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A Ukrainian Su-27 Flanker and MiG-29 Fulcrum escort two B1B Lancers during a training mission for Bomber Task Force Europe, May 29, 2020. (Courtesy photo by Ukrainian Air Force) Stephen Blank, A Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute thinks that upgrading Ukraine’s Air Force with F-15 and F-16 …

Midnight Hawks (four BAE Hawk jet trainer aircraft) at Helsinki International Airshow 2009 – Credits: Vestman  Two Finnish Air Force Midnight Hawks Aerobatic team training jets contacted each other in mid-air. The wings of the planes made contact, causing minor damage. Both aircraft landed safely. Four Hawk jet training aircraft …

The F-15E pilot showing the 492nd Fighter Squadron’s Red Air patch. In the box: the same patch found in the auctions. (Photo: U.S. Air Force) On Apr. 7, 2021, the 48th Fighter Wing’s official account posted photos from еру Point Blank 21-2 exercise at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, April …

A USAF 437th Airlift Wing Boeing C-17A Globemaster III, performing flight RCH351 (callsign “Reach 351”), experienced a fire in the main lefthand wheel bay, probably due to overheated brakes, after landing at Joint Base Charleston (CHS/KCHS), North Charleston, South Carolina. On 9 April 2021, a C-17A mishap occured at Joint …

PLF 101, the aircraft involved in the accident, seen in 2008 – Credits:  Dmitry Karpezo  The Smolensk air disaster occurred 11 years ago on 10 April 2010, when a Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft of the Polish Air Force crashed near the Russian city of Smolensk, killing all 96 people on board. …

Credits: Paramount Pictures Top Gun: Maverick Release Date Delayed to November 19, 2021. Paramount Pictures has again changed the release date of the highly-anticipated aviation sequel Top Gun: Maverick. Originally set to debut in 2019 the Tom Cruise-led film will now hit the theaters in November. It was previously slated …

Sandia National Laboratories, in cooperation with the Los Alamos National Laboratory and the U.S. Air Force, completed a round of flight tests as part of the integration of the new B61-12 nuclear gravity bomb onto the F-35A Joint Strike Fighter. The press release from Sandia said that the supersonic test …

Photo credit: KAI/Republic of Korea Armed Forces South Korea unveiled its homegrown KF-21 Boramae (Hawk) supersonic stealth jet fighter on Friday, joining an exclusive club of military aviation giants and setting the stage for a $5.2 billion program it hopes will be a top export driver and jobs creator. According …

Turkish Air Force KAI KT-1 Woongbi – Credits: Aldo Bidini The KT-1 type military training aircraft, which took off from the 2nd Anajet base in İzmir, crashed in the sea off Foça for an unknown reason. The Ministry of National Defense announced the two pilots aboard were rescued. The cause …

Credits: Indian Air Force Dassault, the manufacturer of Rafale jets, agreed to pay one million euro to an Indian middleman just after the signing of the Indo-French contract in 2016, an investigation by the French publication Mediapart has revealed. An amount of 508,925 euro was allegedly paid under “gifts to …