A U.S. aircraft carrier arrived in South Korea on Friday for the first time in about four years, set to join other military vessels in a show of force intended to send a message to North Korea. USS Ronald Reagan and ships from its accompanying strike group docked at a naval base in the southern…
Shortly after President Joe Biden condemned Russia’s war in Ukraine during a Wednesday speech to the United Nations, a fighter jet scrambled to intercept a nearby potential threat. A small plane flew into restricted airspace about 20 nautical miles east of New York City about 11:40 a.m. and did not respond to radio calls, according…
Vulcan bomber at Wellesbourne airfield has just overshot the runway during a hot taxi run. Almost made it to the road. A Vulcan bomber has run off a runway at an airfield in Warwickshire, narrowly avoiding a local road. Warwickshire Police said Stratford Road was closed near Wellesbourne Mountford Airfield after the incident on Friday.…
A Russian Su-25 attack aircraft has crashed on takeoff. “The Su-25 invaders suddenly refused to fly, so it will not bring death to the Ukrainians,” Tsaplienko wrote in a comment on the video, without specifying exactly where the plane crashed. Journalist Andrei Tsaplienko reported this on Telegram on Monday, September 12. In this video, it…
An USAF Special Operations CV-22 Osprey is stuck in the nature reserve Stongodden on the island of Senja in Troms (Norway). The aircraft, CV-22B 10-0053, belonging to the 7th Special Operations Squadron ‘Aircommandos’ based at Mildenhall (UK), made an emergency landing there on 12 August 2022. Since the event, the Osprey is stuck on the…
Black Bear Scales Barbed Wire Fencing in Florida. A driver in Florida recorded a video of a black bear scaling a fence at Tyndall Air Force Base in Panama City, Florida, on August 10. Kevin Dalrymple, the recorder, was driving by the air base that morning when he spotted the big bear carefully maneuvering over…
A Red Arrows plane was forced to make an emergency landing on Sunday after it collided with a bird during a display flight, shattering the windscreen. The cracked cockpit canopy can clearly be seen in pictures of the plane, taken as it comes into land at Hawarden airport in Wales. The pilot had been flying…
Russian jets suspected of violating Finnish airspace, defence ministry says. Two Russian MiG-31 fighter jets are suspected of violating Finnish airspace on Thursday morning near the coastal city of Porvoo on the Gulf of Finland, the Finnish defence ministry said. The suspected violation happened at 0640 GMT and the jets were westbound, communications chief Kristian…
Russia says a RC-135 violated its airspace. An RC-135 reconnaissance plane of the British Royal Air Force illegally crossed Russia’s state border in the Arctic area of Cape Svyatoy Nos, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday. The Russian Defense Ministry claims the British plane was “intercepted” over the Barents Sea, near the main base…
On 1st August, a NATO Airbus A330-243MRTT aircraft made an emergency landing at Eindhoven Airport with a refuelling hose dangling off the port wing. The A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport aircraft, with registration T-057, was returning from a refuelling mission in the north of the country. The aircraft returned for an emergency landing after the crew…
At least 18 international routes are affected and have to re-route to avoid Mainland China military drill. China warned airlines operating in Asia to avoid flying in areas around Taiwan where it is conducting military exercises in response to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the island. An official notice sent late on Tuesday…
Several US Navy helicopters were damaged when a thunderstorm passed through the Norfolk NAS Chambers in Virginia. At least nine helicopters were seriously damaged at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, on July 26 when a powerful thunderstorm blew through. A spokesperson from Naval Air Force Atlantic confirmed the helicopters located at Chambers Field sustained damage while…