Credits: Onbeatman / Youtube Paramount Pictures Released the First Official Trailer of Top Gun: Maverick on July 18, 2019. The hotly anticipated sequel to the 1986 Navy fighter flick Top Gun may have been delayed until 2021, but one enterprising YouTuber is keeping the excitement alive, and coincidentally, making me really wish …
Read More »Indian Armed Forces Finally Agree To Procure 30 Armed Drones From US For $3 Billion
An Air Force MQ-9A Reaper taxis in preparation for a mission in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. The MQ-9A’s primary mission is a hunter-killer against emerging targets to achieve joint force commander objectives. (Air Force Photo) The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is preparing to acquire 30 General Atomics MQ-9B Guardian …
Read More »German Air Force Performed Weird Eurofighters Elephant Walk
Elephant Walk at Neuburg. (Image credit: Luftwaffe) on Mar. 6, 2021, German Air Force has arranged an Elephant Walk that involved 18 Eurofighter jets at Neuburg Air Base. Weird elephant walk at Bavarian Air Base had no pilots, wheel chocks and engines off). Images of the Eurofighters together on the …
Read More »Turkish Army Helicopter Crashes On A Hillside In Tatvan
A screengrab from a video shows the wreck of the military helicopter that crashed in Bitlis, Turkey, on March 4, 2021. (IHA Photo) The Turkish military helicopter crashed on a hillside in Tatvan, Bitlis province. Eleven occupants died in the crash and two were injured. In a statement, the ministry …
Read More »South Korea Set to Roll Out The First Prototype Of Next-generation KF-X Fighter Jet In April
The first KF-X fighter prototype is almost complete, adding that the aircraft will be formally rolled out in April. Two more prototypes are currently being assembled at the plant. (DAPA) on 1 March, 2021, South Korea’s Defence Acquisition Programme Administration (DAPA) announced that assembly of the first prototype of the …
Read More »Aviación Militar Bolivariana Embraer T-27 Tucano Trainer Aircraft Makes A Force Landing In The Farm
Cima360 / Twitter On 1 March 2021, an Aviación Militar Bolivariana de Venezuela (AMBV, Venezuela Air Force) EMB312A Tucano, serial 5050 (construction number 312247), force landed around 09:00 hrs LT in a field between the cities of Mariara and San Joaquín in the north of the country, about eighty kilometers …
Read More »Russian Air Force Mil Mi-35M Helicopter Makes Emergency Landing In Syria Killing Pilot & Injuring Crew Members
Credits: IDLIB POST / Twitter A Russian Air Force Mil Mi-35M helicopter made an emergency landing in Al-Hasakah Governorate after a technical malfunction. Some media report that the pilot died in the crash, but this was denied by Russian sources. The Russian Foreign Ministry clarified that the chopper had not …
Read More »Skunk Works Will Soon Begin Ground Testing Of Secret New Aircraft Called Speed Racer
Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works plans to begin testing the Speed Racer vehicle in the near future. Credit: Lockheed Martin According to Lockheed Martin spokeswoman a secretive new unmanned aircraft system (UAS) designed by the Lockheed Martin Skunk Works is poised to enter ground testing “imminently”. The UAS known only as …
Read More »Nigerian Air Force Plane Crashed Shortly After Takeoff Killing All 7 On-board
A Nigerian Air Force Beechcraft B300 King Air 350 was destroyed when it impacted terrain shortly after takeoff following a reported loss of engine power near near Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (ABV/DNAA), Abuja, Nigeria. The seven people onboard perished. The Nigerian Air Force NAF201, a B350 aircraft departed Abuja at …
Read More »USAF T-38 Trainer Jet Crashes During A Touch-and-go Training Killing Both Pilots
Pilots from the 80th Flying Training Wing Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training program take off to practice maneuvers in the T-38 Talon Oct. 2, 2014, at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Danny Webb/Released) A USAF Northrop T-38C Talon, operated by 14th FTW, crashed in a …
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