The control tower of La Rochelle airport received recieved an emergency landing call Thursday noon. The pilot of an Alphajet of the Air Force was in difficulty after the cockpit cracked due to a collision with a bird. “The collision occurred at low altitude, between 500 and 1,000 feet (1,500 and 3,000 meters)” indicates the…
A US Air Force pilot is missing after a fighter jet crashed into the North Sea. UPDATE The pilot of the downed F-15C Eagle from the 48th Fighter Wing has been located, and confirmed deceased. UPDATE The aircraft wreckage has been found. Search and rescue teams are still looking for pilot. The F-15C Eagle, from…
The RAF and the French Air Force will fly over London Heathrow to commemorate the 80th anniversary of General Charles de Gaulle’s appeal for French resistance. On Thursday, both the RAF and the French Air Force are planning a special flypast of 18 aircraft over Heathrow. The event will commemorate the 80th anniversary of General…
Russian nuclear-capable bombers were intercepted and escorted by U.S. fighter jets during a flight over neutral waters near Alaska. The first Russian formation consisted of two Tu-95 bombers, accompanied by two Su-35 fighter jets and an A-50 airborne early warning and control aircraft, which came within 20 nautical miles of Alaskan shores, according to NORAD.…
It’s a possibility that a bird strike brought down the Canadian Snowbird that killed one pilot and seriously injured another. On 17 May 2020 the Snowbirds air demonstration team was scheduled to depart Kamloops, BC to reposition to Comox, BC as part of Operation INSPIRATION, an operation undertaken by 431 (AD) Sqn to travel around…
Russian Su-27 and Su-30 fighter jets were scrambled to intercept US Air Force B-1B strategic bombers over the neutral waters of the Black Sea, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Friday. The US Air Forces in Europe and US Air Forces Africa Command issued a statement earlier on Friday that two B-1B Lancers conducted a long-range,…
The 35-year-old former journalist and public affairs officer for the Canadian Armed Forces Snowbirds — the official aerobatic team of the Royal Canadian Air Force — died last week as the jet she was flying in crashed in Kamloops, B.C. She is being remembered as a storyteller who made an impact on everyone she crossed…
This is the first time that American strategic long-range bombers are exercising in Swedish airspace, Dagens Nyheter reports. Norway’s Defense command says Wednesday’s exercise is “one of the largest of its kind, and several allied and partners trained along with the US B-1B.” The B-1B bomber is one of the three types of US strategic…
An investigation is under way after the rear door of an Air Corps helicopter detached and fell more than 250m into the grounds of a Dublin secondary school. The crew of the AW139 aircraft had successfully completed a life-saving mission to a Dublin hospital and were returning to Baldonnel Aerodrome for fuel when the incident…
A F-35A assigned to the 58th Fighter Squadron crashed upon landing around 9:30 p.m. “The pilot successfully ejected and was transported to the 96th Medical Group Hospital at Eglin for evaluation and monitoring.” the Air Force Base tweeted. The pilot was in stable condition and there was no loss of life or damage to civilians,…
The current home of the Red Arrows will close, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has revealed. The aerobatic team – formed in 1964 – has been at RAF Scampton since 2000 but will move to RAF Waddington in 2022. The MoD announced in 2018 that RAF Scampton would close as a cost-saving measure. The teams…
An aircraft with the Canadian Forces Snowbirds demonstration jet team has crashed in Kamloops on Sunday. A Canadian Snowbirds Canadair CT-114 has crashed in Kamloops, British Columbia. The plane did a barrel roll, and shortly after the barrel roll there was a spark and the pilot ejected. Then the plane took a nosedive and went…