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According to the U.S. Department of Defense Lockheed Martin has been awarded an incentive contract for F-16 aircraft production for Slovak Air Force Lockheed has won a contract valued at as much as $799,9 million to build a batch of 14 F-16 Block 70 aircraft jets (12 single-seat and 2 …

A RUSSIAN naval base is on a mysterious lockdown after an accidental missile explosion at the base was linked to a sudden radiation spike in the region. The world is on alert after a rocket engine explosion on a naval test range in northern Russia was linked to a shock …

on August 7 a U.S. MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) crashed in the district of Radwaniyah west of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. The U.S.-led coalition acknowledged that that one of its drone made “an unscheduled landing” in Baghdad due to what it described as “a mechanical problem.” …

The Air Force recently broke the record for the highest thrust-producing air-breathing hypersonic engine the service has ever tested in its history. Northrop Grumman built the scramjet engine for the Air Force Research Laboratory and its development comes amid a general renaissance in all things hyper-sonic across the U.S. military. …

The Libyan National Army (LNA) Claims to shot down two Israeli-made Orbiter-3 tactical unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), which were supposedly being operated by forces loyal to the Government of National Accord (GNA). Made by Aeronautics, the Orbiter-3 UAVs were reportedly gifted to the Government of National Accord by Turkey. The …

The U.S. Air Force has confirmed the ability of its newest F-35A fighter jet to deploy directly from the factory into combat. According to a statement released on 6 August, the 388th Fighter Wing set a speed record for bringing online a newly-delivered aircraft last week, flying a local sortie …

on Aug. 8, 2019,  a pair of USAF F-22 Raptors, two Canadian Forces CF-18s, a USAF E-3 Sentry AWACS supported by a USAF KC-135 Stratotanker and C-130 tanker under NORAD control intercepted two Russian Tu-95 Bear H bombers over the arctic Beaufort Sea’s international air space. The intercept happened early …

At least two people died and several others received injuries after the liquid fuel in a missile jet engine exploded during a test at the military testing area Nyonoksa on White Sea coast. This latest incident reportedly occurred at a site near the village of Nyonoksa in Russia’s northwestern Arkhangelsk …

Indian Air Force Sukhoi Su-30MKI Fighter jet crashed after a technical malfunction in Assam’s Tezpur. Both pilots managed to eject from the plane, but sustained injuries and were taken to hospital, local media have reported. The accident took place in the vicinity of the city of Tezpur, about 75 km …

Marine 1st Lt. Catherine Stark earned her Wings of Gold as a Marine Corps aviator with Training Air Wing 2, Naval Air Station Kingsville, Aug. 2 and is now preparing to begin training on her assigned fleet aircraft: the F-35C Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter. Related Article: Lt. Col. Christine …