Vietnam Air Force Sukhoi Su-22M4 fighter-bomber crashed into a wall while landing at Yen Bai Air Base After conducting a training mission, the pilot tried to land the bomber plane. The landing gear failed to deploy and upon landing, the plane crashed into a wall. The pilot survived the crash. …
Read More »Listen Pilot calling Air traffic controller useless after Terrifying near-miss between two planes
Two airplanes in Argentina, an Embraer 190 from Austral and an ATR42 from Avianca Argentina almost hit each other on the air, they were 300ft from each other. In the recording the Air traffic controller acknowledges the error and asks the pilot to file the complaint in writing, the pilot …
Read More »Russian MiG-31 jet Shot Down Its Wingman During Live Fire Exercise
on April 26, 2017, A MiG-31 interceptor jet crashed near the Telemba proving ground in Buryatia during a training flight. Both pilots reportedly ejected themselves. A new report, citing a leaked Russian government document, says that a crash of MiG-31 Foxhound in Siberia almost two years ago was actually the …
Read More »Historic WWII-Era Northrop N-9M Flying Wing Fatally Crashes Into state prison in Norco
A pilot operating the world’s only 1944 Northrop N9M Flying Wing plane is reportedly deceased after the aircraft crashed on the grounds of prison in Norco, Calif. The cause or causes of the crash are unknown, but the bright yellow flying wing came down inside the yard at the California …
Read More »To keep Gripen’s production line open Swedish taxpayers paid for 14 unused airframes
According to Svenska Dagbladet newspaper, the Swedish government paid for 14 Gripen C/D airframes that are unused in order to ensure that the production line at Saab can transition to the Gripen E. Ten of those are C models while the rest are two-seaters. The government had hoped that the fighters …
Read More »Shocking footage of plane crash during takeoff at Fullerton Municipal Airport
On 19 April 2019 a Beechcraft B60 Duke plane crash during takeoff at Fullerton Municipal Airport (KFUL), Fullerton, CA The aircraft impacted airport terrain and a subsequent fire ensued during a takeoff attempt. The aeroplane was destroyed during the accident sequence and the sole pilot onboard received fatal injuries. …
Read More »Mystery external fuel tank of Fighter jet washed up on coast of Israel
The mystery external fuel tank of a Fighter jet has been found washed up on an Ashdod beach on the Mediterranean coast of Israel. On 20 April, Anna Ahronheim the Military Correspondent for The Jerusalem Post has shared few images on her Twitter page. She Confused external fuel tank with …
Read More »Multiple Blasts Hit Churches & hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunda, 160 Dead & 500 Injured
At least 160 people are dead in an Easter Sunday terrorist attack targeting Christians in Sri Lanka after eight explosions ripped through high-end hotels and churches as suspected suicide bombers blew themselves up. The initial six explosions injured as many as 500 people, including Japanese and British citizens, and 35 …
Read More »Turkey threatens to buy Russian fighter jets if U.S. clings to its F-35s in S-400 dispute
According to defensenews.com Turkish defense officials said they likely would pursue Russian fighter jet technology If U.S. officials were to expel Turkey from the multinational group that builds the F-35 Lightning II, “We cannot afford to leave the F-35 not substituted,”. He declined to comment on the replacement options, as …
Read More »U.S. Navy Last Active Duty P-3C Orion Squadron Is On Its Final Deployment
The last active duty P-3C Orion departed Naval Air Station Whidbey Island on March 29. On March 25th, VP-40’s first P-3C Orion aircraft departed NAS Whidbey to mark the beginning of the last P-3C squadron to deploy in support of US interests worldwide. After finishing a 12-month inter-deployment readiness cycle …
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