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Iran has confirmed that two Tor-M1 surface-to-air missiles were fired at the Ukrainian Airlines Flight PS752 that crashed near Tehran earlier this month. The Civil Aviation Organisation of Iran (CAOI) said the Russian-made missiles were launched from the north. The country’s civil aviation authority said it has yet to receive …

A series of crashes and aircraft losses have made this financial year costly for the Indian Air Force (IAF). Indian Air Force has lost 16 aircraft in the financial year – ranging from helicopters to combat jets and trainers – to varying incidents that mark it as a low on …

According to The Independent, Russian Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov claims that Iran mistakenly shoots down Ukrainian Airlines Flight 752 after“six F-35 US fighter jets” were sent to its borders. “This information needs verification, but I’d like to emphasize the nervousness that always accompanies such situations,” Russia’s acting foreign minister, Sergei …

On Jan. 16, 2019 a U.S. Air Force (USAF) F-22 suffered an unspecific issue with its landing gear during routine training at Joint Base Langley-Eustis. The incident happened at about 1 p.m. and the pilot was taken to Joint Base Langley-Eustis Hospital for evaluation and then released with no major …

According to the Iranian Fars news agency, The person who published the video of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 being downed by an Iranian missile has been arrested. It is believed the person being detained will face charges related to national security. Flight PS752 was brought down after it took …

Egyptian Air Force General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon crashed under unknown circumstances. The pilot died in the crash. A spokesperson for the Egyptian Army said that a fighter jet crashed on a ‘training area’. An Al Quwwat Al Jawwiya Il Misriya (EAF, Egypt Air Force) F-16 crashed in Egypt’s North …

Eight F-16C/D Baraks of 101sq and 105sq of the Heyl Ha’Avir (IAF, Israel Air Force), which were parked in their underground hangars at Hatzor airbase (Israel), were damaged in a heavy rainstorm last week. Israel is known to have hangars that are positioned below the surface level. These hangars are …

Iran has admitted its military made an “unforgivable mistake” in unintentionally shooting down a Ukrainian jetliner and killing all 176 people on board, after days of rejecting western intelligence reports that pointed to Tehran being responsible. The plane, en route to the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, was carrying 167 passengers …

The US State Department approved a possible Foreign Military Sale of up to 12 Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II stealth fighters to Singapore for an estimated $2.75 billion. The Pentagon’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency says that it notified the US Congress on 9 January. The agency said Singapore requested to …

Ukraine International Airlines flight 752, a Boeing 737-800, crashed near Shahriar, about 8 minutes after takeoff from Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport, Iran. Al 167 passengers and nine crew members on board were killed. The flight took off from runway 29R at 02:41 UTC (06:11 LT), with a delay of …