Three U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bombers are in the United Kingdom to conduct various training exercises in the region and one of them recently made a very significant first-ever visit to Iceland. Now, in another notable first, a pair of the flying-wing bombers have taken to the skies …
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A bird strike or bird ingestion or bird aircraft strike hazard (BASH)—is a collision between an airborne animal and a manmade vehicle, especially an aircraft. The term is also used for bird deaths resulting from collisions with structures such as power lines, towers and wind turbines In the Video below …
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An Air Force pararescueman was awarded a Bronze Star with valor this week, following several surgeries and months of efforts to get back on duty after being seriously wounded in Afghanistan last year. Air Combat Command chief Gen. Mike Holmes presented Metzger, assigned to the 38th Rescue Squadron at Moody …
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Pakistan Air force and People’s Liberation Army Air Force are currently engaged in a joint military exercise in Chinese city of Holton, close to the Indian border near Ladakh. Labelled Shaheen VIII, this is the eighth such exercise undertaken by India’s two neighbours. It comes at a time when the …
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The United States Navy (USN) is the largest and most capable navy in the world and it has been estimated that in terms of tonnage of its active battle fleet alone, it is larger than the next 13 navies combined, which includes 11 U.S. allies or partner nations. USN has …
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The Iran Aviation Industries Organization (IAIO) unveiled a scale model of a previously unseen newest cruise missile at the 2019 MAKS air show being held near Moscow from 27 August to 1 September. The new missile, dubbed Mobeen, is supposedly equipped with a digitized scene-mapping area correlator (DSMAC) and a …
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In a major boost for India’s aerial firepower, the Indian Air Force is set to receive the ‘building blaster’ version of the Balakot air strike-fame Spice-2000 bombs by mid-September. New Delhi had signed a contract for the acquisition of 100 Spice-2000 bombs at a cost of $41.67 million. The delivery …
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MAKS is an international air show held at Zhukovsky International Airport, the home of the Gromov Flight Research Institute in Zhukovsky, 40 km (25 mi) southeast of Moscow, Russia. Air show is packed with new insights into the future of Russian aviation combined with some rare and fascinating projects from …
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According to The War Zone recent Report More than a decade after the F-117 Nighthawk stealth attack jet’s official retirement, the Air Force still has 51 of the aircraft in its inventory and has not destroyed any of the aircraft since 2008, despite a Congressional mandate two years ago to …
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A lot of pictures are doing the rounds on the Internet in which Cruise is seen learning how to paraglide under the watchful eye of an instructor, reports dailymail.co.uk. It seems the Hollywood superstar has been honing his adventure acumen in the wake of shooting for his forthcoming action film, …
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