At least 47 people were killed when an airliner veered off the runway and erupted …
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A helicopter carrying four Americans crashed in Kenya, killing them and the pilot, the Kenyan police said on Monday. The helicopter crashed on takeoff. It was one of two that had earlier landed at the Labolo tented Camp. All five occupants, the pilot, and four American tourists died in the …
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Iran’s state TV is reporting that five people were killed after a rescue helicopter crashed in the country’s western province of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari. The ambulance helicopter struck a power line and crashed. All five occupants died in the crash. The helicopter was destroyed by fire. The TV says the …
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The danger birds present to aircraft isn’t insignificant. The Air Force’s mightiest jets are far from immune from the danger posed by low-flying birds. The military, in particular, takes the risk of bird strikes very seriously. It has led to the Bird Aircraft Strike Hazard (BASH) program, which you can …
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GoPro helmet cam footage from 1/5IN 1/25th SBCT member in Afghanistan shows an A-10 Warthog strike on Taliban positions in Panjwai (Just outside COP Sperwan Ghar), Afghanistan. The footage is from 2012 and shows the A-10 conducting two separate gun runs after the first one missed the target. The …
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An MRI scan has revealed that no bugs had been implanted in India Air Force (IAF) pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan, who was released on Friday by Pakistan as peace gesture. The medical tests found an injury in his lower spine which could have happened following his ejection from the MiG-21 …
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In 2002 American spy thriller film The Sum of All Fears an Israeli A-4 Skyhawk jet carrying a nuclear weapon was shot down. 29 years later, a Syrian scrap collector uncovers it in the Golan Heights and sells it to a South African black market arms trafficker named Olson. He then …
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The country felt the absence of Rafale jets, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said, adding that the nation suffered “a big loss” due to theswaarthneeti (policy of self-interest) and the politics surrounding the deal with France. The comment came days after the Indian Air Force lost a MiG-21 in …
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Speed and agility are decisive advantages in any form of aerial dominance. An air speed record is the highest airspeed attained by an aircraft of a particular class. Modern Fighter jets operate at supersonic speed Supersonic travel is a rate of travel of an object that exceeds the speed of sound. …
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After more than two decades of testing and development, the service announced Thursday that the advanced aircraft has achieved Initial Operating Capability, meaning it passed the proper tests to be flown on missions. Thursday’s announcement comes shortly after the first squadron of Navy F-35s completed aircraft carrier qualifications aboard USS Carl Vinson. …
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An incident involving an aircraft has been reported at Cliftons Pond in Franklin County southwest of Triangle North Executive Airport (KLHZ), Louisburg, North Carolina. The airplane sustained substantial damage and all 3 occupants received fatal injures. Three people were on board a small plane that crashed into a Franklin …
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