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An Indian Air Force MiG-27 fighter jet crashed this morning in southern Rajasthan’s Sirohi. The pilot ejected safely. The MiG 27 UPG aircraft, an upgraded variant of the Soviet era fighter, took off from Uttarlai Air Force base in Barmer. The pilot reported an engine problem and ejected at around …

The Lockheed Martin SR-72 is a conceptualized hypersonic UAV intended for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance proposed by American company Lockheed Martin to succeed the retired Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird. In June 2017, Lockheed Martin announced that the SR-72 would be in development by the early 2020s and is to top Mach …

Turkish defense industry released video showing the test of the newest electromagnetic railgun called Şahi 209 Block II. New Turkish powerful railgun uses electromagnetic energy instead of gunpowder to propel 35mm rounds and is capable of striking a target 31 miles. Şahi 209 Block II has 10 megajoules pulsed DC …

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammad lauded the strength of Pakistan Army and Pakistan Air Force’s fighter jet JF-17 Thunder. Read more related news on defenseheadlines. Giving an interview after his visit to Pakistan, Mohammad said that Malaysia will get one or two planes initially for evaluation and tests. Praising the …

Christopher Lohff (@lohffingfoto) aviation photographer caught a photo of a U.S. Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet two-seat variant transiting through the Star Wars canyon, during what appears to be filming of in-cockpit sequences for the upcoming “Top Gun: Maverick” movie. The photo, posted on Instagram shows the pilot/front-seater wearing the same …

A MiG-29 aircraft of the Peruvian Air Force fell this morning (9:35 am approximate) in Lambayeque . The fighter was performing a training flight in Lambayeque near Chiclayo The pilot Major Omar Antonio Menacho García ejected successfully.  According to information from Air Group No. 6 , the pilot was forced …

Investigators in India have found that an Indian air defence missile was fired shortly before the crash of a Mi17 V5 helicopter at Budgam, near Srinagar on February 27, the Economic Times reported. On our old article published on March 28, 2019, we predicted that Friendly fire or Technical Error are the …

The cost of buying, equipping, and preparing to operate the two Boeing 747s that will become the next Air Force One presidential transport aircraft is now pegged at $5.3 billion, nearly one-third more than the figure routinely touted by the White House, according to Air Force officials and Pentagon budget …

Russian Navy to get over 180 warships by 2027 under state armament plan. Russia’s Defense Minister Army General Sergei Shoigu said at a meeting with defense chiefs that the Russian Navy will grow by more than 180 warships and vessels over the next eight years “We will begin today’s meeting …

Russian Air Force and Russia’s Southern Military District to receive new Su-57 stealth fighters in 2019 and 2020 respectively The Russian Air Force is slated to take delivery of its first Sukhoi Su-57 fighter aircraft, Russia’s first purported indigenously designed and built fifth-generation stealth fighter jet, in 2019, according to the …