An F-35A Lightning II Fighting flies past the Wasatch Mountains by Hill Air Force Base on Dec 7, 2016. The F-35A is a single-seat, single-engine, fifth-generation, multirole fighter that’s able to perform ground attack, reconnaissance, and air defense missions with stealth capability. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Andrew …
Read More »Russia’s New K-77 Air to Air Missile Spotted On Su-57 Stealth Fighter Jet
Credits: Russian Air Force Recent videos from Russia indicate that the country may be on the verge of introducing significant new air-to-air missile capabilities to its most advanced combat jets. One clip shows a Su-57 Felon advanced combat jet carrying one, or perhaps two, new variants of the R-77 medium-range …
Read More »Tunisian Air Force Northrop F-5E Tiger II Fighter Jet Crashes Killing Pilot
The Tunisian Air Force Northrop F-5E Tiger II fighter jet, belonging to 15 Sqn, crashed under unknown circumstances. The pilot died in the crash and the aircraft was destroyed. The local reports identified the deceased pilot as Captain Mehdi Boubake. The #Tunisian Air Force pilot who crashed today in Remada's …
Read More »PLAAF Fighter Jet Crashes After Bird Strike, Pilot Ejected Safely
A screengrab from CCTV footage released on 2 March showing a J-10C multirole fighter in PLAAF markings fitted with a Chinese-made WS10B engine. Source: CCTV.com The People’s Liberation Army Air Force fighter jet encountered a bird strike upon takeoff. On Oct. 5, the People’s Liberation Army Daily reported that pilot …
Read More »Azerbaijan Turns Soviet Biplane Into Unmanned Drones To Locate Armenian Air Defence
Details are emerging regarding the shot down of several Azerbaijani An-2 aircraft during the ethnic and territorial conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan is flying “unmanned” An-2 biplanes as decoys to locate Armenian air defense and artillery position. The bi-planes fly towards Armenian positions forcing their ground troops to open fire thus …
Read More »Indian Navy Glider Crashes In Kochi Killing Both Pilots
The Indian Navy ultralight trike crashed near Cochin NAS (VOCC) during a training flight. Both pilots died in the crash. A glider aircraft of Indian Navy crashed near Kochi Naval Airport on Sunday morning, critically injuring an officer and sailor on board. The power-hand glider which was on a regular …
Read More »Russia To Equip Combat Helicopters With Suicide Drones
All weather version Mi-28N – See Details: Vitaly V. Kuzmin According to Tass report, The Russian Armed Forces move to equip some of its combat helicopters with suicide drones. A modular cluster of unguided aviation missiles, developed by the research center Zaslon (Screen) for the helicopter gunship Mi-28NM, will allow …
Read More »Sonic Boom From French Rafale Fighter Jets Shakes Paris, Disrupts French Open Tennis Match
A French air force Rafale-B aircraft of squadron 2/92 “Aquitaine” breaks formation after refueling from a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft assigned to the 351st Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron (EARS) over an undisclosed location, March 17, 2013. on Sept. 30, 2020, a loud sonic boom of the jet flying …
Read More »Why IAF Su-30MKI Costs Almost Twice The Russia’s New Su-30SM?
The Su-30MKI has been the heaviest and one of the most capable fighter in the Indian Air Force ever since and today forms the backbone of the Indian fleet with over 270 aircraft in service. The fighters entered service relatively quickly, with 50 active by the beginning of 2005 and …
Read More »Russia’s Sukhoi Su-34 Fighter-bomber Make First-Ever Nighttime Flight Into Stratosphere
Су-34 (Su-34) – Credits: Vitaly V. Kuzmin According to Russian new agency TASS, Russian fighter-bomber aircraft Su-34 carried out a night-time combat exercise reaching to the heights of 15 kilometers at lower stratospheric level, engaging a ‘hypothetical enemy’ at supersonic speed. The fighter-bombers were from an aviation division of the …
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