As the battle for Ukraine has become increasingly concentrated in the Donbas region, so too has Russia’s coverage of its forces with advanced air defenses. According to Ukrainian pilots interviewed by Foreign Policy in June, the use of the system has been cut back as a result of Russia’s overwhelming superiority and coverage of air…
The United States flew a large number of fighter jets late last month above an area in the East China Sea that Japan and China dispute, Japanese government sources said. In an extremely rare development, some of the US fighters neared the Chinese mainland by going beyond a Tokyo-proposed median line separating the exclusive economic…
Boeing and the U.S. Navy have completed a series of manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T) flight tests in which a Block III F/A-18 Super Hornet successfully demonstrated command and control of three unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Boeing system engineers connected Block III’s adjunct processor, known as the Distributed Targeting Processor – Networked (DTP-N), with a third-party tablet…
Footage has emerged of the Tory leader taking a ride in a Typhoon fighter jet last Thursday, while his party squabbles over a successor. He took a selfie video, while at the dual controls, alongside some air-to-air refuelling of another jet from a Union flag-bedecked plane. Breathing apparatus on his face, he turned the camera…
A US Air Force drone has crashed in South Romania. A United States Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone has crashed during a training mission south of the Romanian Air Force 71st Air Base in Campia Turzii, Romania. At 14:15 (local time), the United States Air Force lost an MQ-9 Reaper drone three kilometers south of…
Navy investigators want to know why a fighter jet on Friday was blown off the deck of an aircraft carrier operating in the Mediterranean. According to the initial reports, the Navy F-18 fighter jet went into the water as a result of “unexpected heavy weather.” The aircraft was aboard the USS Harry S. Truman, normally…
Hours before the War started, 2 Turkish Air Force A400M landed at Boryspil International Airport, Kyiv. On July 6th, the satellite Sentinel-2 L2A pass over Boryspil showed the two tactical airlifters are still on the ground. The two Turkish Air Force A400M landed on February 24th, 2022, right before the war.
The Harrier is the ancestor of the F-35. Designed by Great Britain in the 60’s, the AV-8 Harrier is a British design that was built over here the USA under licence as the AV-8B for the U.S. Marines. The plane was used to liberate the Falklands from hostile invaders and suffered no air to air…
An Ukrainian military transport aircraft skidded off the runway during landing at Uzhgorod airport. An Ukrainian An-12VK transport aircraft (reg. UR-11316) skidded off the runway at the Uzhgorod airport on July 2, 2022. The plane likely flew from Istanbul in Turkey with military cargo. Uzhhorod is now the most sensitive Airport in Ukraine as it…
The Royal Thai Air Force yesterday scrambled two F-16 fighter jets to patrol along the border in Tak province after a Myanmar fighter jet was spotted intruding into Thai airspace. AVM Prapas Sonjaidee, spokesman for the RTAF reported that the Myanmar aircraft crossed into Thai airspace over Phop Phra district at 11.16am. The jet launched…
More RAF Typhoon jets are expected to be deployed to Cyprus to focus on the Black Sea and the southern border of NATO. The Ministry of Defence fleshed out the details in a news release: “RAF Typhoon and F-35B Lightning fighter jets, Royal Navy vessels including Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers, and brigade-sized land forces…
A Russian military aircraft has crashed in Belgorod Oblast. A Russian Su-25 aircraft has crashed in Belgorod according to Russian state news agency TASS. According to the Russian news agency, the pilot is alive. Based on preliminary information, the plane hit a power line.