A USAF 437th Airlift Wing Boeing C-17A Globemaster III caught fire on the runway shortly after landing at Joint Base Charleston (JBC) on 9th April. The transport aircraft, serial number 10-0223, was performing flight RCH351 from Mildenhall RAF Station to Charleston when it experienced a fire in the lefthand wheel bay. JBC officials said that…
A Turkish Air Force Northrop NF-5 has crashed in Konya province. Turkey’s Defence Ministry has confirmed that a Northrop NF-5 has crashed in Konya province, south-central Turkey, and that the plane’s pilot was killed. The ministry indicated the accident happened at 2:15 pm local time, that its cause is unknown, and that an investigation has…
Ukraine Army is shelled the positions of Russia’s paramilitary forces in Donheavy fighting near Donetsk airportetsk airport. From around 7am (local time) Ukrainian armed forces have started shelling in, and around the region of Donetsk airport. Several Russian high ranking Generals from Moscow arrived #Sevastopol in Crimea on-board this Tu-204-100V of Russia State Transport Company…
Fighter jets were scrambled from several NATO countries as two Russian Air Force planes entered North Sea airspace. At 07:10 UTC, two RAF KC2 Voyager were scrambled from RAF Brize Norton. Two RAF Typhoons were also scrambled from RAF Lossiemouth. Two Belgian Air Force F-16s were scrambled by the Dutch Air Force. Dutch & Belgian…
The Ministry of Defence is temporarily grounding all Royal Navy Hawk jets while investigating a crash during a training exercise that left two pilots seriously injured. The crew from the 736 Naval Air Squadron based at RNAS Culdrose at Helston, Cornwall, ejected from the jet during the incident on March 25. The two-seater Hawk T1,…
After Uruguayan Air Force helicopter crash, 300 doses of Pfizer vaccine were lost. The Air Force helicopter that had departed this morning from Carrasco Airport and was transferring Pfizer de Rocha vaccines, suffered a “mechanical failure”, which led to an “emergency landing”, near Km. 184 of Route 9, as indicated to Montevideo Portal, from the…
A Royal Navy Hawk T1 jet has crashed in Cornwall. It is understood that both crew ejected and nobody has died. Military sources confirmed the crashed jet is from 736 Naval Squadron based at Culdrose. Devon & Cornwall Police said: “Emergency services are currently in the St Martins area of Helston following reports of a…
Marine Corps F-35B Joint Strike Fighter was significantly damaged when a round fired from its underbelly 25mm gun pod exploded. An ammunition round that exploded following its discharge from a Marine Corps F-35B Joint Strike Fighter at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, earlier this month caused damage to the stealth fighter’s fuselage, according to…
One pilot has died while the rescue mission is currently underway for the other pilot after their two Taiwan Air Force F-5E fighter jets collided and crashed into the ocean. On Monday afternoon (March 22), two F-5E fighter jets are believed to have collided and crashed into the ocean off the coast of Pingtung County…
A U.S. military drone has washed ashore on the beach at Ocean Ridge Hammock Park. The drone was discovered Friday morning on the north end of the beach, Ocean Ridge police said. Police have closed off the area while they notify the proper authorities to claim it. Featured photo: Jessica Quiles
A F-22 Raptor sitting on its nose on the tarmac at Eglin AFB. An F-22 Raptor, assigned to the 325th Fighter Wing, experienced a ground mishap at on the flightline at Eglin AFB, Florida, at approximately 3:30PM LT on Mar. 15, 2021, the base’s social media account reported. “The F-22 experienced an in-flight emergency. The…
A drunken Ukraine Air Force captain, smashed his car into a MiG-29 fighter jet at Vasylkiv Air Base in central Ukraine. The plane was being towed to another location on the base when the incident took place on 10th March. The jet caught fire after the collision and suffered significant damage. The Volkswagen Touran car…
