VIDEO 11 Swiss Air Force F-18 Hornets Landing at RAF Lossiemouth
11 Swiss Air Force F-18 Hornets arriving at RAF Lossiemouth on Monday 12th of November as the prepare for 2 weeks of routine exercises in Scotland.
ALERT US Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet crashed into the Philippine Sea
US Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet crashed into the Philippine Sea. US Navy (USN), Carrier Air Wing 5 Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet from USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) crashed into the sea off Japan’s southern island of Okinawa The fighter jet crashed some 250 kilometers (156 miles) east-southeast of Okinawa’s capital city Naha at around 11:45…
ALERT US EP-3 was intercepted in the Black Sea by Russian SU-27 applying its afterburner (video)
On Nov. 5, 2018, a US EP-3 Aries aircraft flying in international airspace over the Black Sea was intercepted by a Russian SU-27. The intercepting SU-27 made an additional pass, closing with the EP-3 and applying its afterburner while conducting a banking turn away. The crew of the EP-3 reported turbulence following the first interaction,…
The Red Arrows are set to carry out their largest ever tour of North America
Announcing the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team’s historic nine-week programme, Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson said the Red Arrows would display across the Americas, reaching millions of people and showcasing the very best of British aviation. He said: “Our Red Arrows fly the flag for Britain across the globe, both in the skies and on the…
ALERT Australia grounds all F-35s
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) have immediately grounded all of their F-35 fighters after a USMC F-35B crashed in South Carolina 28 September. The action follows that taken by the USAF, IDF and RAF. In a statement to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), the Australian Defence Force (ADF) says, “the F-35 fleet has been…
ALERT Entire F-35 fleet grounded worldwide by military following crash in September
The U.S. military on Thursday grounded its entire fleet of F-35 stealth fighters after one of the jets crashed during a training mission in South Carolina last month, officials said Thursday. The stand down affects more than 200 jets while an “inspection of a fuel tube” in F-35 engines takes place, according to a Pentagon spokesman.…
BREAKING F-16 destroyed in Florennes Air Base, Belgium after a gunsmith accidentally fired on the fighter jet
An F-16 aircraft has been completely destroyed after exploding at a Belgian military base, according to the country’s Air Force. Two people have reportedly been injured, and a second plane was damaged. “A fire was declared during maintenance work on an F-16” in Florennes, the Air Force wrote on Twitter, adding that the plane was…
BREAKING Russian Mig-29 Jet has crashes in Moscow region
A MiG-29 military jet crashed in a forest near the Russian capital on Friday morning. Both pilots managed to eject before the aircraft crashed in the Kolomensky district of the Moscow Region. The twin-engine jet belonged to the Gromov Flight Research Institute, media reported, citing sources in law enforcement agencies The plane, which was flying from Zhukovsky Airport…
RAAF C-17 coolest flyby you ever seen for the Riverfire celebration in Brisbane
Credit: Kirk Millar
BREAKING Two Antonov aircraft have collided on the ground at Khartoum Airport, Sudan
Two military Antonov An-30 and An-32 have been destroyed in a ground collision on the runway at Khartoum Intl Airport, Sudan. The airport was closed until further notice. No information about casualties yet. CCTV footage shows the An-32 struck the tail of the preceding An-26 on runway 18 at Khartoum Airport.
