Two B-1B and a B-52 were intercepted over the Baltic Sea on June 9. A Russian Su-27 Flanker approached to around 100ft of the B-1B, which is temporarily deployed to RAF Fairford during during Baltic exercise. The USAF is supporting the exercise with around 600 airmen and eight Air Forces Global Strike Command bombers deployed to Fairford. The…
Russian military aircraft took to the skies, performing air stunts and demonstrating maneuvering skills in a massive display, as the Russian ‘Berkuts’ helicopter aerobatic team celebrated its 25th anniversary. The Saturday aviation show in the Tver Region featured performances by other aerobatic teams, including the Russian Knights and the Swifts (Strizhi). The public got to…
A small sport-aircraft have entered the Hungarian airspace near Szombathely, Hungary today without permission. NATO Integrated Air Defense System has alerted Hungarian Air Force. Two Gripens took off from Kecskemét Airbase and identified the aircraft which has left Hungarian airspace around 1435 local time (1235 UTC). The aircraft took off from took from Graz, Austria. Hungarian authorities have…
SpaceX has secured a contract to launch the uncrewed X-37B spaceplane, a secret military spacecraft created by the U.S. Air Force that’s kind of like a compact space shuttle, but whose functional purpose is ultimately kept under wraps. The Verge reports that SpaceX’s launch services for a launch of the X-37B in August atop a…
A Russian Su-27 fighter jet was scrambled to intercept a US B-52 strategic bomber over the Baltic Sea. The American strategic bomber was flying along the Russian border, the Russian Defense Ministry reports. Russia’s air defense detected the aircraft on Tuesday morning at around 7:00 GMT, the statement said. The Su-27 of the Russian Baltic Fleet…
Six South Korean F-16 jet fighters were diverted to a U.S. military base in Tokyo after a refueling aircraft malfunctioned, U.S. Forces Japan officials said Thursday. U.S. Forces Japan spokesman Air Force Lt. Col. Kenneth Hoffman said the aircraft are headed to Alaska to participate in the annual Red Flag exercise. The diversion was forced…
The US has launched the first-ever test of a defensive rocket intended to intercept a target resembling an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). The long-planned experiment comes amid increased tensions over North Korea’s ballistic missile tests. A Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) interceptor was fired from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Tuesday afternoon.
On Saturday, a Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) was triggered as two Russian aircrafts approached outside Norwegian air space in the north. Two F-16 fighter jets were scrambled to intercept a SU-34 and Il-78. «The QRA from Bodø identified two aircrafts by mid-Saturday, a SU-34 and a Midas,» press spokesman Lt. Col. Ivar Moen with the Joint Head…
Two RAF fighters were scrambled in Scotland after two Russian planes entered UK airspace, the MoD has confirmed. UPDATE An MoD spokesman said the Russian jets did not actually enter UK airspace, but had travelled into an “area of interest” very close by. A pair of Typhoon jets took off from RAF Lossiemouth on…
Two Chinese fighter jets intercepted a U.S. surveillance aircraft a couple hundred miles southeast of Hong Kong this week in a maneuver the Navy described as “unsafe.” The Chinese J-10 fighter aircraft flew about 200 yards in front of the U.S. Navy P-3 Orion on May 24, making quick and erratic turns and restricting the…
