Credits: Boeing Royal Canadian Air Force is looking to replace Canada’s aging fleet of fighter jets with new fighter jets. Four companies are vying for the multibillion-dollar contract for as many as 88 fighters that would replace the RCAF’s 1980s-vintage Hornets, which in Canadian service are designated “CF-18.” Attempts to …
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U.S. Air Force Capt. Kristin “BEO” Wolfe, the F-35A Demonstration Team pilot (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Kip Sumner) U.S. Air Force Captain Kristin “Beo” Wolfe, the F-35A Demo Team Pilot for the 2020 and 2021 air demonstration season, flew the first-ever Lightning II demonstration that was broadcast live …
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Credits: IAF The first batch of five French-made Rafale fighter jets has arrived at an Indian Air Force (IAF) base, Indian officials. Five brand-new Indian Air Force Dassault Rafale fighters recently touched down at Ambala Air Force Station in Haryana, India. Two Indian Su-30 fighters escorted the Rafales as they …
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“Goldhaube” radar plotting – flight paths from Friday, October 18, 2002, 3: 03-3: 10 p.m. – Graphic: Armed Forces An unusual story has surfaced involving the U.S. Air Force F-117s Stealth Fighter aircraft, and a little bit of trickery. The story dates back to Oct. 18, 2002, when the USAF …
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Credits: WalesOnline RAF Chinook suspected to have had a wire strike (overhead power lines), and force landed in a field near Llangynin, Carmarthenshire at 10:30pm local time on 28 July 2020. The MoD said the incident happened on Tuesday evening near Llangynin, and the twin-engine aircraft crew suffered “minor injuries”. …
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Iran has released video footage and other details about a major exercise in and around the strategic Strait of Hormuz that involved various types of attacks on a mock U.S. Navy aircraft carrier. Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard employed various air, sea, and ground-launched weapons against the faux flattop, including anti-ship …
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Photo by Yael Havia Israeli Air Force 420th (“Fighter Simulator”) Squadron at Hatzor AFB, at the F-16 Instruction Center, trains IAF pilots to various emergency scenarios that can occur during any flight. The center’s goal is to train aircrew members to fly on the platform. Immediately after graduating from the …
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Credits: Pajhwok Afghan News An Afghan Air Force Sikorsky UH-60A Blackhawk made an emergency landing and caught fire. At least two occupants members were injured. The incident happened about 8:40 am local time in Kajaki district the statement said, adding that “five crew members were wounded slightly.” Afghan media quoted …
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Credits: Reza_Mad / Twitter The pilots of the Pilatus PC-7 training aircraft belonging to the Iranian Air Force belly-landed on a roadside east of the city of Isfahan. No one was injured in the incident. The training plane, was on a mission from Isfahan to Yazd and had a technical …
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Austrian Airforce Eurofighter based at Zeltweg -Copyright: Photograph by Geoffrey Lee, Planefocus Ltd Indonesian Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto has written to his Austrian counterpart, Klaudia Tanner, expressing an interest in acquiring Eurofighter Typhoon multirole fighter aircraft from the latter. The Austrian Air Force operates a fleet of 15 Typhoons, which …
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