Desperately short of fighters, the Indian Air Force (IAF) is moving the government to buy an additional 21 Russian-made MiG -29 ground attack and air-defense aircraft, a senior official with knowledge of the development said. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has also confirmed plans of the Indian Air Force (IAF) to …
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On Saturday, January 27, former Iranian Defense Minister Brig. Gen. Hossein Dehqan said Iran is in the process of testing a “state-of-art stealth fighter jet” named IAIO Qaher F-313 Qaher is undergoing pre-flight tests, and among them is fast taxiing test, he told Tasnim. The Qaher F-313 was unveiled in …
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A Russian surveillance plane recently flew over several American military bases, including Area 51, perhaps America’s most secretive military site. The plane, a Tupolev 154, was first spotted in Northern California last week. News of the flight mission, which occurred under the Treaty on Open Skies and took place on …
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RAF Eurofighter Typhoon Fighter jets from RAF Lossiemouth were scrambled to stop two Russian Tupolev Tu-160 long-range bombers entering UK airspace Fighter jets have been scrambled from a Scottish base for the second time in five days to monitor Russian military aircraft flying close to UK airspace. The Ministry of Defence …
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CASA C-295M T.21-10 of Ala 35 (code 35-48) suffered a runway excursion today at Santa Cilia De Jaca Airport (LECI) after bouncing on the runway during landing. The pilots lost control at the end of the runway. All the occupants were injured. The plane is based at Getafe AFB. The …
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According to investigative documents, a faulty sensor on a Lion Air 737 Max was repaired in a US aircraft maintenance facility before the tragedy, Accident investigators in Indonesia, home of Lion Air, and the US, where Boeing Co, the plane’s manufacturer, is based, have been examining the work that a …
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The US Navy amphibious assault ship USS Wasp was recently seen sailing through the South China Sea with an unusually heavy configuration of F-35s. The Wasp deployed carrying at least 10 F-35B Lightning II stealth fighters, more than the usual load of six of these hard-hitting fifth-generation jet fighters …
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A Cessna P210N Pressurized Centurion II plane crashed Solunska Glava, south of Skopje International Airport (LWSK) The Cessna crashed in Solunska Glava in bad weather conditions, all occupants, a family of 4 people, were fatally injured. “At 16:16, we lost contact with the Cesna P210 plane, which has flown from …
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The United States has halted delivery of equipment related to the stealthy F-35 fighter aircraft to Turkey, marking the first concrete U.S. step to block delivery of the jet to the NATO ally in light of Ankara’s planned purchase of a Russian missile defense system. U.S. officials told their Turkish …
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The military’s media wing on Monday said that it was meaningless to question whether Pakistan used JF-17 Thunder aircraft or US-built F-16 jets to shoot down two Indian Air Force (IAF) warplanes that violated Pakistani airspace on February 27, saying Pakistan has the right to use any of its abilities …
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