The Air Force’s B-52 Stratofortress aircraft — America’s longest-serving bombers — are expected to get an upgrade that will allow them to drop bombs like never before. Here is How The Air Force Will Keep B-52s Flying Past 2050 The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is a jet that is loved by …
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Royal Thai Air Force Pilatus PC-6/AU-23A Peacemaker plane crash-landed in Khlong Hoi Khong district, 3 Injured The pilot made a forced landing in a field after engine failure. The vintage military plane sustained substantial damage. The three occupants suffered minor injuries. Note: the RTAF serial is JTh2-20/19 with tailnumber 42079. …
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A Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighter jet of the Indian Air Force on Monday shot down a Pakistani military drone in Bikaner sector of the Indo-Pak border using an air-to-air missile, government sources said. The Pakistani drone was shot down by a Sukhoi-30 aircraft at around 11:30 AM, minutes after a ground-based …
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More than 500 Venezuelan soldiers have fled President Nicolás Maduro’s crumbling regime for neighboring Colombia, the Colombian migration authority reported Thursday. The number of Venezuelan soldiers and policemen who have arrived in Colombia in search of humanitarian aid continues to increase, according to data from Migración Colombia. The area where …
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A Polish Air Force MiG-29 Fighter jet Fighter jet has crashed in the woods, causing a fire, that has already been extinguished, the radio station RMF FM reported. According to several media reports, MiG-29 fighter assigned to the 23rd Tactical Air Base of the Polish Air Force shortly after taking …
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A helicopter carrying four Americans crashed in Kenya, killing them and the pilot, the Kenyan police said on Monday. The helicopter crashed on takeoff. It was one of two that had earlier landed at the Labolo tented Camp. All five occupants, the pilot, and four American tourists died in the …
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Iran’s state TV is reporting that five people were killed after a rescue helicopter crashed in the country’s western province of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari. The ambulance helicopter struck a power line and crashed. All five occupants died in the crash. The helicopter was destroyed by fire. The TV says the …
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An MRI scan has revealed that no bugs had been implanted in India Air Force (IAF) pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan, who was released on Friday by Pakistan as peace gesture. The medical tests found an injury in his lower spine which could have happened following his ejection from the MiG-21 …
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The country felt the absence of Rafale jets, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said, adding that the nation suffered “a big loss” due to theswaarthneeti (policy of self-interest) and the politics surrounding the deal with France. The comment came days after the Indian Air Force lost a MiG-21 in …
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After more than two decades of testing and development, the service announced Thursday that the advanced aircraft has achieved Initial Operating Capability, meaning it passed the proper tests to be flown on missions. Thursday’s announcement comes shortly after the first squadron of Navy F-35s completed aircraft carrier qualifications aboard USS Carl Vinson. …
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