On Jan. 29, 2018, a U.S. EP-3 Aries aircraft flying in international airspace over the Black Sea was intercepted by a Russian Su-27. This interaction was determined to be unsafe due to the Su-27 closing to within five feet and crossing directly through the EP-3’s flight path, causing the EP-3 to fly through the Su-27’s…
A heavily modernized version of the iconic Il-78 aerial fuel tanker plane has performed its maiden flight. The plane boasts new engines and wings, as well as an increased flight range and fuel capacity. The new plane, named Il-78M-90A, successfully took to the skies for the very first time on January 25. The plane was…
A Chinese military aircraft has crashed during a training session in Guizhou province in sothern China. “In the afternoon of January 29, an aircraft from the Air Force crashed during flight training in Guizhou province. Currently, search and rescue efforts are underway“, the Chinese Air Force said in a statement on its official account on…
The flight was part of the trials of the aircraft, which lasted for about seven minutes and was witnessed by a delegation of senior Russian officials, headed by the president. President Vladimir Putin has attended a test flight of Russia’s new Tu-160 strategic bomber, later suggesting that a civilian passenger version of the supersonic aircraft…
CASA CN-235 military training plane crashed Tuesday in Turkey’s southern Isparta province, killing three crew members, the governor said. Rescue teams reached the wreck of the aircraft at a remote location in Yalvaç district, Governor Şehmus Günaydın added. He noted that there was thick fog in the area, which was likely the cause of the…
The United Arab Emirates on Monday accused fighter jets belonging to Qatar of intercepting two passenger planes en route to Bahrain, in an ongoing row over alleged airspace violations. “Qatari fighter jets intercept an Emirati civilian aircraft during a routine flight to Manama in a flagrant threat to civil aviation safety and in a clear…
RAF jets have been scrambled this morning to intercept Russian planes approaching UK airspace. Two Typhoon fighters took off from RAF Lossiemouth just before 9:30am as QRA. Please reload the page for updates… UPDATE 11:15 UTC The two Russian Tu-160 Blackjacks are over the north sea. UPDATE 11:07 UTC Two Belgian Air Component F-16s have…
President Donald Trump has mistakenly said the US sold Norway fighter jets that exist only in a video game. “In November we started delivering the first F-52s and F-35 fighter jets,” Trump said. “We have a total of 52 and they’ve delivered a number of them already a little ahead of schedule.” Trump was reading…
French fighter jets were scrambled on Tuesday after Air Algerie #AH1460 to Lyon after loss of communication. On Tuesday 9 January 2018, Air Algerie Boeing 737-800 (reg. 7T-VKK) was interecepted by a Mirage 2000 scrambled from France Air Force airbase of Orange. Air Algerie flight #AH1460 from Constantine to Lyon restablished communication with Marseille ATC control…
On Friday, the U.S. Air Force released footage of “safe and standard” intercepts of Russian aircraft during NATO’s Baltic air policing mission. The video footage of two intercepts from Nov. 23 and on Dec. 13, 2017, was taken from cameras inside the cockpits of F-15s from the 493rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, belonging to the 48th…
