Sweden’s Armed Forces said one of its Saab JAS 39C Gripen jets crashed eight kilometers north of Ronneby in the Blekinge region after a bird strike at around 1,000 meters in the air. The pilot aborted the landing he was attempting and ejected, said Col. Lars Bergstrom, head of the …
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Flight LCB1323, a DHC-8-Q402 operated by LC Perú en route to Ayacucho returned to land at Lima-Jorge Chávez International Airport in Peru after the nose landing gear failed to deploy. A nose gear-up landing was performed on runway 15. There were 59 passengers and 5 crew members on board, …
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According to the Phoenix Fire Department, one person is dead and 1 injured after a Stolp SA-750 Acroduster Too experimental plane went down in the roadway near Deer Valley Airport in Phoenix The small plane went down just before 7 a.m. near Seventh Street and Deer Valley Road. Phoenix fire Capt. …
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An American UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter crashed in Iraq at approximately 10:00 pm One Coalition service member was killed and several injured. All personnel was recovered by Coalition forces immediately following the incident, and three were evacuated for further treatment. The aircraft was conducting a partnered counterterrorism mission in support …
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An Experimental Pietenpol Air Camper small home-built plane crashes in north-central Arizona, SE of Montezuma Castle in Camp Verde, AZ Two people are dead in the plane crash. The plane crashed under unknown circumstances in a rugged terrain. Yavapai County Sheriff’s officials say the wreckage was found in rugged terrain Saturday …
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According to Reuters Article published on 19/08/2-18 Iran to unveil new fighter jet on National Defense Industry Day Iran will unveil a new fighter jet next week and developing missile capabilities will remain Tehran’s top priority, the defense minister was quoted as saying by Fars news agency on Saturday. “We will present a …
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Two people have died after a small Quicksilver Ultralight plane crashed in Westminster The pilot and a passenger were killed, police said. They were the only ones on board. Maryland State Police said the crash happened shortly after takeoff, not far from a private airstrip. Police say the pilot and …
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President Trump’s big military parade that was going to cost an estimate of $80 million will not happen—at least not in November as planned. Trump tweeted Friday morning that he was postponing the parade, which he’d announced in February, after learning that it would cost $92 million. Instead, he said …
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A U.S. Air Force T-38 Talon stationed at Vance Air Force Base crashed at approximately 1:48 p.m., 70 miles west of Enid, Oklahoma. At the time of the accident, the aircraft was performing a training mission. One instructor pilot was on board and safely ejected. The pilot is conscious, was …
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2 Russian Tu-160 bombers flew near Alaska for the ‘first time in history’. Tupolev Tu-160 is Russian supersonic long-range nuclear bombers. It conducted drills in an area near Alaska demonstrating that Russia can deploy heavy bombers close to the US, the Russian Ministry of Defense revealed Thursday. The Tu-160 bombers …
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