A Bell UH-1 Iroquois Helicopter. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Jorrie Hart) The military helicopter assigned to the 1st Helicopter Squadron at Joint Base Andrews, was on a routine training mission when it was struck by a bullet. It made an emergency landing at Manassas Regional Airport …

A Russian Air Force MiG-31 supersonic interceptor aircraft makes emergency landing following the loss of a main gear wheel. A MiG-31 fighter jet made an emergency landing at Perm’s Bolshoye Savino Airport due to a malfunction, a source in the local emergencies agencies told TASS on Tuesday. A MiG-31 made …

Credits: Paramount Pictures President Donald Trump on Thursday night, signed an executive order banning business with ByteDance, the parent company of the popular social media app TikTok. In addition, Trump issued an executive order banning financial transactions with WeChat, a Chinese company that is owned by the conglomerate Tencent. Tencent …

Credits: thaiarmedforce A Fokker F-27 Friendship 200 Maritime Enforcer of the Royal Thai Navy, operated by 1 Wing, 102 Squadron, performed a nosegear-up landing at Narathiwat Airport, Thailand. No injuries reported and the aircraft received minor damage. https://twitter.com/i/status/1293186280432365571 After failing to deploy its landing gear, a Fokker F-27 Friendship 200 …

T-50i Indonesian Air Force – See Details: Photo by KAI An Indonesian Air Force (TNI-AU) KAI T-50i Golden Eagle, operated by SkU15 “The Typhoons”, skidded off the runway during takeoff at Madiun-Iswahyudi Airport (WARI), East Java. The instructor and trainee pilot suffered minor injuries. “The aircraft was conducting a routine …

Credits: raf.mod.uk on JULY 16, 2018. Britain’s Defense Minister Gavin Williamson unveiled a model of the country’s proposed new fighter jet named Tempest at the Farnborough Airshow. Royal Air Force (RAF) revealed the 3D model of its ‘Tempest’ future fighter jet on its website. Since Team Tempest was launched in …

An F-15 Eagle takes off at Kadena Air Base, Japan. According to Japanese government officials, a U.S. Air Force F-15 fighter jet lost a part while flying over Okinawa. A 7-inch, 8-pound part called an “eagle claw” fell from the aircraft at approximately 10:30 a.m. It is unknown where the …

Credits: Hermeus The Hermeus Corporation aerospace company has announced that it partnered with the U.S. Air Force and the Presidential and Executive Airlift Directorate to support its work on a hypersonic aircraft powered by an advanced combined-cycle jet engine. The service says that the deal could be a stepping stone …

Credits: CCTV China has launched a new weapon against natural disasters – a drone that can detect typhoons before they strike land. The Wing Loong-10, China’s domestically developed large, high-altitude drone, successfully conducted its first typhoon detection test flight on Sunday, when Typhoon Sinlaku hit South China’s, Hainan Province. The …

A McDonnell Douglas A-4AR of the Argentine Air Force crashed south of Córdoba, in a field near Villa Valeria, a few kilometers from San Luis. The pilot ejected but was fatally injured. Today, Wednesday 5 August 2020 at 10:05 am LT in the morning, a Fuerza Aérea Argentina (FAA, Argentina …