This shows the moment what looks like the trailing edge of the right horizontal stabilizer broke away, followed by a stream of debris from the same area. Almost immediately the pilot abandoned the display, climbing above the cloud base and staying there for around 10 minutes to check the situation, before descending and landing safely.
South Korean warplanes fired hundreds of warning shots at a Russian military aircraft that entered South Korean airspace on Tuesday, defence officials said, while Russia denied violating any airspace and accused South Korean pilots of being reckless. It was the first time a Russian military aircraft had violated South Korean airspace, an official at the…
On June 27, an Indian Air Force Jaguar Deep Strike aircraft suffered a bird strike immediately after taking off for a training mission from the Air Force Station Ambala. A flock of birds caused one of the two Rolls Royce-Turbomeca Adour engines to flame out, prompting the pilot to abort the training flight. The young…
Syrian air defenses have responded to apparent missiles attacks in the vicinity of Damascus and Homs, Sana reports, with its military source claiming that a number of ‘hostile targets’ have been intercepted. Israel F-16Ds fighter jets from 109sq launched cruise missiles. #IAF jets involved in the airstrikes over #Syria pic.twitter.com/HVllyHW4ve — Intel Sky & Air…
Two German armed forces Eurofighter jets have collided and crashed in the Müritz area of north-eastern Germany. One of the Eurofighters went down in a forest while the other crashed near a village about 10km (6 miles) away, the interior ministry in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania said. One pilot was killed while the pilot…
RAF Typhoon jets have caused a sonic boom after they scrambled to intercept a plane near Stansted Airport. Two Typhoon departed RAF Coningsby squawking NATO air policing due to a possible Quick Alert Answer. A RAF Voyager also departed from RAF Brize Norton. The incident happened at about 6:45 p.m. on Saturday when people in…
President Donald Trump ordered a military strike on Iranian targets in response to Tehran’s shooting down of a naval surveillance drone before reversing course. US was primed to target three separate sites in Iran. British military chiefs were notified about plans for a US strike against Iranian targets overnight. The decision to abort the strike…
IRGC claims a U.S. Spy Drone has been shot down Over Hormuzgan Province. Major General Hossein Salami, the commander-in-chief of Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, said on Thursday that Iran had downed a US drone to send a “clear message” to Washington. Iranian paramilitary forces stated on Thursday that a US spy drone had been…
The B-52, an American bomber, was spotted by several people on social media flying in circles around the base as it tried to burn off fuel before landing on Monday. There were two B-52s, one was in a holding pattern waiting for a tanker from RAF Mildenhall. It then developed an engine issue and landed.…
Moscow scrambled a Su-27 fighter jet to closely tail US and Swedish reconnaissance aircraft as they headed towards Russian airspace above the Baltic Sea. The MoD also shared the ‘pilot’s view’ of the escort. The Russian jet was scrambled on Monday in response to the aircraft approaching the nation’s airspace above the Baltic Sea. The…
An Indian Air Force transport aircraft that took off from Assam’s Jorhat earlier today with 13 people onboard has gone missing over over hilly terrain in the Northeast. UPDATE Indian Air Force Su-30 jets & a C-130J aircraft from Eastern Air Command deployed on search mission for missing IAF An-32. The Antonov An-32 took off…
