NEWS Germany’s military is launching a new cyber expertise amid fears hackers can hijack warplanes
Germany’s military is launching a new “aviation cyber expertise” as an urgent measure in response to a government-funded research revealing that hackers would be able to seize command of a military aircraft with equipment worth just a few thousand dollars. The new initiative, propelled by the head of the German Military Aviation Authority, Major General…
BREAKING 16 killed in US military KC-130 crash in Mississippi
Sixteen people have been killed after a US military plane crashed in rural Mississippi. Emergency services were scouring a large field of debris on Monday night where the Marine Corps KC-130 refuelling tanker spiralled to the ground about 85 miles north of Jackson in Mississippi’s LeFlore County. Fred Randle, the county’s director of emergency management,…
NEWS Pentagon says North Korea’s intercontinental ballistic missile was a kind never seen before
US officials have said the intercontinental ballistic missile test-fired by North Korea was something they had “never seen before”. As the West scrambled to assess the threat posed by the missile, which may have the capability of hitting Alaska – and responding by sabre-rattling of its own – Pentagon officials said the two-stage device fired…
ALERT US Secretary of State Tillerson asking for a “global action to stop a threat” after new North Korea’s missile launch
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson strongly condemned North Korea’s intercontinental ballistic missile launch, calling it “a new escalation of the threat to the United States, our allies and partners, the region, and the world” in a statement Tuesday. “Global action is required to stop a global threat,” he said. “Any country that hosts North…
NEWS Bashar Assad tries out role of Su-35 fighter jet pilot at Russia’s Khmeymim airbase (video)
The Russian chief of staff, General Valery Gerasimov, accompanied Assad, according to a statement by Russia’s Defense Ministry. The two discussed coordinating actions of the Syrian government forces with the help of the Russian military against Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) and the Al-Nusra Front in Syria. Syrian President Bashar Assad has tried out the…
ALERT Thunderbird F-16 flips over at Dayton, Ohio after Air Show practice
Emergency crews were on scene at Ohio’s Dayton International Airport on Friday afternoon after reports that a military jet ran off the runway and flipped over during a practice for an air show. UPDATE The plane sustained damage and the pilot and his passenger, a tactical aircraft maintainer, were taken to a local hospital where…
NEWS US release pictures of Russian jet intercepting US recon plane over Baltic Sea
Striking photos released Friday show just how dangerously close a Russian fighter jet came to a U.S. Air Force reconnaissance aircraft in a Monday interaction deemed “provocative” by a U.S. official. The images show the Russian SU-27 coming within five feet of the wing of the U.S. RC-135U so close the Russian pilot can be…
NEWS F-16 fighter jet under direction of #NORAD crashed on takeoff from Houston Ellington Airport, pilot safely ejected
Officials say an F-16 fighter jet caught fire while attempting to take off at Ellington Airport in Houston and the pilot ejected. The Houston Fire Department said in a statement that crews were dispatched to assist with a “downed plane” late Wednesday morning. The statement says the F-16 was on fire on the ground after…
