Two Anchorage-based fighter jets intercepted a pair of Russian bombers Monday night off Kodiak Island in what an Air Force commander called the first such flight seen near Alaska in nearly two years. Lt. Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach, head of both the Alaskan Command and the Alaska NORAD Region, said Tuesday that the detection and intercept…
The Pentagon has announced the deployment of fifth-generation F-35A fighter jets to Europe this weekend. The US Department of Defense said that the F-35A Lightning II fighters are sent to Europe to conduct training for several weeks as part of the European Reassurance Initiative. The Pentagon said the deployment represents “natural progression” of the F-35…
The United States dropped its largest non-nuclear weapon on Thursday after it targeted an ISIS network of caves and tunnels in eastern Afghanistan. U.S. forces used a 30-foot long, GPS-guided GBU-43 bomb, at around 7.30pm local time in the Nangarhar Province. The weapon weighs a staggering 21,600 pounds. It is known as the ‘Mother Of All Bombs’…
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…
