VIDEO Thunderbird 5 hanging out few mins ago in Lake City #AirShow
Here's Thunderbird 5 hanging out with a great Sunday crowd here in Lake City!! pic.twitter.com/F0ZkDpEvGK — Airshow News (@NewsAirshow) 10 avril 2016
BREAKING Alleged footage of a #Su22 fighter jet shoot down in Aleppo, Syria
Syrian Observatory reports rebels have shot down a warplane south of Aleppo in Syria. مقطع ثاني للطائرة الحربية التي اسقطت بريف #حلب الجنوبي . #RFS #syria #Aleppo pic.twitter.com/a2Yea8m8yp — RFS | NORTH (@RFS_NORTH) April 5, 2016
NEWS Syria conflict: First Russian planes leave after Putin surprise move
Russian forces have started leaving Syria after Monday’s surprise withdrawal announcement by President Vladimir Putin. Russian defence ministry video showed the first group of aircraft taking off from Hmeimim air base in Syria on Tuesday morning and later in flight. But Russia will continue air strikes, and keep several hundred personnel and air defence systems,…
NEWS B-52 bombers ready and able to strike ISIS targets in Iraq and Syria
American B-52 bombers are “ready and able” to strike ISIS targets in Iraq and Syria, a top Air Force official confirmed Monday. The air campaign against ISIS is “taking a toll on our aircraft, our readiness and our airmen” but the “venerable B-52 … remains ready and able to meet combatant commander requirements,” Secretary of…
VIDEO Saudi fighter jets arrive at Turkish airbase near Syrian border
Saudi fighter jets began arriving at Turkey’s Incirlik airbase on Friday, allegedly to take part in the country’s aerial missions against the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIL/ISIS) in Syria. According to Turkish authorities, the warplanes will start their operations next Thursday.
NEWS Russia has just deployed its most advanced spyplane to Syria
The Tu-214R is a Russian ISR (Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance) aircraft. In other words, a quite advanced spyplane. As we have already explained here in the past, it is a special mission aircraft equipped with all-weather radar systems and electro optical sensors that produce photo-like imagery of a large parts of the ground: these images are…
NEWS Royal Air Force Typhoons scrambled to intercept two Russian bombers heading to UK airspace
Spokesperson for the Ministry of Defence has said that RAF Typhoons have been scrambled to intercept two Russian bombers heading towards UK airspace. The typhoons were dispatched from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire following the security alert. Spokesperson: “situation on-going and this is not uncommon: BBC News says the UK’s airspace extends 12 miles from the UK coastline.…
