As we have reported earlier, Amid Border Tension With China India Looks To Buy 21 MiG-29 & 12 Su-30MKI Fighter Jets From Russia. Now the Defence Ministry approved procurement of 21 MIG-29 and 12 Su-30 MKI aircraft along with the up-gradation of existing 59 Mig-29 jets. The Defence Acquisition Council met …
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A Canadian Forces photo of the impact area of the Snowbird CT-114 aircraft that crashed on October 13, 2019. DND Photo The Department of National Defence’s Airworthiness Investigative Authority has issued the final report in relation to a crash involving a Snowbirds CT-114 Tutor aircraft in Hampton, Ga., on Oct. …
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A 20th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron tactical aircraft maintainer marshals an F-16CM Fighting Falcon at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., Sept. 12, 2018. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christopher Maldonado) A Lockheed-Martin F-16CM Fighting Falcon, operated by the 20th TW, crashed at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, during …
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Су-34 (Su-34) – Credits: Vitaly V. Kuzmin Russia’s Defense Ministry awarded Sukhoi Aircraft Company contract to manufacture 20 Su-34 frontline fighter-bombers, the TASS news agency reported, citing a source in the domestic defense industry. According to the new contract, the Russian Air Force will get the Sukhoi Su-34M, which is …
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Credits: twtext Indian Airforce claims that Chinese IL-78 refueller aircraft landed in Skardu last week. Also, Chinese air activity has increased opposite Eastern Ladakh, raising the possibility of PLA Air Force (PLAAF) using airbases in PoK. Indian and Chinese forces are in the middle of an escalating standoff in Eastern …
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The first export success was achieved in Bayraktar TB2 UAV System, which assumed important responsibilities in Euphrates Shield and Olive Branch operations. Azerbaijani parliament has already approved agreement for purchase of Turkish-made combat drones. Azerbaijan has announced that it would purchase unmanned aerial combat vehicles from Turkey. Speaking in a …
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Algerian Air Force chinese-made CASC CH-4B drone crashed near Wilaya d’Oum el-Bouaghi under unknown circumstances. For the moment there is no official information on this accident, however, according to a video posted on YouTube, the witnesses filmed the fall of high voltage cables, as well as the pole that he …
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The RAF aircraft was struck by a BIRD mid-flightCredit: Twitter / Breaking Aviation News A Royal Air Force Airbus A400M Atlas suffered a bird strike during a flight out of Getafe Air Base, Spain. The aircraft suffered substantial damage on the fuselage under the cockpit. Pictures of the damaged Airbus …
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Last month’s tragic crash of a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) passenger plane in Karachi took place due to human errors – the negligence of both the cockpit crew as well as the air control tower – and not because of any technical fault. There was apparently no technical fault in …
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Credits: Japan’s defense ministry As we have reported earlier today that Chinese Fighter Jet and Bomber Approached Taiwan’s Airspace 8th Time In Last 2 Weeks. Now according to Japan’s defense ministry, Japan scrambled its fighter jets to intercept a People’s Liberation Army Naval Air Force electronic surveillance aircraft over the …
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