VIDEO Airbus A400M and Patrouille de France Airshow Arrival
The A400M is impressive for its size, but the smaller Alpha jets which make up the Patrouille de France display team are impressive for their stunning aerobatics. Here’s the team’s arrival at an airshow in Gatineau, in Quebec, Canada. This was a special moment for all the airshow attendees, as this marked the Patrouille de…
ALERT US air strike killed Afghan forces in friendly fire incident
A number of Afghan security forces servicemen have been killed in a US airstrike in Afghanistan, according to a statement issued by the US military. The friendly-fire incident occurred in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province late on Friday afternoon, the US military said in a statement. “During a US supported ANDSF [Afghan National Defense and Security Forces]…
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…