Mil Mi-24/25 – Credits: Alex Beltyukov Yesterday evening, Belarusian MoD scrambled Mi-24 helicopters to intercept these balloons launched from Lithuania in direction of Belarus carrying pro-opposition flags. The flag in question was the country’s official one between 1991 and 1995. The current red-and-green design is based on the flag that …
Read More »Artificial Intelligence-driven Pilot Flawlessly Defeated F-16 Viper Pilots In DARPA’s AI Dogfighting Tournament
Credits: DARPAtv / YouTube Pentagon researchers pitted man against machine in an aerial dogfighting tournament to see if artificial intelligence algorithms can outsmart each other and a human F-16 pilot in combat. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s AlphaDogfight Trials hosted eight teams that have developed advanced AI that can …
Read More »Russia Planning To Send New MiG-35 Fighters Jets To Syria: Report
Russian Su-57 and MiG-35 Next Generation Fighters – Credits: Russian Airforce Moscow is planning to send its newest MiG-35 fighter jets to its Khmeimim military base in syria to advertise them to potential buyers. In recent years, Syria has become a real military training ground for testing new Russian weapons. …
Read More »Project Mayhem: .U.S. Air Force’s New Hypersonic Development Program For Aircraft Like SR-72
Project Mayhem is U.S. Air Force’s latest hypersonic development program looks to be aimed at acquiring expendable testbeds for new advanced jet engines, including turbine-based combined cycle designs for developing viable hypersonic aircraft, such as Lockheed Martin’s in-development SR-72. The Expendable Hypersonic Multi-Mission Air-Breathing Demonstrator programme, referred to also as …
Read More »Boeing’s Loyal Wingman Drone Prototype Spotted During Ground Testing
The Airpower Teaming System unmanned aircraft photographed in an airfield in Queensland, Australia. (Photo via Australian Defence Magazine) The Boeing Airpower Teaming System, also known as the Boeing Loyal Wingman project, developed for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), has been sighted in the open while undergoing ground testing in …
Read More »PLAAF Deployed J-20 Stealth Fighter Jets Near Ladakh Border
Credits: d-atis / Twitter China has deployed J-20 stealth fighter jets near the India-China border as the ongoing disengagement talks between India and China, the provocative move is seen as a show of military strength by China. Two Chinese J-20 stealth fighter jets were spotted at Hotan airbase in the …
Read More »Libya’s GNA Forces Seized Russian-made Mi-17 Helicopter In Northern Libya
Credits: Clash Report / Twitter Libya’s internationally recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) discovered and seized Russian made Mi-17 helicopter that made an emergency landing near the city of Sirte. “A Russian made Mi-17 helicopter abandoned by the Haftar militias after an emergency landing was discovered and seized by the …
Read More »U.S. To Sell F-35 Lightning II Fighter Jets To UAE As Part Israel-UAE Deal
An F-35A Lightning II at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Chris Thornbury) U.S. is set to sell F-35 fighter jets and advanced drones to the UAE in a secret clause that was part of the agreement to establish diplomatic ties between …
Read More »Two U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper Drones Mysteriously Collide Over Syria And Crashed
Two U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drones reportedly collided in Syria over Idlib province, but may also have been engaged by militants on the ground. Images of burning aircraft crashing to the ground were posted on Twitter. There was speculation that the MQ-9 Reapers were shot down. The alleged collision took place …
Read More »Retired F-117 Nighthawk To Fly As Adversaries In Red Flag Aerial War Games
Although the iconic Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk was officially retired from active service in 2008 but the U.S. Air Force is still flying the stealth aircraft at Tonopah Test Range (TTR). According to a few reports, Decade After F-117 Stealth Jets Retirement 51 Nighthawk Still Remain In Inventory. As we have …
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