The plane made the emergency stop after a suspected bird strike during the fly past over the capital. The ‘Arrow 6’ jet is understood to have been damaged in the incident. It was accompanied to Edinburgh Airport by support plane ‘Arrow 9’ and landed safely.
An AI pilot defeated a human pilot in a clean sweep of virtual reality dogfights, with experts hailing the victory as a significant moment for artificial intelligence, sources reported. The artificial intelligence algorithm, developed by Heron Systems and flying under the call sign “Falco,” beat a human F-16 pilot in simulated dogfights 5-0 in the…
On Monday, the Belarusian Defence Ministry claimed it used Mi-24 military helicopters to stop eight air balloons “with anti-state slogans” from crossing the border during the Freedom Way demonstration in Lithuania. “A probe of eight balloons with anti-state symbols was launched from the adjacent territory. Thanks to the actions of the crews of the Mi-24…
The US had dispatched three B-2 Spirit Stealth Bombers to its facility in Diego Garcia, in the British Indian Ocean Territory, to respond to rising regional tensions. Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Conant, BTF commander, said, “We are excited to return to this important location. (NSF) Diego Garcia puts the ‘INDO’ in US Indo-Pacific Command.” “This Bomber…
Yesterday afternoon two RAF Typhoons from Lossiemouth have been flying as part of Exercise Typhoon Warrior over the North Sea. This involves units from around the RAF, and is a large-scale exercise that is testing for those in the air and those on the ground. As the Typhoons returned to Kinloss Barracks, weather conditions deteriorated…
A US Air Force helicopter was shot at near Manassas, Virginia, on Monday, injuring one of two pilots on board, according to an Air Force official. The UH-1N was flying 10 miles northwest of Manassas on a routine training mission at an altitude of 1,000 feet when the incident occurred. It landed safely at Manassas…
A C-130 of the Cameroon Air Force suffered a runway excursion after landing at Maroua-Salam Airport, Cameroon. The aircraft landed on a wet runway and failed to come to a stop on the runway. Several persons have reportedly been injured.
The first batch of five French-made Rafale fighter jets has arrived at an Indian Air Force (IAF) base, Indian officials said, as the country seeks to modernise its military amid security challenges with Pakistan and China. They were being escorted by 2 SU30 MKIs and landed at the airbase in Ambala in the northern state…
A Royal Air Force Chinook helicopter has made an emergency landing in Carmarthenshire. The transport helicopter was suspected to have struck a power line before coming down on farmland around 10 miles north west of Pembrey. No-one is thought to have been seriously injured, although it is understood there may have been some minor injuries.…
An RAF fighter jet has been forced to make an emergency landing at Aberdeen airport due to a “technical issue”. The Typhoon was on a training mission when the problem was discovered and it landed at Aberdeen International Airport shortly before 1pm on Wednesday. An RAF spokesman said the landing was made safely and the…
In a statement made late Wednesday, Russia’s National Defence Control Center indicated that naval radar systems had picked up the Poseidon and a US U-2S reconnaissance plane flying over the Black Sea. Separately, the Baltic Fleet detected a German Air Force P-3C Orion spy plane operating near Russia’s borders in the Baltic Sea. None of…
