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In the Cold War era, Swedish JA-37 Jas Viggen fighter pilots were scrambled on 400-500 live Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) missions per year to intercept any unidentified aircraft approaching Swedish airspace. QRA targets came from both Warsaw and NATO nations During that QRA missions, JA-37 Jas Viggen fighter pilots were …

A series of crashes and aircraft losses have made this financial year costly for the Indian Air Force (IAF). Indian Air Force has lost 16 aircraft in the financial year – ranging from helicopters to combat jets and trainers – to varying incidents that mark it as a low on …

According to The Independent, Russian Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov claims that Iran mistakenly shoots down Ukrainian Airlines Flight 752 after“six F-35 US fighter jets” were sent to its borders. “This information needs verification, but I’d like to emphasize the nervousness that always accompanies such situations,” Russia’s acting foreign minister, Sergei …

Fears of imminent war between Iran and the United States subsided after the US assassinated a top Iranian commander and Tehran hit bases housing American troops in Iraq with ballistic missiles. But Iran warned the US against further attacks after it launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles at the …

The Syrian government’s plans to purchase MiG-21 fighters from Egypt were recently discovered by Zaman Al Wasl, a Syrian leading news site. According to the publication, Damascus sent a military-technical delegation of the Syrian Air Force command to Cairo to inspect several aircraft parked at the Egyptian airbases with the …

Source: Sierra Technical Sierra Technical Services recently unveils ‘faster’ and ‘more maneuverable’ stealth UAVs. According to Flight global stealth UAV completed several ground tests, including an engine test run, on its Fifth Generation Aerial Target (5GAT) aircraft. The aircraft, which is powered by two General Electric J85 engines salvaged from retired …

On Jan. 16, 2020 a U.S. Air Force (USAF) F-22 suffered an unspecific issue with its landing gear during routine training at Joint Base Langley-Eustis. The incident happened at about 1 p.m. and the pilot was taken to Joint Base Langley-Eustis Hospital for evaluation and then released with no major …

A mock-up of the Tempest -Credits: Swadim Via Wikipedia on July 16, 2018, Britain’s Defense Minister Gavin Williamson unveiled a model of the country’s proposed new fighter jet named Tempest at the Farnborough Airshow. Britain’s Rolls Royce, the world’s second-largest manufacturer of aircraft engines, has announced that it has begun …

Tupolev-PAK-DA – Credits: Ministry of Defense of Russia According to Russian media reports, Russia will build three prototypes of its next-generation nuclear-capable strategic bomber, dubbed Tupolev PAK DA for evaluation and testing. Citing a research and development contract between the Russian government and the Tupolev design bureau signed at the …

Taken during Operation Desert Storm on board USS Saratoga (CV-60), the shocking video in this post-show is a VAW-125 Tigertails E-2C Hawkeye sliding on the oily flight deck while taxing aft to the waist catapults. While sliding on the flight deck, the E-2C cut off the nose of an F-14 …