Russian fighter jet Su-27 was scrambled to intercept US and Swedish reconnaissance aircraft over the Baltic Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry’s National Defense Control Center (NDCC) said. “On September 8, Russian air control systems detected two air targets approaching the Russian state border over neutral waters of the Baltic Sea. To identify air targets and…
A US Marine Corps military helicopter from New River Marine Corps Air Station caught fire shortly after making an emergency landing on 3rd September in Onslow County. Officials from Marine Corps Air Station New River confirmed that one of their CH-53E helicopters was forced to make an emergency landing at approximately 2 p.m. Four crew…
A Chinese Air force Su-35 has crashed. Reports claimed it has been shot by Taiwan air defence system. The CCP’s People’s Liberation Army Sukai 35 fighter plane crashed in Guangxi. Reports claimed that the fighter jet was flying over the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea. A video shows multiple flames and dark smoke…
A Royal Netherlands Air Force Lockheed Martin F-35A made an emergency landing. The military aircraft squawked 7700 during a test flight and was forced to land in Turin.
Two pilots and two crewmembers safely bailed out of a Navy E-2C Hawkeye aircraft before it crashed north of Norfolk, Virginia, during a Monday training flight. The Hawkeye, a twin turboprop airborne early warning and command-and-control aircraft, crashed near Wallops Island at about 4:05 p.m., Navy officials announced Monday afternoon. There are no reports of…
NATO says that a Russian Su-27 Flanker fighter jet committed a “significant violation” of Danish airspace while intercepting a U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress in the Baltic Sea region last week. The incident occurred as six of these heavy bombers, including four from a detachment presently forward-deployed in the United Kingdom, were conducting overflights of…
Two Typhoons took off to escort a Ryanair flight to London Stansted. Two RAF Typhoons have been scrambled from RAF Coningsby on a QRA. A RAF KC3 has also been launched from Brize Norton. Ryanair flight #FR7364 from Vienna to London Stansted triggered due to suspicious objects discovered in a lavatory. The Lauda A320 (reg.…
A Ukrainian Air Force Su-27 fighter jet hit a road sign on a highway in the country’s capital of Kyiv during highway operation on Thursday. Two Ukraine Sukhoi Su-27 heavy fighter jets were dispatched to the region for military exercises on Ukraine’s Highway M06. The fighter was being used to practice take-off and landing on…
The Pentagon has released a troubling video of a ‘unsafe interception’ between one of its aircraft and Russian fighters. At approximately 11:19 a.m. on Aug. 28, 2020, two Russian Su-27 Flanker pilots intercepted a U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber that was conducting routine operations in the black sea over international waters. The Pentagon said the…
The plane made the emergency stop after a suspected bird strike during the fly past over the capital. The ‘Arrow 6’ jet is understood to have been damaged in the incident. It was accompanied to Edinburgh Airport by support plane ‘Arrow 9’ and landed safely.
An AI pilot defeated a human pilot in a clean sweep of virtual reality dogfights, with experts hailing the victory as a significant moment for artificial intelligence, sources reported. The artificial intelligence algorithm, developed by Heron Systems and flying under the call sign “Falco,” beat a human F-16 pilot in simulated dogfights 5-0 in the…
On Monday, the Belarusian Defence Ministry claimed it used Mi-24 military helicopters to stop eight air balloons “with anti-state slogans” from crossing the border during the Freedom Way demonstration in Lithuania. “A probe of eight balloons with anti-state symbols was launched from the adjacent territory. Thanks to the actions of the crews of the Mi-24…