Four Dead in a Sikorsky S-70A Black Hawk helicopter crash in Istanbul Four Turkish soldiers were killed in the crash of a military helicopter in Istanbul, according to Turkish media. Another was injured. The crash took place in a residential area. No civilians were injured. Anadolu Agency said the helicopter, …
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Shocking Report Reveals Why the Air Force fired the Thunderbird’s commanding officer after just one season? Lt. Col. Jason Heard, the commander of the USAF Flight Demonstration Team, aka The Thunderbirds, was relieved of command last November. The report, obtained by Air Force Times via the Freedom of Information Act …
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Man jailed for trafficking MiG and F-4 Phantom II fighter jet parts to Iran Alexander George, 77 a businessman from Long Ashton village, Somerset has been jailed for trafficking fighter jet parts to Iran in violation of weapons of mass destruction controls. He was sentenced to two and a half years …
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6 dead in a Helicopter crash in Campos do Jordão, São Paulo, Brazil An Agusta AW109SP Grand New helicopter vanished in the morning was found later in the evening by Fire Department staff. The helicopter crashed near the peak of Itapeva, and crashed into a forest area. Six people died. A …
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Pilot killed in Bangladesh Air Force Chengdu FT-7 crashes in Tangail. An Air Force training aircraft crashed in Tangail, killing its pilot Wing Commander Arif Ahmed Dipu. The plane crashed in the Air Force’s Telki Firing Zone in Rasulpur on Friday around 2:50 pm. ISPR Director Lt Col Alamgir …
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Afghan army helicopter crashes in Kandahar with 20 onboard. An Afghan army helicopter crashed in southern Kandahar province on Saturday, killing at least two, officials said. Two more were wounded in the crash which happened in Maruf district, said Ghafoor Ahmad Jawed, a spokesman for Defense Ministry. He said that …
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F-15 fighter jet makes an emergency landing at the northwest of Naha Airport An F-15 of Japan Air Self-Defense Force suffered a hydraulic problem 10 minutes after takeoff from Naha, during a training flight. The Eagle diverted to Kadena Airbase (DNA/RODN) where a safe landing was carried out at ca. …
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Airbus A400M Test pilots in Spain draw a Giant ‘Dick In A Box’ In The Sky. Just when you thought we had reached the peak of flying phallic expression, an A400M transport flying out of Seville, Spain went ahead and traced what appears to be a massive ‘dick in a …
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According to defence-blog.com article, Russia accidentally exposes model of secret hypersonic fighter jet Russia’s Zvezda TV channel “accidentally” exposed model of a secret hypersonic 6th-generation fighter jet in a live broadcast The new Pigeon fighter jet will have massive twin-tail that allows it to use its own shockwaves to increase its …
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2 dead in North American P-51D Mustang crash in Fredericksburg. A vintage plane is destroyed and two people are dead after a plane crashed in the parking lot of a Fredericksburg apartment complex Saturday afternoon. A spokesperson with the Federal Aviation Administration said it involved a World War II P-51D …
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