Photos of the emergency landing were posted on the Facebook group Air Force amn/nco/snco An A-10 Thunderbolt II made a belly landing at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, after its pilot declared an in-flight emergency during a routine training flight, according to the Air Force. The single-seat close air support jet, …
Read More »Mali Air Force A-29B Super Tucano Crashes Near Mopti Killing Both Pilots
On Tuesday 7 April 2020, the Force Aérienne de la République du Mali (Mali Air Force) lost an Embraer A-29B Super Tucano near Sévaré Camp. The aircraft, serial TZ-04C (construction number 31400231), crashed in the morning hours. The two pilots did not survive the accident. The two people on board, …
Read More »55 Fighter Jets & 20 Helicopters To Take Part In 2020 Moscow Victory Day Parade
The 2020 Moscow Victory Day Parade is an upcoming military parade that will take place on Moscow’s Red Square on 9 May 2020 to commemorate the 75th Diamond Jubilee of the capitulation of Nazi Germany in the Second World War in 1945. Despite steadily mounting infections from the coronavirus in …
Read More »Chinese Engineers Develops Fighter Jet For Training Pilots On Country’s Newest Generation Aircraft Carrier
A JL-9 jet trainer attached to an aviation regiment under the PLA Navy taxies on the flightline to the takeoff position as another aircraft sits on the parking spot during a flight training course on February 22, 2020. (eng.chinamil.com.cn/Photo by Lan Pengfei) China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) will be …
Read More »Armed Forces Of Ukraine Shoot Down Russian Drone In Donetsk Region
Ukrainian government forces said that they had shot down a Russian drone that fly “too close” to its position in areas south-east of Svitlodarsk in the Donetsk region. “On April 5, thanks to skills of one of the detachments, which hold the line in the direction towards Svitlodarsk, a drone …
Read More »Israeli Defence Force Sikorsky CH-53 Yas’ur Helicopter Makes Emergency Landing
An IAF Sikorsky CH-53 Yas’ur helicopter – Credits: Nehemia G Israeli Defence Force Sikorsky CH-53 Yas’ur helicopter experienced a non-injury emergency autorotation landing in central Israel. Total POB has not been reported. No one was injured in the incident, according to the Israel Defense Forces.The military said a maintenance team …
Read More »Libyan National Army Shoots Down Turkish Bayraktar TB2 Drone Operated By GNA
Libyan National Army shot down a Bayraktar-TB2 combat drone over the village of Alwashka west of the city of Sirte in northern Libya. Bayraktar-TB2 drones are supplied by Turkey and operated by Turkish specialists in order to provide forces of the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord with air support in …
Read More »Pentagon Orders 78 New F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters Jet
An F-35A Lightning II taxis during Red Flag 20-1 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Feb. 3, 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo by R. Nial Bradshaw) Pentagon just placed an order for 78 new F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, a $4.7 billion agreement that will provide planes for the U.S. Air …
Read More »Libya’s LNA Forces Shot Down GNA Air Force Aero L-39 Albatros Jet Killing Two Pilots
The Libyan National Army (LNA) announced on Thursday that their air defense forces shot down an enemy aircraft belonging to the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA). Both pilots died in the crash. #Libya– #LNA claims it air defenses shot down a #GNA L-39 aircraft over al-Washka, west of #Sirte, …
Read More »Croatia Postpone Fighter Jet Procurement Procedure Due To COVID-19 Crisis
Croatia aims to replace its outdated, Soviet-designed Mikoyan MiG-21s. (S. Brigljević/Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia) Croatia Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said at the government’s meeting on Thursday that in the circumstances of the struggle to curb the coronavirus epidemic, his cabinet decided to put off the procurement of …
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