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Man jailed for trafficking MiG and F-4 Phantom II fighter jet parts to Iran Alexander George, 77 a businessman from Long Ashton village, Somerset has been jailed for trafficking fighter jet parts to Iran in violation of weapons of mass destruction controls. He was sentenced to two and a half years …

6 dead in a Helicopter crash in Campos do Jordão, São Paulo, Brazil An Agusta AW109SP Grand New helicopter vanished in the morning was found later in the evening by Fire Department staff. The helicopter crashed near the peak of Itapeva, and crashed into a forest area. Six people died. A …

Lion Air Flight 610 Pilots Battled to keep plane in air before Crash. One of Indonesia’s aviation chiefs has revealed that the pilot of the Lion Air plane that crashed last month, killing 189 people, fought to keep the plane in the air to the end, even after it was …

USAF B-52s ignore Beijing’s ‘great wall’ of missiles in the South China Sea. Two US heavy long-range bombers tore past Chinese-occupied territories in the contested South China Sea on Monday, demonstrating America’s determination to continue its activities in the region despite China’s militarization of disputed areas.   A pair of …

What is the Difference between R08 and R09 UK’s new Supercarrier? UK’s two new Aircraft Carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales will make Royal Navy one of ‘the best navies in the world’. The Difference UK Supercarrier, R08, and R09/ Difference between HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince …

Pilot killed in Bangladesh Air Force Chengdu FT-7 crashes in Tangail. An Air Force training aircraft crashed in Tangail, killing its pilot Wing Commander Arif Ahmed Dipu. The plane crashed in the Air Force’s Telki Firing Zone in Rasulpur on Friday around 2:50 pm.   ISPR Director Lt Col Alamgir …

China & Pakistan Exporting Cheap Jets With Anti-Stealth Plane Radar. China has new anti-stealth radar using high-efficiency air-cooling systems for upgraded JF-17 / FTC-2000G export fighter jets. The radar uses a 3GHz bandwidth at the X-band, provides detection of fighter-sized targets at 170 km, tracks up to 15 targets simultaneously and …

Afghan army helicopter crashes in Kandahar with 20 onboard. An Afghan army helicopter crashed in southern Kandahar province on Saturday, killing at least two, officials said. Two more were wounded in the crash which happened in Maruf district, said Ghafoor Ahmad Jawed, a spokesman for Defense Ministry. He said that …

According to defence-blog.com article, Mysterious helicopters with soldiers as external load spotted in Moscow. On 22 November Two mysterious helicopters were spotted leaving the Kremlin and flying over Moscow city center The video was caught on camera by a passer-by near the Moscow Kremlin shows two upgraded Mi-8 transport helicopters taking …

According to www.royalnavy.mod.uk website RAF test F-35 pilot carried backward landing on HMS Queen Elizabeth A British F-35 pilot has pulled off what the Royal Navy called a “milestone” maneuver, executing a backward landing on the deck of Britain’s largest warship, the HMS Queen Elizabeth. RAF test pilot Squadron Leader Andy …