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How France Fighter jets ‘Shot Down’ America’s Stealth F-22 Raptor. Past evidence seems to confirm that a French fighter pilot once “killed” an American F-22 Raptor stealth fighter in mock combat. The French victory over the F-22 occurred in November 2009. A squad of F-22s from the Air Force’s 1st Fighter …

Here is a FLIR Footage Shows California Highway Patrol Chase Ending In Fatal Crash Into An F/A-18 at NAS Lemoore. Recently-released footage shows an unauthorized vehicle being pursued by California Highway Patrol inside Naval Air Station Lemoore, California, in 2016. On  Mar. 30 – 31, 2016, a Jeep Grand Cherokee was able …

Sorry! S-300 is not capable of defeating an F-35 Super-Stealth fighter jet. Russia has delivered the formidable S-300 air and missile defense system to Syria. The Israeli Minister for Regional Cooperation Tzachi Hanegbi said on the army radio, that Russian S-300 anti-aircraft missile-systems, which Moscow supplied to Damascus, will not be …

Run-in of new technology in the US Army (Most Advanced Robots). Rare Video: Run-in of new technology in the US Army (Most Advanced Robots) Over the next few years, the Pentagon is poised to spend almost $1 billion for a range of robots designed to complement combat troops. Beyond scouting and …

Run-in of new technology in the US Army (NANOTECHNOLOGIES). Technology is shaping how wars are fought, borders are protected, crooks are caught, and individual rights are defined. DefenseTech stays on top of these changes, rounding up the day’s news, linking to sources of information, and providing analysis on what’s ahead. Here …

F-16 fighter jets scramble after airline passenger Starts Fight On Flight. Dutch Scramble Two F-16s After A scuffle broke before KLM Airbus A330-200 jet was to land at Schiphol airport. A number of passengers were lightly wounded including two passengers who were given black eyes The Dutch air force scrambled two F-16 fighter jets …

According to Defence blog Article Israel to hit Russian S-300 missile systems in Syria Russia has completed the delivery of an S-300 surface-to-air missile system to the Syrian military in defiance of Israeli and US concerns. Israel, in turn, said that the arms sale would embolden and escalate the Syrian …

Russian Fighter jets radar locks on a B-52 bomber flying above Syria. The Russian military has released footage of a US B-52 Stratofortress heavy long-range bomber flying above Syria. An Instagram account claiming to be of a Russian pilot of a fighter jet posted a picture purportedly of a US B-52 Stratofortress heavy …

Two military transport aircraft collided at Khartoum airport in Sudan. An Antonov An-32 collided with an Antonov An-26 on runway 18 at Khartoum Airport (KRT), Sudan. Both aircraft were operated by the Sudanese Air Force.   CCTV video footage from the accident shows the An-26 going down runway 18, being caught …

The Day the Music Died: The Plane Crash that Claimed Three Rock Legends. The death of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper in an Iowa cornfield became known as “The Day the Music Died” after the 1971 Don McLean song. On February 3, 1959, American rock and roll …