Pakistan’s army has announced that its Air Force had downed two Indian warplanes in the Pakistani airspace, adding that one Indian pilot had been captured. An army spokesman said one plane had fallen inside Pakistani territory and a pilot had been arrested. There is no confirmation from India, which claimed to have shot down a Pakistani…
US reconnaissance aircraft have made an increased number of flights in international airspace off the coast of Venezuela in a bid to obtain classified information, the unnamed defence sources told CNN on Tuesday. The sources did not detail which US spy planes were being used for the mission, but unconfirmed social media reports identified one…
Two planes of the aerobatic team of the Indian Air Force crashed in preparation for the AeroIndia 2019 air show. Two Indian Air Force planes collided in mid-air in the southern state of Karnataka on Tuesday while rehearsing an aerobatic show, killing one pilot and injuring two others. The aerobatic team was scheduled to perform…
Capt. Zoe Kotnik, the first female pilot to head the F-16 Viper demonstration team, was relieved of command. “Col. Derek O’Malley, 20th Fighter Wing commander, relieved Capt. Zoe Kotnik from command Feb. 11 due to a loss of confidence in her ability to lead and command the Air Combat Command F-16 Viper demonstration team,” said…
A Russian Air Force pilot has released this video showing how a RuAF Su-27P (from 72nd Guards AvB) dangerously banked in front of a USAF F-15C of 493rd Fighter Squadron. This incident happened while the F-15 was patrolling over Baltic Sea as a part of NATO Baltic Air-policing mission.
Military authorities say US Air Force and Canadian fighter jets were scrambled to escort two Russian bombers that were traveling near the North American coastline. The North American Aerospace Defense Command says two F-22 and two CF-18 fighter jets identified two Russian Tu-160 Blackjack strategic bombers that were entering an area patrolled by the Royal…
Russian Defence Ministry issued a statement saying that a Russian Su-27 fighter jet scrambled to intercept a US Boeing P-8A Poseidon military aircraft above the Baltic Sea, however, without mentioning the date and time of the incident. The Russian Defence Ministry has released a video online showing how a Su-27 escorts a US Boeing P-8A Poseidon…
Two crew members of a Tu-22M3 have died and two more were injured during a hard landing in Russia’s Murmansk region. “On 22 January, the Tu-22M3, after completing a scheduled training flight in the Murmansk region, made a hard landing when it encountered heavy snow” the ministry said in a statement. According to a report, 1 crew was taken…
A Blue Angels pilot had to make an emergency landing during a training flight in California on Tuesday. The F/A-18 Hornet’s main landing gear did not extend on approach to the airfield following a training flight according to a release from the Navy. The pilot landed the aircraft with no injury to himself or ground…
Syrian state media on Sunday accused Israel of conducting a rare daylight missile attack in and around Damascus, triggering the country’s air defenses. Local Syrian media said the targets of strike were in Damascus International Airport and in the town of al-Kiswah, south of the capital. The Russian military, which is allied with Syrian dictator…
