South Korea scrambled 80 aircraft, including, F-35A stealth fighters, in response. South Korea’s military said it scrambled fighter jets after detecting about 180 North Korean warplanes flying north of the military border over four hours on Friday (Nov 4). The North Korean aircraft flew north of the so-called tactical measure line, drawn up to 20km…
North Korea fired at least 23 missiles into the sea, including one that landed less than 40 miles off South Korea’s coast, which the South’s President Yoon Suk-yeol described as ‘territorial encroachment’. It was the first time a ballistic missile had landed near the South’s waters since the peninsula was divided in 1945, and the…
Australia has arrested a former U.S. Marine Corps fighter pilot following a request from Washington, officials in Canberra said Tuesday, as Western governments scrambled to investigate reports that China has been poaching retired military personnel. Daniel Edmund Duggan appeared in court in New South Wales on Friday, judicial records show. “An individual was arrested on…
On 23rd October, a Russian Air Force Sukhoi Su-30 crashed into a residential building in Irkutsk, during a test flight. Both pilots died in the crash. Igor Kobzev, the governor of the Irkutsk Oblast posted on Telegram stating that the fighter jet crashed into a two-storey building in the Siberian city of Irkutsk. He further…
Commercial planes routes have recently changed in the Caspian Sea area. The no-fly-zone has been moved much further east, leaving all the airspace between the Caspian Sea and Ukraine free. The twitter account @MT_Anderson is reporting that there are one or more Russian Navy Gepard class frigates in the western part of the Caspian Sea.…
A B-1B Bone went inverted and followed through with a roll after an airshow flyby. Now a B-1 roll isn’t unprecedented. It’s been done before, particularly at previous Edwards AFB air shows. However, it’s still a unique sight to see. View this post on Instagram A post shared by AirshowStuff (@airshowstuff) Unfortunately, sights…
A Russian aircraft released a missile close to a RAF jet over the Black Sea, according to UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace. The UK defence secretary said that an incident occurred when Russian fighter jets that intercepted an RAF Rivet Joint aircraft in international airspace. A russian Su-27 fighter jet ‘accidentally’ released a missile in…
An Air Force F-35 crashed at the end of a runway near Salt Lake City, Utah, officials said on Wednesday. Emergency crews were called out to Hill Air Force Base Wednesday evening after an F-35 fighter jet crashed on the runway. The crash happened around 6:15 p.m. Officials with 388th Fighter Wing confirmed the crash,…
NORAD scrambled two F-16 figher jets to intercept Russian Tu-95 bombers. Russian Tu-95 bombers capable of being equipped with nuclear weapons were intercepted on October 18th (local time) after “entering and operating within the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone”, according to a statement by the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD). The statement by NORAD…
Russia has begun to remove MiG-29 multi-role fighter jets from storage at air bases. Fighters were transported from airbases to Millerovo and Kursk. Russia has begun to remove MiG-29 multi-role fighter jets from storage at air bases. This was reported by analysts from MilitaryAviationInUa based on fresh satellite images. Satellite images released on October 15…
At least one person died in a plane crash in Yeysk, three more, including a child, were hospitalized in serious condition. Russian media is reporting that the engines of the Su-34 caught fire after takeoff. Some are speculating that bird strikes caused the fire. Russia’s MoD: A Su-34 aircraft crashed in Yeysk while climbing to…
South Korea says North Korea has flown warplanes near the rivals’ border, prompting South Korea to scramble fighter jets. UPDATE South Korea says North Korea has launched a ballistic missile toward its eastern waters. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that the North Korean planes flew as close as 12 kilometers…