On Sept. 10, Italy has officially become the latest member to joins UK “Tempest” fighter Jet Programme Tempest Programme, the project to develop a next-generation multirole aircraft. Gen. Nicolò Falsaperna, Italy’s Secretary-General of Defense, and Sir Simon Bollom, CEO of Defense Equipment & Support, as National Armaments Directors of Italy …
Read More »Two F-15 fighter jets nearly hit a pair of skydivers at 350mph
Two skydivers nearly collided in mid-air with a pair of fighter jets travelling at almost 350mph over the UK, a report has revealed. The parachutists were free-falling at speeds of 120mph over Chatteris airfield in Cambridge when the US warplanes passed underneath them. The two freefallers could have been killed …
Read More »Senate Approves U.S. Air Force’s Plan To Buy 8 F-15EX Advanced Eagle Fighter Jets For $992.4 Million
Members of the Senate’s defense appropriations subcommittee Approves U.S. Air Force’s Plan To Buy 8 F-15EX Advanced Eagle Fighter Jets For $992.4 Million, of which 2 test aircraft are funded in research, development, testing, and evaluation (RDT&E), Air Force. on 10 September The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense advanced its Fiscal …
Read More »U.S. Approves F-35 Fifth-Generation Fighters Jets Sale To Poland
U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II fighter aircraft, assigned to the 421st Fighter Squadron, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, taxi on the flight line at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, June 11, 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Valerie Seelye) The U.S. State Department has approved a potential …
Read More »Russian Air Force MiG-31 Foxhound Engine caught fire on landing
Russian Air Force MiG-31 Foxhound left engine caught fire during landing. The Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed the malfunction of the MiG-31 fighter, which landed at the Bolshoi Savino airfield in Perm. At the same time, the military department notes that the landing was regular, and not emergency. “ During …
Read More »Cargo plane crashes near Toledo Express Airport
There are reports of a cargo plane that has crashed near Toledo Express Airport. It hit a truck and burst into flames. Crews are on the scene of a plane crash near Toledo Express Airport Wednesday at 2:37 a.m with half a mile to the Ohio Turnpike. The Lucas County …
Read More »China Warns Of Serious Consequences If Britain and US sends Aircraft carrier into disputed waters
China will view the sending of British and the US warships into disputed waters it claims its own as “hostile action” with serious consequences, senior officials from the country have warned and urged that London not get sucked into carrying out “dirty jobs” for Washington. The message that China will …
Read More »Hezbollah Says It Shot Down Israeli Drone Over Southern Lebanon
Lebanon’s Hezbollah says it has shot down an Israeli drone outside the southern town of Ramyah. According to Israeli media, the UAV was downed during “routine activity,” and that there “wasn’t any intelligence leak”. Pro-Israeli sources described the UAV as a “small drone”. Hezbollah provided no details regarding the type of UAV …
Read More »Three died and five injured in Benin Air Force Cargo Plane Crash
The military cargo plane of the Benin Air Force crashed under unknown circumstances. Three crew members died and five others were injured. The plane took off from Parakou and was En route to Benin. The aircraft type involved has not been reported. The Benin Air Force reportedly operates a DHC-6 …
Read More »U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt accidentally fired off a M-156 rocket into Arizona desert
An A-10 Thunderbolt II, from the 190th Fighter Squadron, trains with targets, Orchard Combat Training Center, Boise, Idaho Aug. 19, 2019. Idaho Gov. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Ryan White) A US Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt accidentally released munitions over Arizona on Thursday, according to an Air Force statement. …
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