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On April 17, 2019, an F-16 Fighting Falcon at Holloman Air Force Base Suffered a bird strike during a routine landing The photo you can see here first posted to the popular Air Force amn/nco/snco Facebook page on Wednesday shows the aftermath of a bird strike. The bird strike was confirmed …

Indian Air Force Su-30 fighter jets forced a Georgian An-12 aircraft from Tbilisi to Delhi via Karachi to land at the Jaipur airport over violation of air space. The plane was released after a few hours. The aircraft deviated from its scheduled flight path and entered Indian Air Space at …

Chief of Naval Air Training officials said a jet crashed Friday at Naval Air Station-Kingsville. Lt. Michelle Tucker said a T-45 Goshawk trainer crashed about 2:38 p.m. Following a loss of engine power, a McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) T-45 Goshawk impacted the terrain shortly after takeoff from Kingsville Naval Air …

The United States Air Force is reactivating the 65th Aggressor Squadron (65th AGRS) at Nellis Air Force Base as part of a larger initiative to improve training for fifth-generation fighter aircraft. To support this requirement, the Air Force decided to create a fifth-generation aggressor squadron at Nellis AFB and move nine …

An Instagram account claiming to be of a Russian fighter pilot posted a video showing a Russian fighter jet (probably Su-30SM) making a dangerous pass ahead of a U.S. MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft flying above Syria. The video appears to show a Russian fighter jet in flight turning in …

Former SR-71 Blackbird Pilot Colonel (Ret) James H. Shelton Jr. spent over nine six years flying the SR-71 at Beale Air Force Base. He was the fifth SR-71 crew member to reach the 900-flying hour plateau. In May 1969 a unique operational Blackbird mission occurred during his initial overseas deployment …

China’s deployment of a large fleet of vessels to the Philippines-held Thitu Island in the South China Sea is aimed at blocking the country’s construction of military facilities on the disputed island in the Spratly chain because it is concerned that the United States will be able to use such …

The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is an American supersonic, twin-engine, two-seat, twin-tail, variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft. The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle is an American twin-engine, all-weather tactical fighter aircraft The F-14 Tomcat and the F-15 Eagle are two of the best fighters ever built. Even if until today a real Tomcat Vs …

According to jakartapost, The Indonesian Air Force has announced that it will participate in the country’s tradition of waking people up during the fasting month of Ramadan for sahur During sahur, low-flying fighter aircraft will soar the skies and pilots will be required to use afterburners, which generate noise. Suhūr …

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 …