The 419th Flight Test Squadron carrying an inert AGM-158 JASSM during the recent demonstration flight. – Credits: USAF The U.S. Air Force has released images of a B-1 bomber carrying an inert AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile cruise missile on a pylon under its fuselage for the first time. This …
Read More »Zimbabwe Air Force Plane Crashes Near Gweru Killing Both Pilots
A small plane of the Zimbabwe Air Force crashed near Gweru under unknown circumstances. Both occupants died in the crash. A source near the scene says there were two occupants in the plane and both are suspected dead. The source who is speaking to The Mirror by phone says that …
Read More »Israel Air Force Grob G 120 Light Trainer Aircraft Crashes Near Mishnar HaNegev Killing Pilot & Cadet
Zwei Grob G 120A der IAF-Flugakademie über Israel – Credits: wikiwand Israel Air Force Grob G 120 Light Trainer Aircraft impacted open field terrain under unknown circumstances near Beersheba, Israel, and was completely destroyed by the post crash fire and the two occupants onboard were fatally injured. The dead were …
Read More »Here’s The Trailer Of USAF Red Tail Angels Documentary Series
“The Red-Tailed Angels” documentary series, which showcases the hardships, struggles and ultimately the successes of the Tuskegee Airmen, is now live on the Air Force Blue Tube channel. (U.S. Air Force graphic) In commemoration of the 75th anniversary of World War II, the US Air Force (USAF) video production team …
Read More »Watch: Details About The Big Business Of Fighter Jets
A P-51 Mustang banks in unison with U.S. Air Force Capt. Kristin “BEO” Wolfe, the F-35A Demonstration Team pilot, during a heritage flight practice June 17, 2020, Hill Air Force Base, Utah. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Kip Sumner) The U.S. defense industry wasn’t spared from the economic crunch …
Read More »U.S. Officially Offers Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Jets To Switzerland
Two F-35C Lightning II, attached to the “Argonauts” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147, stationed at Naval Air Station Lemoore, fly in formation for a photo exercise. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Shannon E. Renfroe (Released) The US Government and Lockheed Martin have officially proposed the sale …
Read More »U.S. Navy Destroyer Has Shot Down An Incoming Intercontinental Ballistic Missile For The First Time
SM-3 Block IIA anti-missile missile is launched from the destroyer USS John Finn in the Pacific off Hawaii on Tuesday as part of a successful test of the Aegis Weapons System-44 (FTM-44). (Photo: MDA Photo) On November 17, 2020, The U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke class destroyer USS John Finn (DDG-113) …
Read More »Republic of China Air Force F-16 Fighter Jet Goes Missing Off Eastern Taiwan
REUTERS/PICHI CHUANG Taiwan buying more—and more advanced—F-16s from the US would not please China. STERN REPRESENTATIONS “Extremely dangerous”: China warns US on F-16 sales to Taiwan By Steve MollmanApril 1, 2019 A Taiwanese military F-16A-20-CF, operated by the 5th Tactical Fighter Wing, 26th Tactical Fighter Group, is missing. Search operations …
Read More »IAF Receives First F-35I Adir Test Aircraft To Equip With Israeli Weapons & Systems
The first experimental “Adir” (F-35I) aircraft in the IAF arrived at Tel Nof AFB. Credits: Israeli Air Force on November 11, 2020, Israeli Air Force Flight Testing Center (FTC) at Tel-Nof AFB received the first F-35I Adir test aircraft outside the United States. The one-of-a-kind aircraft, with serial 924 and …
Read More »Video Shows Russian An-124 Transport Aircraft Overruns Runway During Emergency Landing
The An-124 Rusland overran the runway at Novosibirsk on Nov. 13, 2020. (Image via Aviaforum, JACDEC) on Nov. 13, 2020, An Antonov An-124 Ruslan (NATO reporting name: Condor), belonging to Volga-Dnepr Airlines, an airline based in Ulyanovsk, Russia, and specialized in air charter services, with 14 people on board, overran …
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