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The Sukhoi Su-57 is a Russian stealth, single-seat, twin-engine jet multirole fighter aircraft. It is designed for air superiority and attack operations. The fighter is planned to have supercruise, stealth, super maneuverability. And advanced avionics to overcome the prior generation fighter aircraft as well as ground and maritime defences. On …

On July 3, 1988, Iran Air flight 655, carrying 290 passengers, was shot down by a surface-to-air missile launched from the USS Vincennes of the United States Navy. The Airbus 300 was on its scheduled flight from Tehran to Dubai, flying over Iran’s territorial waters when the US Navy missile …

Indian Air Force HAL Tejas Light Combat Aircraft External fuel tank accidentally dropped in a field in Tamil Nadu The fuel drop tank of a Tejas fell off mid-air during a routine sortie from the Sulur air base near Coimbatore on Tuesday morning. The aircraft landed safely after the incident. …

U.S. aerospace giant Boeing has confirmed that the newest T-X trainer aircraft, developed in collaboration with Saab, completed its first flight under the engineering, manufacturing and development (EMD) program. The first EMD sortie, which was announced by the company on 1 July, involved Boeing T-X (BTX) aircraft N381TX flying out …

Ukrainian Air Force Aero Vodochody L-39C Albatros military trainer Aircraft crashed near Starovirivka settlement on 2 July 2019, the Военно-воздушные силы Украины (Ukrainian Air Force) lost an L-39ZA in an accident near Starovirivka, Kharkiv region, around 16:00 hours local time. An L-39, the jet trainer crashed during a training flight …

A US Air Force A-10C Thunderbolt II out of Moody Air Force Base in Georgia accidentally dropped training bombs on Florida after hitting a bird, the 23rd Wing Public Affairs Office said in a statement. The Moody attack aircraft assigned to the 23d Fighter Group “suffered a bird strike which …

Military officials with Libya’s UN-recognised government say they have seized US-made weapons at a base they captured from forces loyal to renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar in Libya, prompting an investigation by the US Department of State. The Libya Government of National Accord (GNA) retook Gharyan, a strategic town south …

Many of our readers probably remember the iconic Top Gun fly-by scene when Maverick and Goose’s F-14, buzz the Tower at Miramar on their way back from their dogfight with Jester. Here’s the scene from the 1986 film starring Tom Cruise, who will reappear in the sequel.   Well, that …

on Jun. 30, 2019, President Trump told airmen in South Korea that he wants the Air Force to hold on to the A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft. As reported by Air Force Times, during his visit to Osan Air Base after his visit to the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea, Trump …

The man’s body fell from a Kenya Airways jet and landed in a garden in Clapham, south London at 3.41pm on Sunday. The horrified owner of the garden called police who linked it with the Kenya Airways flight from Nairobi to Heathrow. A statement from Kenya Airways said: “The Metropolitan …