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The 2020 Moscow Victory Day Parade is an upcoming military parade that will take place on Moscow’s Red Square on 9 May 2020 to commemorate the 75th Diamond Jubilee of the capitulation of Nazi Germany in the Second World War in 1945. Despite steadily mounting infections from the coronavirus in …

A JL-9 jet trainer attached to an aviation regiment under the PLA Navy taxies on the flightline to the takeoff position as another aircraft sits on the parking spot during a flight training course on February 22, 2020. (eng.chinamil.com.cn/Photo by Lan Pengfei) China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) will be …

Ukrainian government forces said that they had shot down a Russian drone that fly “too close” to its position in areas south-east of Svitlodarsk in the Donetsk region. “On April 5, thanks to skills of one of the detachments, which hold the line in the direction towards Svitlodarsk, a drone …

The so called Hawker Hunter Tower Bridge incident occurred on Apr. 5, 1968 when Royal Air Force (RAF) Hunter pilot Alan Pollock performed unauthorised low flying over several London landmarks and then flew through the span of Tower Bridge on the Thames. His actions were to mark the 50th anniversary …

An IAF Sikorsky CH-53 Yas’ur helicopter – Credits: Nehemia G  Israeli Defence Force Sikorsky CH-53 Yas’ur helicopter experienced a non-injury emergency autorotation landing in central Israel. Total POB has not been reported. No one was injured in the incident, according to the Israel Defense Forces.The military said a maintenance team …

The PAC JF-17 Thunder, or CAC FC-1 Xiaolong, is a lightweight, single-engine, multi-role combat aircraft developed jointly by the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) and the Chengdu Aircraft Corporation (CAC) of China. The JF-17 can be used for multiple roles, including interception, ground attack, anti-ship, and aerial reconnaissance. Its designation “JF-17” …

The Luftwaffe is the aerial warfare branch of Germany’s military. When the Spanish Civil War broke out in 1936, the Luftwaffe was a new air force, having been established in secret and only officially formed in 1935. But it was rapidly expanding, and already in a position to help its …

Libyan National Army shot down a Bayraktar-TB2 combat drone over the village of Alwashka west of the city of Sirte in northern Libya. Bayraktar-TB2 drones are supplied by Turkey and operated by Turkish specialists in order to provide forces of the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord with air support in …

An F-35A Lightning II taxis during Red Flag 20-1 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Feb. 3, 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo by R. Nial Bradshaw) Pentagon just placed an order for 78 new F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, a $4.7 billion agreement that will provide planes for the U.S. Air …

Lockheed C-130J 99-5479, Bangladesh Air Force. – Credits: Md Shaifuzzaman Ayon  on 1 April, the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) told Jane’s that Bangladesh has received the last of five UK-surplus Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules transport aircraft it ordered. All of the ‘short-bodied’ C-130Js (designated C5 in Royal Air Force …