The Trump administration is moving forward with an $8 billion sale of F-16 fighter jets to Taiwan. See Details: U.S. Approves Sale Of 66 Advanced F-16 Block 70 Fighter Jet To Taiwan For $8 Billion China said it would sanction any U.S. firm involved in a planned $8 billion sale …
Read More »Iran-backed Houthis Shot down U.S. MQ-9 REAPER Drone Over Yemen
Yemen’s Houthi movement’s air defenses on Wednesday downed a United States General Atomics MQ-9A Reaper in Dhamar governorate, southeast of the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa, the group’s Al-Masirah TV quoted the group’s military spokesman as saying. According to the statement, the UCAV was downed by a ‘domestically-developed’ surface-to-air missile. It added …
Read More »IAF Helicopter carrying flood relief mission Crashes in Uttarkashi After Hitting Electric Wires
Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter carrying relief material to the victims of the severe floods and cloudburst in Uttarkashi crashed. All three occupants died in the crash. The helicopter was going from Mori to Moldi in Uttarkashi district. Three people were onboard the helicopter, they have been identified as Pilot …
Read More »E-2D Hawkeye Aircraft Damaged Four Super Hornet While Landing on USS Abraham Lincoln
An E-2D Advanced Hawkeye plane missed its cable while attempting to land on an aircraft carrier earlier this month and damaged four aircraft on the deck in the process, Navy officials confirmed this week. The incident took placed at about 7:40 p.m. Aug. 9 on the Abraham Lincoln as it …
Read More »Agusta A109 helicopter crashed into the sea after reportedly striking powerlines, 3 dead
The helicopter crashed into the sea after reportedly striking powerlines. The sea depth where the helicopter crashed is at 4-5 meters. All three bodies, two of the Russian passengers and of the Greek pilot recovered. Early reports said three people – a Greek pilot and two Russian passengers – were …
Read More »Aero Commander 200D plane crashes at Spencer J. Hardy Airport, two dead
Aero Commander 200D aircraft impacted airport terrain during a landing attempt at Livingston County Spencer J Hardy Airport (KOZW), Howell, Michigan. The airplane sustained substantial damage and the two occupants onboard received fatal injuries. It happened around 11:20 a.m. in Howell Township at Spencer J. Hardy Airport. The crash happened …
Read More »Russian Su-35 allegedly intercepted Turkish F-16s that entered Syrian airspace
The Turkish Air Force allegedly deployed some of their warplanes to the southern countryside of the Idlib Governorate after the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) scored a series of gains near the city of Khan Sheikhoun. According to the aviation publication Avia.Pro, two Russian Su-35 jets intercepted the Turkish warplanes and forced …
Read More »Satellite Imagery Shows China Deployed more Surveillance and Fighter jets near Kashmir
During the ongoing tensions between India and Pakistan after the Abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir the recent satellite images of China’s Hotan air base show signs of increased surveillance assets and fighter jets presence at Airbase In the above you can see china have increased Early warning …
Read More »Belarusian Air Force First Sukhoi Su-30SM spotted at Irkutsk Aviation Plant, Russia
On occasion of 85th anniversary of Irkutsk Aviation Plant the first Sukhoi Su-30SM fighters jet built for Belarusian Air Force were spotted on territory of the enterprise. Russia has begun the delivery of first batch of Su-30SM fighters to Belarus out of the 12 ordered to replace the ageing MiG-29 …
Read More »Bangladesh Air Force K-8 Karakorum jet trainer crashed into runway barrier during emergency landing
Bangladesh Air Force Hongdu K-8W Karakorum jet trainer Upon takeoff, the aircraft sustained an engine failure. The plane skidded off the runway and collided with the runway barrier. Both pilots survived the crash. Training airplane got off the runway in emergency landing after technical failure Matiur Rahman Air Base from …
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