on 5 June 2019 Qatar received its first batch of Dassault Rafale combat aircraft from France The first five of 36 aircraft ordered for the Qatar Emiri Air Force (QEAF) were received by the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, during a ceremony at the newly completed …
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The Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) said on June 10 that pilot vertigo was the likely cause of one its fifth-generation Lockheed Martin Lightning II F-35A Joint Strike Fighters crashing into the Pacific Ocean off northern Japan more than two months ago. A JASDF report notes that the aircraft’s pilot, …
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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 …
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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 …
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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, …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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, …
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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 …
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