North Korea accused the United States on Tuesday of pushing the Korean peninsula to the brink of nuclear war after a pair of strategic U.S. bombers flew training drills with the South Korean and Japanese air forces in another show of strength. The two supersonic B-1B Lancer bombers were deployed amid rising tensions over North…
Syrian rebel and intelligence sources said Israel struck an arms supply hub on Thursday operated by the Lebanese Hezbollah group near Damascus airport where weapons from Tehran are regularly sent by commercial and military cargo planes. Israeli Intelligence Minister Israel Katz, speaking from the United States, where he has been meeting U.S. officials, to Israeli…
A Mig-31 military plane has crashed in the Russian Republic of Buryatia, western Siberia. Both pilots managed to eject, according to the Russian Defense Ministry’s preliminary information. The incident happened as the jet was conducting a training flight over the Telemba Airfield. A helicopter has been dispatched as part of the search and rescue operation.
⚠ US F-35s arrive in Estonia https://t.co/jJRi7bXFMV pic.twitter.com/fDkbkgVpnz — Already Happened (@M3t4_tr0n) April 25, 2017 The jets will remain in Estonia for several weeks and conduct training flights with other aircraft of the U.S. and allied air forces. Eight F-35s and 250 airmen belonging to the 34th Fighter Squadron, 388th Fighter Wing and the Air…
A suicide blast has reportedly taken place near a US Air Force base in Afghanistan, according to local media. It occurred shortly after US Defense Secretary James Mattis arrived in the country. The attack, which reportedly happened in the eastern province of Khost, comes after Mattis’ arrival to discuss the situation on the ground, as…
The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson is scheduled to arrive in the waters around the Korean peninsula within days. Meanwhile, Japan said two of its ships have joined the aircraft carrier group for a joint exercise. The aircraft carrier group should arrive in waters along the Korean Peninsula “within days,” US Vice President Mike Pence…
Two Anchorage-based fighter jets intercepted a pair of Russian bombers Monday night off Kodiak Island in what an Air Force commander called the first such flight seen near Alaska in nearly two years. Lt. Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach, head of both the Alaskan Command and the Alaska NORAD Region, said Tuesday that the detection and intercept…
