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) …
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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 …
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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 …
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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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Troopers assigned to Apache Troop, 1st Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, participate in a land to air to sea casualty evacuation training exercise during their nine month rotation in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, Jan. 22, 2016. Photo by Sgt. William Tanner A UH-60A+ Black Hawk helicopter crashed in the Sinai desert in …
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Old Mi-17 elicopter Crash Image The Afghan military Mil Mi-17 crashed upon takeoff. Two crew members died and another two were injured. The crash happened due to technical issues as the helicopter was taking off in Hesarak district, MoD said in a statement. Last night around 12:00 a.m., an AAF …
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Azerbaijan Foreign Ministry announced late Monday that its forces “accidentally” shot down a Mi-24 helicopter belonging to the Russian Army. A Russian Mi-24 military helicopter with RF-91855 tail number has been shot down over Armenia, near the border with Azerbaijan, killing two crew members, the Russian defense ministry says. “On November …
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A pair of F-35 Lightning IIs pass under the sun while doing maneuvers to the Eglin Air Force Base runway. The 33rd Fighter Wing-owned aircraft is a fifth-generation fighter and used to train pilots and maintainers. (Photo by Samuel King) Robert F. Behler is a retired the United States Air Force …
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Credits: Shushan Stepanyan On 8 November, the spokesperson for Armenia’s Defense Ministry, Shushan Stepanyan, has reported that it shot down an Azerbaijani Bayraktar TB2 combat drone. At the announcement, Shushan Stepanyan said that at around 13:40 Armenian Air Defense units of the Defense Army shot down another enemy Bayraktar TB2 …
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A German Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon launches from the runway June 4, 2012, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. The GAF is participating in RED FLAG-Alaska 12-2, a two-week-long exercise providing aircrew realistic combat sorties and increasing their chances of survival in combat. The German parliament’s budget committee approved a €5.4 …
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