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CASA C-295M T.21-10 of Ala 35 (code 35-48) suffered a runway excursion today at Santa Cilia De Jaca Airport (LECI) after bouncing on the runway during landing. The pilots lost control at the end of the runway. All the occupants were injured.  The plane is based at Getafe AFB. The …

According to investigative documents, a faulty sensor on a Lion Air 737 Max was repaired in a US aircraft maintenance facility before the tragedy, Accident investigators in Indonesia, home of Lion Air, and the US, where Boeing Co, the plane’s manufacturer, is based, have been examining the work that a …

The US Navy amphibious assault ship USS Wasp was recently seen sailing through the South China Sea with an unusually heavy configuration of F-35s. The Wasp deployed carrying at least 10 F-35B Lightning II stealth fighters, more than the usual load of six of these hard-hitting fifth-generation jet fighters   …

MIT and NASA engineers demonstrate a new kind of airplane wing. Assembled from tiny identical pieces, the wing could enable lighter, more energy-efficient aircraft designs. Researchers in the US have designed, built and tested a radical new lightweight wing design that can change shape mid-flight to enhance performance and boost …

A Cessna P210N Pressurized Centurion II plane crashed Solunska Glava, south of Skopje International Airport (LWSK) The Cessna crashed in Solunska Glava in bad weather conditions, all occupants, a family of 4 people, were fatally injured. “At 16:16, we lost contact with the Cesna P210 plane, which has flown from …

On a barren hillside in northern Albania lies a  massive steel door creaks open to reveal a hidden former air base burrowed into the heart of the mountain. Made up of 600 meters (1,980 feet) of tunnels the secret Gjader air base is now a depot for dozens of hulking …

Among the strangest mishaps in aviation are those where the plane makes off without a pilot.   Here 3 historic events in which plane flew itself after pilot ejection 1) 1989 Belgium MiG-23 crash On 4 July 1989, a pilotless MiG-23 jet fighter of the Soviet Air Forces crashed into …

The United States has halted delivery of equipment related to the stealthy F-35 fighter aircraft to Turkey, marking the first concrete U.S. step to block delivery of the jet to the NATO ally in light of Ankara’s planned purchase of a Russian missile defense system. U.S. officials told their Turkish …

The military’s media wing on Monday said that it was meaningless to question whether Pakistan used JF-17 Thunder aircraft or US-built F-16 jets to shoot down two Indian Air Force (IAF) warplanes that violated Pakistani airspace on February 27, saying Pakistan has the right to use any of its abilities …

The Indian Air Force scrambled its top fighter jets Sukhoi-30 & Mirage 2000 to intercept four Pakistani F-16 fighter jets and surveillance drone that was flying close to the international border near Punjab It’s unclear if the Pakistani jets were trying to intrude into Indian airspace, with sources saying that …