In response to Russia’s invasion of #Ukraine, NATO has up to 30 aircraft on patrol at any moment. To deter any potential aggression against Allies, NATO is deploying an unprecedented mix of fighter jets, reconnaissance aircraft and support planes.
A hose and bucket have been found on side of a road in Poland. The current NATO mission over East Europe is involving many different kinds of aircraft. One of them are tankers like the Airbus A330 MRTT or the Boeing KC-135. They refuel fighter jets or Awacs during the surveillance mission almost 24/7 since…
Footage of the skies over Moscow shows the Ilyushin Il-80 passing low over the city’s outskirts. Russian officials have stated that the plane would perform a low flypast during Monday’s annual Victory Day parade in Red Square and that it is now undergoing “rehearsals” for the performance. The huge Soviet-era aircraft, known as the “Flying…
A Russian army helicopter violated Finland’s airspace on Wednesday. “The aircraft type is a Mi-17 helicopter and the depth of the suspected violation is about four to five kilometers,” a ministry spokesman told AFP. The incident occurred on Wednesday at 10:40 a.m. (0740 GMT). Experts have warned that Finland and Sweden would likely be subjected…
Two French fighter jets intercepted Russian aircraft yesterday. Yesterday, two French fighter jets intercepted a Russian Il-20M escorted by two Russian Navy Su-27s flying around Baltic airspace. The Mirage 2000s jets took off from Estonia. The Ilyushin Il-18 (NATO reporting name: Coot) is a large turboprop airliner that first flew in 1957 and became one…
Seven Navy sailors assigned to the USS George Washington have died by suicide during the time the aircraft carrier has been undergoing a yearslong overhaul in Newport News, Virginia. The Navy acknowledged Thursday that in addition to the four suicides in the past year, three more sailors assigned to the carrier died by suicide in…
A Russian reconnaissance plane briefly violated Sweden’s airspace yesterday, Swedish defence officials said today. The Swedish Air Force scrambled fighter jets which photographed the Russian plane. “A Russian AN-30 propeller plane violated Swedish airspace on Friday evening,” the Swedish defence ministry said in a statement, adding that its teams had followed the incident and photographed…
Ukrainian forces have used specific coordinates shared by the U.S. to direct fire on Russian positions and aircraft, current and former officials told NBC News. As Russia launched its invasion, the U.S. gave Ukrainian forces detailed intelligence about exactly when and where Russian missiles and bombs were intended to strike, prompting Ukraine to move air…
A footage emerged showing an Ukrainian MiG-29 taking off from Mykolaiv seconds before the runway was shelled by the Russians. Back in March, an Ukrainian Air Force MiG-29 pilot from 204th Tactical Aviation Brigade in Kulbakino took off from Mykolaiv Air Base while the Russian Army was shelling the air base. Few seconds after takeoff,…
Another RAAF C-17 was loaded with military assistance, bound for Ukraine. Air Movements Operators from No. 23 Squadron loaded military assistance bound for Ukraine onto a Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster III aircraft at RAAF Base Amberley, Queensland. The Australian Government are providing six M777 155mm lightweight towed howitzers and 155mm howitzer ammunition to…
Britain’s biggest warship sailed within 900 miles of the North Pole as the Royal Navy pushed the boundaries of aircraft carrier operations into the Arctic. HMS Prince of Wales led a task group to 77 Degrees North in the North Atlantic to demonstrate the ability of the UK’s two 65,000-tonne Queen Elizabeth-class carriers to operate…
A large fire broke out early on Monday at an oil storage facility in the Russian city of Bryansk, the emergencies ministry said, adding that no one was injured. Two locations in the western Russian city of Bryansk where oil is stored were seen ablaze overnight on April 25, according to numerous open-source intelligence reports…