The official Twitter handle of the Government of Nigeria announced that the country’s air force was expecting the delivery of three JF-17 fighters from Pakistan. The Government of Nigeria Twitter handle quoted Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, chief of the Nigerian Air Force, as saying, “We are expecting 3 JF-17 Thunder …
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Source: Boeing The Royal Australian Air Force and Boeing Defence Australia have successfully completed the first high-speed taxi test of the Loyal Wingman in preparation for the first flight of the next-generation platform. “We’ve reached high-speed taxi testing ahead of the Loyal Wingman’s first flight with Royal Australian Air Force …
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Russia is developing a new class of next-generation fighter jet to complement the heavier Su-57 fighter and upcoming MiG-41 heavy interceptor. According to Russia’s TASS state-run news agency, Russia’s state hi-tech corporation Rostec is working on a concept of an advanced single-engine light- and medium-class piloted and unmanned combat plane, Rostec CEO …
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An Algerian Navy AgustaWestland AW101 Mk.610 Merlin, operating by 560 ERS, has crashed into the sea off Bouharoun. There is said to have been at least one fatality. Two occupants are missing. Ennahar private television broadcasted an amateur video footage showing the helicopter turning around and loosing control before crashing …
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Credits: adaderana The Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) training aircraft PT-6 which took off from China Bay, Trincomalee and lost communications with the control tower has crash-landed in Kantale. Police said that aircraft had crash-landed on a road near Janaranjana Wewa, Kantale. Police also said that one pilot has been …
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A MiG-31B on left and MiG-31BM on right flying in formation – See details: Alan Wilson – Mikoyan MiG-31 Foxhound formation – Zhukovsky 2012 According to the Defense Ministry’s National Defense Control Center, The Russian Air Force scrambled MiG-31 jet fighter to intercept a U.S. Air Force RC-135 spy plane over the …
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One of the new renderings of the Tempest sixth-generation fighter aircraft. (Image credit: Royal Air Force) Tempest is the RAF’s next generation combat aircraft, coming into service from 2035 to replace the Typhoon. Team Tempest and the Royal Air Force recently held a virtual event to provide an update about …
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credits: DGPR (AIR FORCE) on 09 December 2020 Pak-China Joint Air Exercise “Shaheen-IX” has started at an Operational Air Base of Pakistan Air Force. The contingent of the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF), comprising combat Pilots, Air Defence Controllers, and technical ground crew is participating in the exercise. The …
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Lt. Col. Glen Messner, 115th Fighter Wing, Wisconsin Air National Guard, flies an F-16 Fighting Falcon over the state capitol in Madison, Oct. 18, 2008. – Credits: Photo by Master Sgt. Paul Gorman The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon is reported down in the Hiawatha National Forest, Upper Peninsula, Michigan. The …
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Credits: TRADE-A-PLANE Nigerian Air Force’s Twenty Soviet-made MiG-21 Fishbed jet fighters are being advertised for sale online. The offer, posted on the trade-a-plane.com website, is being made by the Inter Avia Group, which is based in Nevada. No prices are listed for the jets, the vendor instead requesting that any interested customers …
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