navy destroyers off the coast of California. During the evening encounters, as many as six …
Read More »50 Years of Mirage Fighter Aircraft In Pakistan Air Force
Credits: Pakistan Air Force Fifty years after Pakistan bought its first Mirages, many planes in the venerable fleet are still being patched up, overhauled, and upgraded for use in combat, years after conventional wisdom dictates they should be grounded. To commemorate 50 years of service by Mirage Aircraft in Pakistan …
Read More »Uruguayan Air Force Helicopter Carrying Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccines Crashes In Rocha
Credits: MDN Uruguay A helicopter of the Fuerza Aérea Uruguaya (Uruguayan Air Force) Bell 212 helicopter transporting covid vaccines encountered a technical malfunction. The pilot had to make an emergency landing and the helicopter and the vaccines were destroyed by fire. The three crew members were injured. An Uruguay’s Air …
Read More »Royal Navy Hawk T1 Trainer Aircraft Crashes In Cornwall
Hawk – RNAS Culdrose 2006 – Tim Felce (Airwolfhound) – Hawk – RNAS Culdrose 2006 The Royal Navy BAe Hawk T1A crashed near St. Martin, Helston, Cornwall. Both pilots ejected safely. The male pilots thought to be trainees, safely ejected moments before the Hawk T1 jet, capable of flying more than 620mph, …
Read More »U.S. F-35 Accidentally Shot Itself With Its Own Gun Pod
One of the two 388th Fighter Wing’s 4th Fighter Squadron F-35s involved in the strafing runs with the GAU-22. – Credits: USAF A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Joint Strike Fighter was significantly damaged when a round fired from its underbelly 25mm gun pod exploded shortly after leaving the muzzle of …
Read More »U.S. Navy T-45 Goshawk Trainer Jet Crashes In Orange Grove
A pair of T-45A Goshawks during a training flight over Texas – Lt. j.g. John A. Ivancic – navy.mil U.S. Navy McDonnell Douglas T-45 Goshawk Crashed during a training flight 3 miles northeast of Naval Auxiliary Landing Field Orange Grove (NOG/KNOG), Orange Groove, Texas, both pilots ejected safely. It happened around 2 …
Read More »Bolivian Air Force Hongdu JL-8 Trainer Plane Crashes Into Residential House
A Bolivian K-8 – Teclado00 A Bolivian Air Force Hongdu JL-8 trainer plane crashes into a house in Sacaba, Cochabamba, and was destroyed by fire. There is said to be one fatality on the ground. Both pilots are said to have ejected safely. The crashed jet was a training aircraft. …
Read More »Two JASDF F-35A Lightning II Fighter Make an Emergency Landing at Aomori Airport
青森空港に緊急着陸した航空自衛隊三沢基地に所属するF35Aステルス戦闘機2機=24日午後4時2`(KYODONEWS) On the afternoon of the 24th, two Japan Air Self-Defense Force Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II fighters deployed at the Air Self-Defense Force Misawa Air Base made an emergency landing at Aomori Airport. One of two F-35A of Japan Air Self-Defense Force on a training flight over the Sea …
Read More »U.S. Navy Sets New Record For Aircraft Recovery From The Bottom Of The Sea
The U.S. Navy has set a new record for aircraft recovery by retrieving an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter from the bottom of the sea off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, from a depth of 19,075 feet. The details of the impressive feat were revealed last night by Naval Sea Systems Command …
Read More »Outdated Design F-5E Ejection Seats Should Be Replaced: Experts
An ejection seat and a parachute found by the rescue team. Photo courtesy of the National Rescue Command Center On March 22, 2021, Two Republic of China Air Force (ROCAF) Northrop F-5E Tiger II fighter jets collided midair off Taiwan’s southeast coast. Both pilots ejected, one pilot died and another …
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