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The blurry photograph in the post shows an F-4 Phantom flying inverted during an intercept/escort mission on a Russian Tu-95 Bear. The image brought to mind one of the most famous scenes in the Top Gun movie. The photograph was shot by Robert M. Sihler, who was so kind to …

The Trump administration is moving forward with an $8 billion sale of F-16 fighter jets to Taiwan. See Details: U.S. Approves Sale Of 66 Advanced F-16 Block 70 Fighter Jet To Taiwan For $8 Billion China said it would sanction any U.S. firm involved in a planned $8 billion sale …

Yemen’s Houthi movement’s air defenses on Wednesday downed a United States General Atomics MQ-9A Reaper in Dhamar governorate, southeast of the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa, the group’s Al-Masirah TV quoted the group’s military spokesman as saying. According to the statement, the UCAV was downed by a ‘domestically-developed’ surface-to-air missile. It added …

Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter carrying relief material to the victims of the severe floods and cloudburst in Uttarkashi crashed. All three occupants died in the crash. The helicopter was going from Mori to Moldi in Uttarkashi district. Three people were onboard the helicopter, they have been identified as Pilot …

The Indian Air force is still flying 44-year-old MiG-21 fighter jets when no one even drives cars that old, Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa said today. Questions have been raised about the four-decade-old fighter planes that remain the core of India’s defence fleet since a recent dogfight at the Line …

An E-2D Advanced Hawkeye plane missed its cable while attempting to land on an aircraft carrier earlier this month and damaged four aircraft on the deck in the process, Navy officials confirmed this week. The incident took placed at about 7:40 p.m. Aug. 9 on the Abraham Lincoln as it …

According to Tass Air defense troops of Russia’s Baltic Fleet have started drills in the westernmost Kaliningrad Region to repel a missile strike against military and civilian facilities The S-400 combat teams will practice assignments to deploy their systems, search for, classify and track training targets and subsequently perform electronic …

The helicopter crashed into the sea after reportedly striking powerlines. The sea depth where the helicopter crashed is at 4-5 meters. All three bodies, two of the Russian passengers and of the Greek pilot recovered. Early reports said three people – a Greek pilot and two Russian passengers – were …

Aero Commander 200D aircraft impacted airport terrain during a landing attempt at Livingston County Spencer J Hardy Airport (KOZW), Howell, Michigan. The airplane sustained substantial damage and the two occupants onboard received fatal injuries. It happened around 11:20 a.m. in Howell Township at Spencer J. Hardy Airport. The crash happened …

According to Military.com Former Air Force and Navy fighter pilots are calling on the military to begin cancer screenings for aviators as young as 30 because of an increase in deaths from the disease that they suspect may be tied to radiation emitted in the cockpit. “We are dropping like …