Russian missiles have killed two people in NATO member Poland, a senior US intelligence official has told the AP news agency. Two people have been killed in Poland after explosions hit a farm near the border with Ukraine in what is thought to be a botched Russian missile attack. UPDATE Initial findings suggest missile that…
The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) scrambled fighter jets from a base in the Persian Gulf and directed them towards Iran, after Saudi Arabia learned that the Islamic Republic was planning on launching an imminent attack on the Gulf kingdom. According to a Wall Street Journal report from November 1, which was confirmed by CENTCOM,…
A French Air Force Mirage 2000-5 fighter jet has crashed this Thursday. A French Air Force Mirage 2000-5 fighter jet crashed this Thursday, November 3 in the Luxeuil-les-Bains region in the early afternoon. The pilot, belonging to the Cigogne squadron of the air base 116 of Luxeuil-Saint Sauveur, is unscathed. He managed to eject. The…
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…