Typhoons from RAF Lossiemouth were launched today to intercept two Russian Tu-142. Unidentified aircraft were detected as they approached NATO’s area of interest. The ‘BEAR-F’ aircraft approached the UK. Norwegian Quick Reaction Alert were scrambled F-16s to identify the two Russian Tu-142s. RAF Typhoons were scrambled soon after as the Tu-142s tracked south towards the…
A NATO helicopter was reported missing in the Ionian Sea, west of the Greek mainland, on Wednesday evening. According to Greek Defense Ministry sources, the helicopter had taken off from a Canadian frigate. There were between three and six passengers in the helicopter. Please reload the page for updates Debris from the Canadian military helicopter…
The Pentagon on Monday formally released three unclassified videos taken by Navy pilots that have circulated for years showing interactions with “unidentified aerial phenomena.” One of the videos shows an incident from 2004, and the other two were recorded in January 2015, according to Sue Gough, a Defense Department spokeswoman. The videos became public after…
The U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, the Thunderbirds, and the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, will honor frontline COVID-19 responders and essential workers with formation flights over New York City, Newark, Trenton and Philadelphia Tuesday April 28. A formation of 6 F-16C/D Fighting Flacon and 6 F-18C/D Hornet aircraft will conduct…
A Russian fighter jet was scrambled from the Hmeymim air base in Syria to shadow a US reconnaissance plane flying over the neutral waters of the Mediterranean Sea towards Russia’s military facilities, the Defense Ministry of Russia reported on Monday. “On April 19, the Russian equipment controlling the airspace over the neutral waters of the…
Germany has officially confirmed to the United States that it would acquire 45 F / A-18 Super Hornets from Boeing to replace part of the Panavia Tornado fleet. Germany will order 45 fighter aircraft from Boeing to replace the Luftwaffe’s aging Tornado jets, Der Spiegel magazine reported on Sunday. Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer emailed her…
A missile was fired from a Chadian fighter jet as it was preparing for takeoff. The incident happened at the Adji Kossei airbase, bordering N’Djamena International Airport (NDJ), in the capital city of Chad, on April 17, 2020. The aircraft involved is a Su-25 of the Chadian Air Force. After going through a fuel truck…
Some 20 French sailors remain hospital following an outbreak of Covid-19 in the naval group of the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle. 1081 marines have tested positive for the coronavirus, most from the carrier itself. “There are about 20 at the moment in hospital. Out of the 20, one is in the re-animation ward and…
A MiG-31 interceptor-fighter of Kazakhstan’s Air Force crashed near the Karaganda airport, with the crew ejecting to safety, the republican Defense Ministry reported on Thursday. The military plane crashed “in the course of performing a planned combat duty training flight,” the ministry said. The incident occurred south of the Karaganda aerodrome. “After the take-off, a…
A helicopter (probably a Cougar) from the 5th Combat Helicopter Regiment (RHC) of Pau crashed this Wednesday afternoon around 4.30 pm, north of Tarbes in the Hautes-Pyrénées. The Prefecture confirms an initial assessment of two dead and four injured in this accident. Two people are in absolute emergency and two people are in relative…
An overstressed back-seat passenger inadvertently ejected from a two-seat fighter jet Rafale, a new French military report says. The back-seat passenger on the March 2019 flight from Saint Dizier, France was a 64-year-old contractor according to the report published April 6 by the French military’s air accident investigation office. His colleagues, who included a former…
The Navy’s top admiral says the crew aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt are “struggling” almost 500 of them are infected with the coronavirus more than a week after their beloved captain was controversially fired. Vice Admiral Bill Merz visited the ship in Guam Tuesday after the sacking of Captain Brett Crozier, whose memo to…
