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The Royal Air Force in mid-2019 operates just 119 fighters, the lowest number in its history. The shrinking of the British fighter fleet has happened even faster than observers predicted just a few years ago. And it could be years before the force significantly grows again. As of June 2019, …

Last Week Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps reportedly made use of the 3rd Khordad surface to air missile system to shoot down a Northrop Grumman RQ-4A Global Hawk surveillance drone operated by the U.S. Air Force – according to recent reports. See Details: Iran’s Revolutionary Guard shoots down U.S. RQ-4 Global …

A day after a jet was hit by several birds moments after take-off, the Indian Air Force (IAF) has released the video of the incident on Friday showing how the alert pilot averted a major tragedy and loss of life. Related Article: IAF’s Jaguar jet suffers bird hit: Pilot jettisons …

In this article, we will share with you the story of a Swiss Air Force Pilot whose F-5 Tiger was hit in his thigh by lightning that penetrated his fighter jet cockpit Urs Ramel, Swiss Air Force F-5 Pilot explains in Peter Lewis book Swiss Tiger Parallel Flight: “Having flown …

on U.S. Air Force has conducted first-ever F-35 Lightning II wing removal and shipment via air transport. 96th Logistics Readiness Squadron aerial porters helped load an F-35 Lightning II via C-17 Globemaster This was the first-ever F-35 wing removal and shipment via air transport. It will become the Air Force’s …

An Indian Air Force Jaguar pilot jettisoned fuel tanks of his aircraft after one of the engines of the fighter jet failed after being hit by a bird. However, the pilot managed to land the plane safely at the Ambala Air Base. Small practice bombs jettisoned by the aircraft have …

on June 21, 2019, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard shoots down a U.S. Navy RQ-4 Global Hawk ‘spy’ drone in Hormozgan Province. US Navy Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS-D) aircraft, specifically a RQ-4A Global Hawk High-Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) drone that costs $220 million and was designed to be largely invulnerable to …

The U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Navy have been quietly working together to develop a new air-to-air missile called the AIM-260 that will replace the venerable AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile, or AMRAAM. The two services are worried that the Chinese, in particular, have begun to outrange American …

Libyan Arab Air Cargo plane was destroyed by RPG fire at Tripolis-International Airport, Libya. Antonov An-124, registered 5A-DKN, got destroyed at Tripoli Airport during military clashes. In 1994, the cargo aircraft first operated for Antonov Airtracker, then Trans-Charter Airlines, Volga-Dnepr, and Libyan Air Cargo. The Antonov An-124 was destroyed in …

WOMAN was marched off a Jet2 plane at Stansted Airport after sparking a hijack alert by allegedly “rushing the cockpit” and threatening to kill passengers. Two RAF Typhoon fighters were scrambled to intercept the Airbus 321 – creating a sonic boom that was heard 40 miles away as they raced …