Another RAAF C-17 was loaded with military assistance, bound for Ukraine. Air Movements Operators from No. 23 Squadron loaded military assistance bound for Ukraine onto a Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster III aircraft at RAAF Base Amberley, Queensland. The Australian Government are providing six M777 155mm lightweight towed howitzers and 155mm howitzer ammunition to…
Britain’s biggest warship sailed within 900 miles of the North Pole as the Royal Navy pushed the boundaries of aircraft carrier operations into the Arctic. HMS Prince of Wales led a task group to 77 Degrees North in the North Atlantic to demonstrate the ability of the UK’s two 65,000-tonne Queen Elizabeth-class carriers to operate…
A large fire broke out early on Monday at an oil storage facility in the Russian city of Bryansk, the emergencies ministry said, adding that no one was injured. Two locations in the western Russian city of Bryansk where oil is stored were seen ablaze overnight on April 25, according to numerous open-source intelligence reports…
The government of India cancelled an order of 48 Mil Mi-17 V5 helicopters of Russian manufacture in the last days. However this decision is not linked to the war in Ukraine, the order is cancelled with the aim of encouraging the local production of aircraft. Those of Moscow are multi-role rotary wing aircraft manufactured in…
A transport plane has crashed in south Ukraine on technical flight. A Ukrainian AN-26 transport plane crashed during a “technical flight” in southern Ukraine on Friday and there were casualties, local authorities said. UPDATE The Zaporizhzhia regional administration said that, according to preliminary and unconfirmed information, the plane hit an electricity pole and the engine…
As one of the smallest militaries in NATO, Slovakia is playing an important part in providing Ukraine with the types of armament it requires to hold off Russia’s invasion. According to oryx, Slovakia is currently considering donating its entire fleet of MiG-29 fighter aircraft to Ukraine. The delivery of MiG-29s to Ukraine would be a…
A US aircraft was patrolling the Black Sea in the hours before the Moskva was hit by Ukrainian missiles, The Times reveals. A Boeing P8 Poseidon was within 100 miles of the Moskva on the day the Russian cruiser sustained catastrophic damage. Hundreds of sailors are thought to have died when the flagship of the…
Ukraine received fighter jets and spare parts from US allies said the Pentagon. John Kirby clarified that the United States helped with the delivery of additional spare parts, but did not transport the “whole” plane. He did not specify which country/countries provided the aircraft. Credit: Plane Spotters Bacau
Russia is increasingly harassing NATO aircraft near Polish air space. “The current situation brings more tension—more risk—and it’s definitely more serious for the whole NATO community,” Polish Chief of the Air Force Directorate Brig. Gen. Ireneusz Nowak said via videoconference. Nowak said Russian Su-35s, Su-27s, and MiG-29s from Belarus have approached Polish air space multiple…
Serbia will send official requests to Russia and NATO over an incident in which a fighter jet, presumably a NATO one, used a civilian plane of Air Serbia to enter the Russian airspace, Serbian President told the national television. “The plane was not far from the Russian border with Latvia, we were warned to try…
Russian strikes on Melitopol Air Base have damaged Ukrainian military planes. Russian missile strikes on the Melitopol Air Base have destroyed two IL-76MD, which was used by the Ukrainian 25th Transport Aviation Brigade. One of them was recently refurbished and active, however the second (reg. 76322) was not operational and stationed there for a long…
Ukrainian forces let the world know that they had shot down one of Russia’s most capable aircraft Sunday. The Su-35 has been seen falling vertically before pancaking in the Kharkiv region. Various sources confirmed that photos showed the wreck of an Su-35, which is considered Russia’s most elite and modern platform. The plane in Ukraine…