on April 9, 2019, Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-35A Lightning II fighter jet reportedly crashes over Pacific Two months after the crash the Remains of the pilot of Japan Air Self-Defense Force have been retrieved from the ocean. The remains were found Wednesday and identified as those of Maj. Akinori …
Read More »U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer Fleet Is In Serious Trouble: Out of 62 Less Than 10 Bombers are Ready for Action
According to Air Force Times, The state of the U.S. Air Force’s B-1B Lancer fleet is bad — really bad — and lawmakers on the House Armed Services seapower and projection forces subcommittee want the service to come up with a plan to fix the problem. The U.S. Air Force’s …
Read More »Indian Navy MiG-29K fighter jet Accidentally Dropped Fuel Tank During Take-Off at Goa Airport
Goa Airport has been temporarily closed after an incident caused by a “drop tank of MiG 29K which got detached whilst taking off”, the Indian Navy spokesperson said on Twitter. Civilian flight operations resumed after one and a half hours at the airport. No one was injured in the incident. According to a spokesperson for the airport, …
Read More »CH-53E Super Stallion Helicopter Catches Fire During Training near Marine Corps Air Station Miramar
A CH-53E Super Stallion Helicopter from Marine Corps Air Station Miramar was on a routine training flight when it caught fire, Thursday afternoon, June 6, Marine Corps officials said. The incident occurred around 1 p.m. when the fire broke out shortly after takeoff from Imperial County Airport, 100 miles east of …
Read More »U.S. Navy recovers the wreckage of a C-2A Greyhound from 3 Miles Underwater that fatally crashed in 2017
On May 21, 2019, a year and a half after a fatal crash, the U.S. Navy has recovered the wreckage of the missing C-2A Greyhound from more than three miles below the surface, USNI News has learned. The aircraft went down on Nov. 22, 2017, in the Philippine Sea. The …
Read More »Pilot presumed dead as Japan ends search for Crashed F-35A Stealth Fighter Jet
on April 9, 2019, a Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-35A Lightning II fighter jet reportedly crashes over Pacific. The crashed Joint Strike Fighter was one of four F-35As that took off from Misawa Air Base for a training mission at 6:59 p.m., Japan time, on April 9. The aircraft disappeared …
Read More »U.S. planning to stop Turkish Air Force fighter pilots training on F-35 Lightning II Over S-400 Deal
The United States is seriously considering halting the training of Turkish pilots on advanced F-35 fighter jets as Ankara moves ahead with plans to purchase a Russian missile defense system despite objections from Washington The two NATO allies have argued for months over Turkey’s order for the Russian S-400 defenses, …
Read More »U.S. Aircraft carrier and bomber conducted a simulated strike against Iran
According to Business Insider, The US Navy carrier strike group and US Air Force bombers deployed to the Middle East to counter Iran conducted simulated strike drills near Iran as tensions between Washington and Tehran remain high. The exercises involved F/A-18E Super Hornets, E-2D Growlers and other air assets from …
Read More »IAF has deployed Sukhoi Su-30MKI and C-130 Hercules to locate missing AN-32 transport Aircraft
The Indian Air Force (IAF) has deployed Sukhoi Su-30 fighters jets and C-130 Hercules Special Ops aircraft on a search mission to locate it’s missing IAF AN-32 transport aircraft An Indian Air Force transport aircraft that took off from Assam’s Jorhat earlier today with eight crew members and five passengers …
Read More »Indian Air Force AN-32 plane with 13 onboard goes missing after Take Off near China border
An Indian Air Force transport aircraft that took off from Assam’s Jorhat earlier today with eight crew members and five passengers onboard has gone missing. The Antonov An-32 took off at 12:25 pm for a remote military landing strip in Mechuka in Arunachal Pradesh. The aircraft last had contact with …
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