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ALERT Denmark threatens to deploy fighter aircraft on its bases in Greenland if Russia violates Greenlandic airspace

MilitaryBy AIRLIVE May 22, 2019 Leave a comment

Denmark will have to deploy fighter aircraft on its bases in Greenland if Russia violates Greenlandic airspace, Danish Defence Minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen of the liberal-conservative Venstre party has warned. According to the Danish military, parts of Greenland will soon be within reach of Russian aircraft, capable of breaching Greenlandic airspace without hindrance. At present,…

7 Rafale French Navy fighter jets made emergency landing in northern Indonesia

MilitaryBy AIRLIVE May 19, 2019 Leave a comment

Poor weather has forced seven French navy fighter jets taking part in a training exercise to make emergency landings in northern Indonesia. Local air force base commander Col. Hendro Arief says the crews of seven Dassault Rafale combat planes landed safely at Sultan Iskandar Muda air force base in Aceh province on Saturday, 90 minutes…

ALERT A Portuguese pilot has been shot down in Mirage F1 jet by General Haftar’s forces in Libya

MilitaryBy AIRLIVE May 7, 2019 Leave a comment

The pilot of a Mirage F1 fighter jet shot down south of Tripoli by the Libyan National Army is allegedly a Portuguese fighting in Libya as a “mercenary,” Haftar’s forces claim. The pilot has been captured by the LNA’s forces, reports say. The incident comes a day after Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar reportedly ordered the LNA…

Indian Air Chief Marshal says Rafale jets would have further hurt Pakistan in dogfight vs F-16s

MilitaryBy AIRLIVE April 18, 2019 Leave a comment

Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa said on Monday that while Pakistani jets were beaten back when they had entered Indian airspace on February 27, the favourable result could have been even more decisive had the Indian Air Force inducted Rafale jets in time. Pakistani jets had crossed into Indian airspace. The PAF jets, however, failed…

A Dutch Air Force F-16 was damaged by live fire from its own 20-millimeter cannon

MilitaryBy AIRLIVE April 11, 2019 Leave a comment

The Netherlands’ Defense Safety Inspection Agency is investigating an incident during a January military exercise in which a Dutch Air Force F-16 was damaged by live fire from a its own 20-millimeter cannon. Two F-16s were conducting firing exercises on January 21. It appears that the damaged aircraft actually caught up with the 20mm rounds…

Wreckage of Japanese F-35 fighter jet has been found but pilot is still missing

MilitaryBy AIRLIVE April 10, 2019 Leave a comment

A Japanese Air Self Defense Force F-35 jet crashed in the Pacific. Search and rescue teams found wreckage from a crashed Japanese F-35 stealth fighter in the Pacific Ocean close to northern Japan. The aircraft, less than a year old, was the first F-35 assembled in Japan and was aloft for only 28 minutes on…

VIDEO This week, two Russian Tu-160 heavy strategic bombers escorted by MiG-31 were intercepted by a Danish F-16 fighter jet

MilitaryBy AIRLIVE April 5, 2019 Leave a comment

A pair of Tu-160 strategic bombers made 13-hours flight over the Barents-, Norwegian- and North Seas. The bombers were escorted by MiG-31 fighter jet and the planes made aerial refueling, the Defense Ministry in Moscow informs. The flights happened on Wednesday and the Russian military planes were met by Danish and British fighter jets in…

BREAKING Russian Tu-160s flying off West Europe coasts are triggering Quick Alert Response

MilitaryBy AIRLIVE April 3, 2019 Leave a comment

A Quick Alert Response (QRA) was launched again today as Russian bombers Tu-160 flew over North Sea. A voyager tanker was scrambled from RAF Brize Norton. Two Typhoons were launched from RAF Lossiemouth. Two Danish Air Force F-16s were launched from Skrydstrup Air Base. A French tanker C-135FR and a E-3F Awacs are circling in…

BREAKING Russian bombers currently flying over the North Sea, two RAF Typhoons took off for interception

Exclusive, MilitaryBy AIRLIVE March 29, 2019 Leave a comment

A Quick Alert Response (QRA) from Royal Air Force was launched today as Russian bombers flew off Norwegian and UK coasts. This morning NATO radars detected Russian Aircraft flying off Norwegian coasts. A Royal Air Force tanker took from from Brize Norton base as well as an E3-F Awacs for airborne radar detection. Two RAF Typhoons…

Two Russian planes landed at Venezuela’s main airport on Saturday carrying troops

MilitaryBy AIRLIVE March 26, 2019 Leave a comment

Two planes left from a Russian military airport bound for Caracas on Friday, and another plane left Caracas on Sunday. Reporter Javier Mayorca wrote on Twitter on Saturday that the first plane carried Vasily Tonkoshkurov, chief of staff of the ground forces, adding the second was a cargo plane carrying 35 tonnes of material. An…

A civilian man has been severely injured after ejection from Rafale fighter jet during takeoff

MilitaryBy AIRLIVE March 22, 2019 Leave a comment

A 64-year old civilian passenger was accidentally ejected from a French Air Force Rafale B fighter jet as the aircraft was taking off from Saint-Dizier 113 air base on Mar. 20, 2019. The backseater, whose identity was not disclosed, is said to be a man. He suffered serious back injuries and was hospitalized according to…

VIDEO Farewell Tornado | End of Royal Air Force Tornado GR4 operations 1979-2019

Exclusive, MilitaryBy Jonathan March 1, 2019 Leave a comment

On Thursday 28th of February, the Royal Air Force performed a flypast using 9 Tornado GR4s over RAF Marham. This marks the end of frontline operations for the aircraft which has seen service in the Royal Air Force since 1979.