U.S. Navy Blue Angels pilots broke out of formation and landed immediately after two of their jets touched while practicing a maneuver that puts them in extremely close proximity. Jets Nos. 1 and 3 made contactwhile training at their home base at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, said Lt. Michelle …
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Indian Air Force Wing Commander Abinandan Varthaman whose Mig-21 Bison was shot down on February 27 during a dogfight with Pakistan Air Force jets – could not hear instructions asking him to turn back because his communications system was jammed by the enemy, according to Indian Air Force (IAF) and …
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An international team of researchers has traced an unusual 2017 radioactive release that blanketed a large part of Europe to Russia. The cloud was not harmful outside of Russia, according to the paper published in scientific journal PNAS, but researchers said there may have been a more serious fallout in the …
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The Navy may need more than $5 billion to return Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake to a “mission capable” status following a series of earthquakes back in July. A pair of major earthquakes, with registered magnitudes of 6.4 and 7.1, along with thousands of aftershocks, rocked the base and …
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Ural Airlines Flight U6-178, an Airbus A321-211, registration VQ-BOZ, performing flight U6-178 from Moscow Zhukovsky (Russia) to Simferopol (Ukraine), was substantially damaged when it force landed to a cornfield shortly after takeoff due to a dual bird strike and engine failure. The aircraft with 226 passengers and 7 crew, was …
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A Sukhoi Su-22M-4 fighter jet of the Syrian Air Force was shot down by the jihadist group Tahrir al-Sham near Al-Tamanah, Idlib governorate. See Details: Syrian Rebels shoot down Syrian Air Force Sukhoi Su-22M-4 fighter-bomber in Idlib, Pilot captured after ejection A pilot who ejected from the plane was captured, …
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A Sukhoi Su-22M-4 fighter jet of the Syrian Air Force was shot down by the jihadist group Tahrir al-Sham near Al-Tamanah, Idlib governorate. A pilot who ejected from the plane was captured, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which reports on the war using a network of sources. …
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A 28-year-old Japan’s ‘Air Force One 747-400 Jumbo Jet that served 14 Prime Ministers, Is Up For Sale For $28,000,000. The very special GE CF6 powered jumbo jet—serial 24730 that was registered by Japanese Air Self Defense Force as 20-1101, but now carries the registration N7474C—was built in 1991. It …
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Satellite photos taken over Shenzhen, China, close to the border with Hong Kong, show amassed military vehicles being held in a football stadium near the Hong Kong border The photos, first published by The Associated Press, come just one day after Chinese state media published videos of military police massing in …
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Iran’s Defence Minister Amir Hatami unveiled the new missiles at a ceremony in Tehran (AFP Photo/-) Iran unveiled three precision-guided missiles, with the defense minister saying they show the country is ready to defend itself in the face of US “viciousness and conspiracies”. The new line-up of air-to-air missiles dubbed …
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