U.S. Will Support F-16 Training for Ukraine The decision comes amid pressure from some European allies to allow Ukraine to obtain the advanced fighter jets, and as President Zelensky is expected to attend a G7 meeting in Japan. President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine landed in Japan on Saturday to meet with leaders of the world’s…
An F-15D fighter jet crashed into an irrigation canal after leaving the runway at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls Monday afternoon, the Air Force said Tuesday. The Air Force said the jet was returning from a routine training mission. It landed on the runway and ended up going into a Bureau of Reclamation irrigation canal…
Ukraine says it repelled a “complex” Russian attack, a day after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy returned from his whistle-stop European tour. Ukrainian anti-aircraft defences kicked into action before dawn on Tuesday, intercepting a flurry of Russian drones and missiles fired at the capital Kyiv. “The enemy launched a complex attack from several directions and simultaneously, using…
A group of US fighter jets intercepted six Russian military aircraft near Alaska. The incident happened where ongoing US military training exercises were being conducted, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said on Sunday. NORAD said it “detected, tracked, positively identified and intercepted six Russian aircraft operating in and near the Alaska Air Defense…
At least two Russian aircraft have crashed in Russia’s Bryansk region near the country’s border with Ukraine. A Su-34 combat jet and a Mi-8 helicopter came down on Saturday, according to Russia’s state-owned Tass news agency. Russian online news channel Mash posted on Telegram that another Mi-8 helicopter and a Su-35 warplane crashed in the…
A Polish plane nearly crashed after a Russian fighter jet intercepted it in a series of ‘aggressive and dangerous’ manoeuvres, according to Poland’s border force. The Polish surveillance plane, an L-410 Turbolet, was on patrol for the EU’s border agency over the Black Sea on Friday when a Russian Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jet flew within…
A military plane belonging to the Salvadoran Air Force, had to make an emergency landing. A military plane, a Cessna A-37 Dragonfly model, which belongs to the Salvadoran Air Force, had to make an emergency landing this Sunday at the Monseñor Oscar Arnulfo Romero International Airport in El Salvador while it was on fire. Authorities…
US F-16 Fighter Jet Crashes During Training Near Air Force Base in South Korea. A U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jet crashed in a field south of Seoul, South Korea, during a training exercise on Saturday, the U.S. military said in a press release. According to authorities, the pilot crashed “in an agricultural area” near Osan Air…
The Coronation flypast was supposed to see over 60 aircraft on a spectacular show over London to mark the coronation of the King . But due to the weather and low clouds, the flypast over Buckingham Palace has been scaled down. The flypast was finally formed of helicopters and The Red Arrows. Then the Red…
Russia has accused Ukraine of attempting a drone attack on the Kremlin with the aim of killing President Vladimir Putin. Russia accused Ukraine of attempting a drone strike on the Kremlin with the aim of killing president Vladimir Putin, reported quoting Russian news agencies. UPDATE Kremlin says May 9 parade in Moscow going ahead despite…
Fighter jets were scrambled to track Russian patrol aircraft over North Atlantic. NATO fighter jets scrambled on Sunday to track a Russian maritime patrol aircraft that violated air safety rules over the North Atlantic, the alliance said on Tuesday. “The (Russian) aircraft was not complying with international air safety rules and could pose a danger…
Captain of the Frecce Tricolori dies in an accident with an ultralight, Alessio Ghersi was 34 years old. The Air Force expressed condolences for the accident involving a civilian aircraft in which the two occupants lost their lives in the late afternoon yesterday, including the captain Alessio Ghersi, pilot in service with the 313th aerobatic…