Moscow said a US spy plane flying toward the Russian border made a “provocative turn” toward a fighter jet, which had been scrambled for an interception mission. Earlier, the US military claimed the Russian jet had approached the US plane in an unsafe way. The Russian Defense Ministry has confirmed that a Baltic Fleet Su-27…
A U.S. F-15E Strike Eagle shot down an armed Iranian-built Shaheed-129 UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) advancing on coalition forces in Syria. “The armed pro-regime Shaheed-129 UAV was shot down by a U.S. F-15E Strike Eagle at approximately 12:30 a.m. after it displayed hostile intent and advanced on coalition forces,” Operation Inherent Resolve said in a statement. This…
Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) performs high-speed turns in the Atlantic Ocean. Abraham Lincoln is underway after successfully completing its mid-life refueling and complex overhaul and will spend several days conducting sea trials.
A US warplane has shot down a Syrian warplane over Syria’s northern city of Raqqa on Sunday, the Syrian army said in a statement. UPDATE Monday Russian MoD: “all coalition aircraft & UAVs detected to the West of the Euphrates River will be tracked by the Russian SAM as targets.” UPDATE Sunday 2046 UTC The U.S. military…
Nap-of-the-earth (NOE) is a type of very low-altitude course used by military aircraft to avoid enemy detection and attack in a high-threat environment. The only thing that has been edited in the videos is the original audio, the speed hasn´t been edited.
During the last days an increased level of military aircraft flight activities has been observed over the international waters of the Gulf of Finland and the Baltic Sea in the vicinity of the Finnish airspace. As a territorial surveillance authority of Finland, the Finnish Air Force has ordered its F/A-18 Hornet multi-role fighters on Quick-Reaction…
Qatar’s Ministry of Defense said on Wednesday the country signed a deal to buy F-15 fighter jets from the United States for $12 billion. The deal was completed despite the Gulf country being criticised recently by US President Donald Trump for supporting terrorism. US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and representatives from Qatar were set to…
The Royal Malaysian Air Force has reported that it has lost contact with a Hawk 108 fighter jet which is believed to have gone missing north of Kuantan near the Pahang-Terengganu border. UPDATE Malaysia Air Force says crew of missing fighter jet killed in crash. The RMAF said in a statement on Thursday (Jun 15) that…
South Korean officials said they found a North Korean sent to photograph America’s controversial THAAD missile defense system that was recently deployed to the region. The drone is equipped with a Sony built-in camera and reportedly contained hundreds of pictures, including precisely ten photos of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system, also known as…
