The Australian Minister for Defence, Marise Payne and Minister for Defence Industry, Christopher Pyne have released a joint statement announcing a $A659 million ($US499 million, €423 million, £377 million) upgrade to Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base Edinburgh to help accomodate Australia’s fleet of new P-8A Poseidon. The Poseidon are being acquired as part of…
North Korea has fired a ballistic missile, South Korean media say, quoting military officials. South Korean news agency Yonhap reported that the missile flew eastward. UPDATE 20:09 UTC Korea’s missile flew around 960km at altitude of 4,500km. UPDATE 20:03 UTC US has detected, tracked 1 North Korean launch that it believes was an intercontinental ballistic missile.…
Russia has scrambled a Su-30 fighter jet after detecting an American Р8А Poseidon reconnaissance aircraft over the Black Sea, according to a Defense Ministry statement. The Russian fighter jet buzzed the US Navy reconnaissance plane at around 1pm local time (10:00 GMT) as it was flying over the neutral waters of the Black Sea, the…
A US navy transport plane carrying 11 people crashed in the Philippine Sea south of Japan on Wednesday as it flew to the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan, the US Seventh Fleet said. It is the fifth accident this year for the fleet. Eight people were rescued, with three others missing, it said, adding…
China on Sunday again sent bombers and intelligence-gathering aircraft through international airspace between the islands of Okinawa and Miyako in the East China Sea, part of what Beijing has called continued “regular” exercises in the area. Japan scrambled fighters in response, though no violation of Japanese airspace was detected. Four H-6 bombers and two intelligence-gathering…
A Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) plane made an emergency landing at the Labuan International Airport on November, 18 following a landing gear malfunction. The Defence Ministry, in a statement, said the pilot of the military transport aircraft, C130 Hercules, was forced to land without tyres at 5.15pm, after circling for six hours to burn…
U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) directed the U.S. Navy to deploy a P-8A Poseidon multi-mission maritime aircraft to Bahia Blanca, Argentina, Nov. 18 to support the South American nation’s ongoing search for the submarine A.R.A. San Juan in the waters of the Southern Atlantic. The aircraft and its 21-person crew will depart El Salvador’s Comalapa Air…
U.S. Navy officials in Washington state confirmed one of its aircraft was involved with skywriting a figure of a penis in the Western air. Multiple people posted photos on social media showing what appears to be a male genitalia in the sky in north Washington. In a statement, officials at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island…
Two nuclear-capable Tupolev Tu-95MS strategic bombers of the Russian Aerospace Force were intercepted by U.S. F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets as they were approaching the U.S. Navy nuclear-powered Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan in the Sea of Japan, according to two U.S. defense officials. The interaction — which occurred as the Russian bombers flew about…
Local media has shown video of practice landings by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS). The aircraft landings involved the shutting down of an interstate highway by the South Australian Police (SAPOL) on 18 October. The landing practice was done with a C-27J Spartan from 35 Squadron RAAF…
