An RQ-8A prepares for the first autonomous landing aboard USS Nashville during sea trials, 2006. The unmanned US Navy helicopter of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 23, detached to the base for training, suffered a blade strike on a building. The crash caused superficial damage to the building. No injuries were …
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A Bell UH-1 Iroquois Helicopter. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Jorrie Hart) The military helicopter assigned to the 1st Helicopter Squadron at Joint Base Andrews, was on a routine training mission when it was struck by a bullet. It made an emergency landing at Manassas Regional Airport …
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A Russian Air Force MiG-31 supersonic interceptor aircraft makes emergency landing following the loss of a main gear wheel. A MiG-31 fighter jet made an emergency landing at Perm’s Bolshoye Savino Airport due to a malfunction, a source in the local emergencies agencies told TASS on Tuesday. A MiG-31 made …
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Credits: thaiarmedforce A Fokker F-27 Friendship 200 Maritime Enforcer of the Royal Thai Navy, operated by 1 Wing, 102 Squadron, performed a nosegear-up landing at Narathiwat Airport, Thailand. No injuries reported and the aircraft received minor damage. https://twitter.com/i/status/1293186280432365571 After failing to deploy its landing gear, a Fokker F-27 Friendship 200 …
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T-50i Indonesian Air Force – See Details: Photo by KAI An Indonesian Air Force (TNI-AU) KAI T-50i Golden Eagle, operated by SkU15 “The Typhoons”, skidded off the runway during takeoff at Madiun-Iswahyudi Airport (WARI), East Java. The instructor and trainee pilot suffered minor injuries. “The aircraft was conducting a routine …
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A McDonnell Douglas A-4AR of the Argentine Air Force crashed south of Córdoba, in a field near Villa Valeria, a few kilometers from San Luis. The pilot ejected but was fatally injured. Today, Wednesday 5 August 2020 at 10:05 am LT in the morning, a Fuerza Aérea Argentina (FAA, Argentina …
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At least 63 people have been killed and nearly 3,000 wounded in a powerful explosion that ripped through Lebanon’s capital, Beirut. The massive explosion at Beirut’s port sent shockwaves across the city, causing widespread damage to buildings and shattering windows even on the outskirts of the capital. The cause of …
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Credits: the-star.co.ke A Kenya Air Force Harbin Y-12-II suffered an accident at Dhobley Airstrip in Somalia. There were no serious injuries to the 10 people on board but the aircraft was seriously damaged. The landing gear as well as the left-hand wing have collapsed. The accident happened after the aircraft …
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Credits: WalesOnline RAF Chinook suspected to have had a wire strike (overhead power lines), and force landed in a field near Llangynin, Carmarthenshire at 10:30pm local time on 28 July 2020. The MoD said the incident happened on Tuesday evening near Llangynin, and the twin-engine aircraft crew suffered “minor injuries”. …
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Iran has released video footage and other details about a major exercise in and around the strategic Strait of Hormuz that involved various types of attacks on a mock U.S. Navy aircraft carrier. Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard employed various air, sea, and ground-launched weapons against the faux flattop, including anti-ship …
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