An overstressed back-seat passenger inadvertently ejected from a two-seat fighter jet Rafale, a new French military report says. The back-seat passenger on the March 2019 flight from Saint Dizier, France was a 64-year-old contractor according to the report published April 6 by the French military’s air accident investigation office. His colleagues, who included a former…
The Navy’s top admiral says the crew aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt are “struggling” almost 500 of them are infected with the coronavirus more than a week after their beloved captain was controversially fired. Vice Admiral Bill Merz visited the ship in Guam Tuesday after the sacking of Captain Brett Crozier, whose memo to…
Brett Crozier, the captain of a U.S. aircraft carrier relieved of his command, was given a hero’s ovation by his crew when he left the vessel. Here is brief clip showed Captain Brett Crozier walking down the gangplank of the Theodore Roosevelt as crew members repeatedly chanted “Captain Crozier, Captain Crozier!” The removal of Crozier,…
Another Quick Reaction Alert within few days. Two RAF Voyagers were scrambled this morning from RAF BrizeNorton as Russian aircraft triggered the NATO defense system once again. Please reload for updates… A RAF voyager headed to North of Aberdeen Another RAF voyager is now between UK and Danemark, followed by at least one Typhoon. Two…
U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors and Royal Canadian Air Force F-18s, supported by KC-135 Stratotanker and E-3 Sentry AWACS aircraft, intercepted two Russian Tu-142 near Alaska. The Tu-142s sometimes fly near international borders to collect data about a country’s air defense network and to collect mapping and signals intelligence. The United States also conducts similar…
A Pakistan Air Force (PAF) fighter jet crashed in the capital Islamabad on Wednesday morning, a PAF spokesperson said. The F-16 aircraft crashed during a rehearsal for the Pakistan Day parade, held annually on March 23. The jet fell down in Shakarparian, a wooded hilly area on the outskirts of the capital. The spokesperson did…
A pair of F-35 fighter jets from Ørland air base followed two Tu-142s and one MiG-31 over the Norwegian and North Sea Saturday. Russian maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft on Saturday came from the north and were first noticed by the air control station in Sørreisa, northern Norway, the Joint Head Quarters informs. Two…
RAF Quick Reaction Alert Typhoon aircraft were scrambled today from RAF Lossiemouth and RAF Coningsby. Quick Reaction Alert at RAF Lossiemouth and RAF Coningsby was scrambled today to intercept Russian long range aviation as it entered the UK’s area of interest. The Typhoons were supported by a Voyager tanker from RAF Brize Norton. At no…
A Casa C-101 Aviojet belonging to the Spanish Air Force’s display team Patrulla Águila, has crashed into sea today near La Manga, in Murcia. The pilot, Commander Eduardo Fermín Garvalena, was killed in the accident. The Spanish Air Force released a statement saying that a C-101 jet of the Academia General del Aire, the academy…
A Quick Reaction Alert is currently in progress after a Russian TU-95 has been spotted west of Norway. The Royal Air Force scrambled at least a Voyager from Brize Norton and two Typhoon fighter jets from Lossiemouth. UPDATE North Russia fleet said twi Tu-142 flew over Norway sea. The RAF aircraft are flying to Shetland…
An Airbus A320 with 172 passengers on board was forced to made an emergency landing in Russia-controlled Khmeimim air base after Syrian air defense was activated. The Cham Wings Airlines A320 was diverted by the Damascus ATC as the Syrian air defense systems engaged four Israeli F-16s and was on high alert due to incoming…
New photorealistic renderings of the B-21 Long Range Strike Bomber have been released. The USAF and Northrop Grumman published new concepts of the next-generation bomber, showing the stealth aircraft in various hangars at bomber bases across the US. The B-21 Raider is a new bomber being developed to replace the Air Force’s aging B-1 Lancer…
