SAAF Museum Aircraft Crashes During Landing At Swartkop Air Force Base – Credits: SAAF The aircraft, a one off Patchen TSC-2 Explorer 2000 reconnaissance aircraft, impacted the terrain while on approach to the Swartkop Air Force Base (FASK), Gauteng, South Africa. The vintage airplane was destroyed by an ensuing post …
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An Indian MiG-21 aircraft takes off. — AFP/File An IAF MiG-21 Bison crashed upon takeoff from an airbase in central India under unknown circumstances. The pilot died in the crash. According to a tweet by the IAF, the aircraft crashed during take off while the jet was on a combat …
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The Type 002 aircraft carrier in 2017 – GG001213 – Own work A new report revealed, citing sources close to the country’s military claims China’s next aircraft carrier is likely to be nuclear powered. The South China Morning Post quoted a person close to the Chinese navy as saying that shipbuilders “are …
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Russia – Air Force Credits: Igor Dvurekov A Russian Mi-8 military helicopter violated Ukrainian airspace over the Sumy region. According to Ukrainian journalist Andriy Tsaplienko, the military helicopter made the airspace violation on Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Sumy region. Andriy Tsaplienko also released a short video showing a …
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An artist rendering by Reaction Engines shows a potential application of the company’s Sabre engine on an aircraft. (Reaction Engines) British-based Reaction Engines is inching closer towards developing a hypersonic jet engine that could power fighter planes to fly at a speed of up to Mach 5 or five times …
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Courtesy AeroDelft The first aircraft took to the skies just over 100 years ago. Now, over 23,000 aircraft carry more than 4 billion passengers around the world every year. But bringing the world closer together has come at a cost. AeroDelft is a TU Delft student team having a goal …
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A RAF Typhoon FGR4 departs with 2x Storm Shadows. (Image credit: UK MoD/Crown Copyright) On Mar. 10, 2021, Royal Air Force Typhoon FGR4s used storm shadow cruise missiles to carry out an airstrike on Daesh In Iraq for the first time. The UK Ministry of Defense confirmed the Typhoon airstrike …
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A Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor, assigned to the 325th Fighter Wing, experienced the collapse of the nose gear during a landing attempt at Eglin Air Force Base (VPS/KVPS), Florida. The mishap occurred at around 3:30 PM local time, according to a press release from the 96th Test Wing, the main …
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A pair of desktop models in the office of a General Atomics Aeronautical Systems executive spotted during the Air Force Association’s Virtual Aerospace Warfare Symposium. The company later confirmed they show an undisclosed prototype combat drone and a precursor to the Sparrowhawk — a weapon-carrying air-launched drone, itself designed for …
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Capt. Melaine Valentin is shown wearing the patch she designed. Photo: Laughlin Air Force Base on Facebook Air Education and Training Command hosted a fly-in event in Fort Worth, Texas, Sept. 18-21, bringing together a small group of Air Force aviators ranging from fighter to cargo pilots, boom operators, and loadmasters …
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