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The Afghan Taliban has claimed the downing of a U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress heavy bomber in the Washir district of Helmand Province, killing all crew. Taliban* militants have claimed they shot down a US B-52 heavy bomber, Syrian news site Muraselon reports. The incident purportedly took place when the aircraft was departing …

A frantic search is on for an F-35 that disappeared from radar and appears to have crashed somewhere off Japan. A US Navy P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft and the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stethem with the Navy’s 7th Fleet are assisting the Japanese air and maritime assets dispatched …

Afghan National Army (ANA) MD Helicopters MD530F Cayuse Warrior crashed at Kandahar International Airport (OAKN/KDH) – Afghanistan The military helicopter crashed upon landing during a training flight under unknown circumstances. Two Afghan national army pilots have suffered minor injuries after a training helicopter crashed in the country’s southern province of …

The United States Air Force drone crashes in Helmand province of Afghanistan An unmanned aerial vehicle of coalition forces has crashed in southern Helmand province of Afghanistan. According to informed military sources, the drone crashed earlier today after experience engine failure. “One of our unmanned aircraft experienced engine failure and …

Islamic Republic of Iran Police Aviation Bell 214A/C helicopter crashes in Dalampar, Urmia Iran The Helicopter crashed under unknown circumstances. One crew member is said to have died in the crash, three others were injured. Head of the Border Guard Command of the province, Fardin Piri, confirmed the news, saying …

A world-first drone delivery business has been granted approval to take to the skies over the Australian capital. For the past 18 months, Project Wing, an offshoot of Google’s parent company Alphabet, has been trialing drone delivery of food and drinks, medication and locally-made coffee and chocolate. Australian aviation authority …

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to send his troops on a “suicide mission” if Beijing doesn’t “lay off” a Manila-occupied island in the South China Sea. Duterte’s speech at a rally in the city of Puerto Princesa in Palawan came days after the Philippine government claimed as many as …

Three U.S. Marines and a U.S. contractor were killed when their convoy hit a roadside bomb on Monday near the main U.S. base in Afghanistan, the U.S. forces said. On Tuesday evening, the Defense Department identified the three Marines as Cpl. Robert A. Hendriks, 25, of Locust Valley, New Yor …

Search and rescue teams found wreckage belonging to a Japanese Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth fighter that disappeared on Tuesday over the Pacific Ocean close to northern Japan, a military spokesman said on Wednesday. “We recovered the wreckage and determined it was from the F-35,” a spokesman for the Air Self …

Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-35A Lightning II fighter jet reportedly crashes over Pacific Japanese Defence Minister Takeshi Iwaya said that the air force would suspend flights of its remaining F-35As for the time being following the plane’s disappearance, Kyodo has reported. F-35 Fighter Jet Disappears From Radar over the Pacific Ocean during a …