A privately owned C-130 Hercules Transport Aircraft crashed-landed at Santa Barbara Airport in California at around 10:20PM on the evening of August 25th, 2019. The aircraft in question appears to belong to International Air Response, an operator of C-130s that are used for various unique applications, such as test and …
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An Israeli drone fell in the Hezbollah-dominated southern suburbs of Beirut and a second one exploded near the ground early on Sunday, the Lebanese army and Hezbollah said, in the first such incident in more than a decade. The Israeli military declined to comment. The second drone caused some damage …
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An Aeroprakt A22L Foxbat ultralight and a Bell 206 JetRanger helicopter have experienced a mid-air collision over Inca, Mallorca, Balearic Islands. Both were destroyed. The two occupants of the ultralight and the five occupants of the helicopter were killed. The collision occurred just after 1.30pm local time near Inca in …
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On Aug. 15, 2019 Norman “Ken” Dyson, a U.S. Air Force (USAF) and civilian test pilot most noted for his work on the “Have Blue” and “Tacit Blue” e As told by Air Force Magazine, Dyson was a fighter pilot who became a test pilot. After having flown the F-100 and F-4 …
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Israeli fighter jets carried out airstrikes in Syria to thwart a planned attack on Israel by Iran-backed fighters using armed drones, the Israel Defense Forces said Saturday night. See Details: Israeli Air force Jets Strikes Syria To Thwart Major Iranian Drone Attack A top Revolutionary Guards commander denied Israeli claims …
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Israeli fighter jets carried out airstrikes in Syria to thwart a planned attack on Israel by Iran-backed fighters using armed drones, the Israel Defense Forces said Saturday night. The Israeli military said its strike late Saturday targeted operatives from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force as well as …
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In a startling saga of compromises made on the safety and capability of India’s frontline fighter aircraft besides posing danger to the life of pilots, it has come to light that at least 18 of brand new Sukhoi 30 MKI had been fitted with already-used and secondhand engines. Noteworthy Cat …
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The An-2 biplane suffered a landing gear collapse on landing at Gmunden Airfield, Austria. The aircraft sustained damage to the left-hand gear and left-hand lower wing. Videos of the accident show the aircraft touching down just short of the elevated runway, causing the gear to collapse. The aircraft the swung …
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U.S. officials have confirmed that Israel was behind the series of mysterious airstrikes, which targeted bases and ammo depots of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) in the last two weeks, the New York Times reported on August 22. The attack marks a significant escalation in Israel’s years-long campaign against what it …
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Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has ordered the armed forces to fight record forest fires in the Amazon, amid international outrage over rising deforestation. This has notably prompted Bolivia to lease the world’s only 747 Supertanker, the world’s largest firefighting aircraft, which arrived in that country today to help combat the …
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