France MQ-9A Reaper UAV crashed near the Niamey Air Base in Niger. The French Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed that MQ-9A Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle or remotely piloted aircraft has crashed near the Niamey Air Base in Niger on 17 November. The Reaper UAV was returning to Niamey air base …
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Boeing 747-400F suffered a runway excursion after landing
Boeing 747-400F suffered a runway excursion after landing. Sky Lease flight GG4854, a Boeing 747-400F, suffered a runway excursion after landing at Halifax International Airport, Canada. The aircraft departed Chicago-O’Hare International Airport, the USA at 07:02 UTC (01:02 local time) and arrived near Halifax at about 09:00 UTC (05:00 local time). …
Read More »Badass Pilot Takes The F-4 Phantom II On Its Final Flight
The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is a tandem two-seat, twin-engine, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor and fighter bomber originally developed for the United States Navy by McDonnell Aircraft. It first entered service in 1960 with the U.S. Navy. Proving highly adaptable, it was also adopted by the U.S. Marine …
Read More »Four dead in Sikorsky UH-60L Black Hawk crash
Four dead in Sikorsky UH-60L Black Hawk crash in Argelia, Cauca – Colombia. The helicopter crashed under unknown circumstances. It was flying in support of anti-narcotics activities. A black hawk helicopter from the Army Aviation fell to the ground while carrying out an operation against drug trafficking in the rural area of Algeria, …
Read More »Two Myanmar F-7 Fighter Jets Crash , Killing Pilots and an 11-Year-Old
Two Myanmar F-7 Fighter Jets Crash , Killing Pilots and an 11-Year-Old. Two Myanmar fighter pilots were killed in separate crashes due to heavy fog. “One crashed into a creek while another crashed near a village,” in Minbu Township in the Magway region, regional official Myint Zaw told Anadolu Agency by …
Read More »RNZAF T-6C Texan II made a belly landing after landing gear malfunction
RNZAF T-6C Texan II made a belly landing after landing gear malfunction. A Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) Beechcraft T-6C Texan II sustained a technical failure mid-air during night training then made a belly landing after a malfunction of the landing gear. “The two RNZAF personnel on board responded as trained …
Read More »Russian jets scrambled 13 times in one week to intercept 37 foreign aircraft
Russian jets scrambled 13 times in one week to intercept 37 foreign aircraft. According to the data provided by Krasnaya Zvezda, 37 foreign aircraft have been registered on reconnaissance flights over the past week and were all buzzed off by Russian fighter jet Russian media claimed the aircraft had all flown …
Read More »Russia to Send S-300 Anti-aircraft Missile System to Syria
Russia to Send S-300 Anti-Missile System to Syria After Il-20 Crash. Moscow has announced it will supply advanced S-300 surface-to-air and jamming systems to Syria within the next two weeks. The Russian Defense Ministry promised to take “adequate” measures to boost the security of Russian servicemen after the Israeli Air Force …
Read More »Here’s The Sweet Sound Of An F4U Corsair Firing Up
Here’s The Sweet Sound Of An F4U Corsair Firing Up The Vought F4U Corsair is arguably the best fighter plane of the Second World War. Its speed, agility, handling, and weaponry made it a fearsome enemy for Japanese fighters which stood little chance against it. The United States Navy went …
Read More »Watch: Blue Angels Heritage Flight – F6F Hellcat, F8F Bearcat & F-18 Hornet
Featured image by US Navy The Blue Angels jet joined formation with an F6F Hellcat and F8F Bearcat for a heritage flight over California’s Imperial Valley. A F/A-18 Hornet with the Blue Angels, the Navy’s flight demonstration squadron, flies over the Salton Sea in California with an F6F Hellcat and …
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