Six Russian aircraft close to Japanese airspace forced fighter jets to be scrambled today,NHK reported today. Japanese defence forces first reacted after two Tu-95 Bear strategic bombers were seen close to the Japan airspace in Pacific Ocean. Russia then sent two Ilyushin Il-38 fighters to an area near the coast of Hokkaido, Japan’s northernmost island,…
The US has carried out a missile strike against a Syrian air base in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack on a rebel-held town. Fifty-nine Tomahawk cruise missiles were fired from two US Navy ships in the Mediterranean. President Donald Trump said they hit the Shayrat base that launched Tuesday’s attack. It is the…
A fighter jet of D.C. Air National Guard’s 113th Fighter Wing has crashed two miles south of Joint Base Andrews, near Washington DC, according to reports. NBC News reported that two people had ejected from the plane and been located by emergency services. Please reload the page for updates… UPDATE 1416 UTC F-16 pilot from DC…
To commemorate the United States’entry into World War I, the Patrouille de France has been invited to tour America from March to May 2017 to perform in a number of air shows and flybys. It has been 31 years since the Patrouille de France last toured North America. It will now be there to pay…
North Korea fired four banned ballistic missiles on Monday that flew about 620 miles, with three of them landing in waters that Japan claims as its exclusive economic zone, South Korean and Japanese officials said. The test-launches appeared to be a reaction to huge U.S.-South Korean military drills that those countries consider routine but that Pyongyang…
