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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Taiwan’s F-16 fighter (left) flies alongside China’s H-6 bomber (right) /photo courtesy of the Ministry of National Defense A Chinese bomber and fighter jet approached Taiwan’s airspace on Monday, marking the 8th time People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) warplanes have menaced the country in less than two weeks. Taiwan’s …
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The wreckage of a HÜRKUŞ-B that crashed in Beypazarı, Ankara, June 22, 2020. (İHA Photo) A TAI Hürkuş turboprop trainer crashed during a test flight. Both pilots ejected safely. According to Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), the Hurkus aircraft crashed during a test flight in Ankara’s Beypazari district at around 12.30 …
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LNA L-39 number 9430 performed emergency landing – Credits: The Libya Observer This Libya National Army, Aero L-39 Albatros, made an emergency landing near the Libyan-Niger border. Reason for the emergency landing is unknown. The aircraft suffered substantial damage as part of the left wing is damaged as well as …
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