Announcing the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team’s historic nine-week programme, Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson said the Red Arrows would display across the Americas, reaching millions of people and showcasing the very best of British aviation. He said: “Our Red Arrows fly the flag for Britain across the globe, both in the skies and on the…
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) have immediately grounded all of their F-35 fighters after a USMC F-35B crashed in South Carolina 28 September. The action follows that taken by the USAF, IDF and RAF. In a statement to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), the Australian Defence Force (ADF) says, “the F-35 fleet has been…
The U.S. military on Thursday grounded its entire fleet of F-35 stealth fighters after one of the jets crashed during a training mission in South Carolina last month, officials said Thursday. The stand down affects more than 200 jets while an “inspection of a fuel tube” in F-35 engines takes place, according to a Pentagon spokesman.…
An F-16 aircraft has been completely destroyed after exploding at a Belgian military base, according to the country’s Air Force. Two people have reportedly been injured, and a second plane was damaged. “A fire was declared during maintenance work on an F-16” in Florennes, the Air Force wrote on Twitter, adding that the plane was…
A MiG-29 military jet crashed in a forest near the Russian capital on Friday morning. Both pilots managed to eject before the aircraft crashed in the Kolomensky district of the Moscow Region. The twin-engine jet belonged to the Gromov Flight Research Institute, media reported, citing sources in law enforcement agencies The plane, which was flying from Zhukovsky Airport…
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Two military Antonov An-30 and An-32 have been destroyed in a ground collision on the runway at Khartoum Intl Airport, Sudan. The airport was closed until further notice. No information about casualties yet. CCTV footage shows the An-32 struck the tail of the preceding An-26 on runway 18 at Khartoum Airport.
China said it is opposed to US jets taking “provocative actions” in the disputed South China Sea, a day after Washington confirmed that its B-52 long-range bombers flew near the contested territories. On Tuesday, a group of B-52 bombers “participated in a regularly scheduled, combined operation in the East China Sea,” Pentagon spokesman Lieutenant Colonel…
