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 …
Read More »Sri Lanka Air Force Nanchang CJ-6 Aircraft Crashed During A Solo Training Flight
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 …
Read More »Russian Air Force Scrambled MiG-31 Fighter To Intercept U.S. Air Force Spy Plane
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 …
Read More »Here Are The New Images Of The Tempest Sixth-Generation Aircraft
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 …
Read More »Pak-China Joint Air Exercise “Shaheen-IX” Has Started At PAF Base Bholari
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 …
Read More »Wisconsin Air National Guard F-16 Fighting Falcon Crashes In Michigan, Pilot Missing
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 …
Read More »Nigerian Air Force’s Twenty MiG-21 Fishbed Fighter Jet Is Up For Sale
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 …
Read More »Russian Engineers Using Microsoft HoloLens In Building Su-57 Stealth Fighter Jet
The mass production of the Russia’s first 5th generation sukhoi Su-57 fighter jet began in 2019. Now according to the latest reports the Sukhoi Company holding company, which incorporates leading Russian design bureaus and serial aircraft production plants, is using mixed reality headsets to assist workers during the production of …
Read More »Top Aces Private Aviation Company To Buy 29 F-16 Fighter Jets From Israel
IAF F-16I “Sufa” – Author :משתמש:נחמיה ג via wikimedia Top Aces is reportedly to buy F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets from Israel. Multiple news outlets reported that the deal to buy 29 jets that have been in use by the Israeli Air Force had been approved by U.S. State Department …
Read More »Two Pilots Forced To Eject After RAAF F/A-18F Super Hornet Suffered A Low-Speed Runway Excursion
Screenshot from the footage aired by ABC News (Australia) (Image credit: ABC News Australia) A RAAF Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet, operated by 1 Squadron, suffered a low-speed runway excursion from RAAF Amberley (YAMB), Queensland. Both pilots ejected safely. The aircraft sustained substantial damage to the cockpit. Apparently, there was a …
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