Typhoon planes from the British RAF intercepted two Tu-160 bombers as tensions mounted on Russia’s doorstep, it has been confirmed. British Typhoon jets have intercepted two Russian bombers, the Royal Air Force has confirmed. RAF Typhoons from bases at Lossiemouth and Coningsby were launched against unidentified aircraft approaching the UK area of interest. The Ministry…
Russia said on Thursday it had scrambled a fighter jet to intercept a British spy plane operating near Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula which Moscow annexed from Ukraine in 2014. Russia’s defence ministry said the British foray was part of a wider uptick in military activity by the United States and its allies in the…
China’s military has built mockups in the shape of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier and other U.S. warships, possibly as training targets, in the desert of Xinjiang, satellite images by Maxar showed on Sunday. These mockups reflect China’s efforts to build up anti-carrier capabilities, specifically against the U.S. Navy, as tensions remain high with Washington…
F-16s and F-35s of the Royal Norwegian Air Force intercepted a large group of Russian bombers and fighters off the north coast of Norway, October 27. The Russian group consisted of two BlackJack strategic bombers, MiG-31 Foxhounds and SU-24 Fencers fighters and a A-50 Mainstay reconnaissance aircraft. The Russian aircraft did not file flight plans…
On Sunday, October 17, 2021, around 10:10 a.m., an extra 330 two-seater aircraft from the French Air Force’s aerobatic team encountered an engine failure. During a transit mission between Biarritz and Salon-de-Provence, Captain Alexandre Orlowski, pilot of the aerobatic team of the French Air Force (ex- aerobatic world champion) accompanied by his mechanic, made a…
The US Air Force F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter moved a step closer to being able to carry nuclear weapons and conduct nuclear strike operations with a recent milestone test, the service reported this week. Two fifth-generation F-35A stealth fighter jets released B61-12 Joint Test Assemblies, non-nuclear mock-ups of a nuclear bomb, at the…
US Air Force F15 fighter jets were spotted in the sky over north London and Essex this morning and worried locals have taken to twitter to share their experiences of the ‘loud bang’. The loud roaring noise had been heard by hundreds in Essex, locals have reported. The sudden explosive sound was heard just before…
The mayors of many towns have just been contacted by the air force to ask them to report any bomb discovery. A major military exercise began on September 13 in the region, a Mirage 2000 that left the Cazaux air base (Gironde) and belonging to the Nancy military base, lost “a replica bomb from its…
Two pilots are injured and three homes are damaged after a US Navy T-45 jet crashed in a Lake Worth neighborhood Sunday morning, officials say. Lake Worth officials received a call at 10:53 a.m. about the downed plane in the 4000 blocks of Tejas and Dakota trails. Both pilots had ejected and one was found…
The US has admitted that a drone strike in Kabul days before its military pullout killed 10 innocent people. A US Central Command investigation found that an aid worker and nine members of his family, including seven children, died in the 29 August strike. The youngest child, Sumaya, was just two years old. The deadly…
A B-2 stealth bomber was damaged after making an emergency landing early Tuesday at Whiteman Air Force Base. The B-2 Spirit was damaged on a runway in the incident at approximately 12:30 a.m., Jennifer Greene, a spokeswoman for the Air Force Global Strike Command, told Kansas City television station KMBC. The bomber landed after an…
The U.S. Navy and Boeing have used the MQ-25TM T1 test asset to refuel a U.S. Navy F-35C Lightning II fighter jet for the first time, once again demonstrating the aircraft’s ability to achieve its primary aerial refueling mission. This was the third refueling mission for the Boeing-owned test asset in just over three months,…