RAF Quick Reaction Alert Typhoon aircraft were scrambled today from RAF Lossiemouth and RAF Coningsby. Quick Reaction Alert at RAF Lossiemouth and RAF Coningsby was scrambled today to intercept Russian long range aviation as it entered the UK’s area of interest. The Typhoons were supported by a Voyager tanker from RAF Brize Norton. At no…
A Casa C-101 Aviojet belonging to the Spanish Air Force’s display team Patrulla Águila, has crashed into sea today near La Manga, in Murcia. The pilot, Commander Eduardo Fermín Garvalena, was killed in the accident. The Spanish Air Force released a statement saying that a C-101 jet of the Academia General del Aire, the academy…
A Quick Reaction Alert is currently in progress after a Russian TU-95 has been spotted west of Norway. The Royal Air Force scrambled at least a Voyager from Brize Norton and two Typhoon fighter jets from Lossiemouth. UPDATE North Russia fleet said twi Tu-142 flew over Norway sea. The RAF aircraft are flying to Shetland…
An Airbus A320 with 172 passengers on board was forced to made an emergency landing in Russia-controlled Khmeimim air base after Syrian air defense was activated. The Cham Wings Airlines A320 was diverted by the Damascus ATC as the Syrian air defense systems engaged four Israeli F-16s and was on high alert due to incoming…
New photorealistic renderings of the B-21 Long Range Strike Bomber have been released. The USAF and Northrop Grumman published new concepts of the next-generation bomber, showing the stealth aircraft in various hangars at bomber bases across the US. The B-21 Raider is a new bomber being developed to replace the Air Force’s aging B-1 Lancer…
North American Aerospace Defense Command announced on Friday that two Russian Tu-160 Blackjack strategic bombers were identified. The aircraft entered the Canadian Air Defense Identification but remained in international airspace and did not enter United States or Canadian sovereign airspace. NORAD is a binational command focused on the defense of both the U.S. and Canada,…
A top CIA chief who orchestrated the assassination of an Iranian general was killed when a US military plane crashed in Taliban territory in Afghanistan, Tehran has claimed. The crashed plane in the east of Afghanistan was a Bombardier E-11A from the US Air Force. De Andrea, who was responsible for the assassination of Iran’s…
A C-130BZ Hercules transport aircraft of the South African Air Force (SAAF) has crash landed at Goma airport in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo today. The aircraft was transporting 59 passengers and eight crew members from the UN mission when its left engine caught fire upon landing, said Mathias Gillman, acting spokesperson for the…
Satellite photos taken Wednesday show that an Iranian missile strike has caused extensive damage at Ain al-Assad air base in Iraq, which houses U.S. and coalition troops. The photos show hangars and buildings hit hard by a barrage of Iranian missiles that were fired early Wednesday morning local time. At least five structures were damaged…
The Australian Prime Minister and Defence Minister have today announced a proactive mobilisation and upscaling of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) response to the ongoing and unprecedented fire crisis across Australia. The move will also see 3000 Defence Reserves immediately called out for the first time in history. The governor-general has signed off on the…
A U.S. airstrike killed Iranian Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani in Baghdad late Thursday, the Pentagon said, a dramatic escalation of tensions between the two countries that could lead to widespread violence in the region and beyond. Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper said the Pentagon had taken “decisive defensive action” against Soleimani, the revered military…
Eight passengers aboard an Army UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter that crashed in the mountains of northern Taiwan this morning have died, including the Chief of the General Staff Shen Yi-ming, according to the Ministry of National Defense. The helicopter took off at 7:50 a.m. from Songshan Air Force Base bound for a base in Yilan’s…