RAF jets have been scrambled this morning to intercept Russian planes approaching UK airspace. Two Typhoon fighters took off from RAF Lossiemouth just before 9:30am as QRA. Please reload the page for updates… UPDATE 11:15 UTC The two Russian Tu-160 Blackjacks are over the north sea. UPDATE 11:07 UTC Two Belgian Air Component F-16s have…
President Donald Trump has mistakenly said the US sold Norway fighter jets that exist only in a video game. “In November we started delivering the first F-52s and F-35 fighter jets,” Trump said. “We have a total of 52 and they’ve delivered a number of them already a little ahead of schedule.” Trump was reading…
French fighter jets were scrambled on Tuesday after Air Algerie #AH1460 to Lyon after loss of communication. On Tuesday 9 January 2018, Air Algerie Boeing 737-800 (reg. 7T-VKK) was interecepted by a Mirage 2000 scrambled from France Air Force airbase of Orange. Air Algerie flight #AH1460 from Constantine to Lyon restablished communication with Marseille ATC control…
On Friday, the U.S. Air Force released footage of “safe and standard” intercepts of Russian aircraft during NATO’s Baltic air policing mission. The video footage of two intercepts from Nov. 23 and on Dec. 13, 2017, was taken from cameras inside the cockpits of F-15s from the 493rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, belonging to the 48th…
Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base Darwin was put on hightened alert after Russian long range bombers flew out of Indonesia during exercises earlier in December. The “short period” of “increased readiness” was in response to 100 Russian personnel, plus aircraft. 2 Ilyushin-76 arrived at Biak Airbase in the East Papua Province of Indonesia on…
A US airforce base in Suffolk, RAF Mildenhall, has been placed in lockdown following a security incident. The incident at the base used by the US air force involved an individual in a vehicle trying to force his way through a checkpoint, the Ministry of Defence said. UPDATE 15:30 shots were fired by a US serviceman.…
South Korean fighter jets were scrambled after five Chinese military planes entered the country’s airspace. The Chinese aircraft entered the Korean Air Defence Identification Zone (KADIZ) from southwest of Socotra Rock. The submerged rock is the subject of a maritime dispute between South Korea and China, and it serves as the foundation for a South…
A Russian fighter jet pilot has given a whole new meaning to ‘flight inspection.’ A video apparently shot in Syria shows a Su-30SM peeking inside a military transport plane just after an airdrop, flying mere meters from the open ramp. The video of the mind-blowing stunt, which surfaced on Russian social media this week, was…
The aircraft being buzzed appears to be an Su-30, while the one doing the flyby is likely an Su-35. Both aircraft are clearly armed with an air-to-air loadout.
