Pilot of crashed South Carolina F-16 fighter jet pronounced dead
A United States Air Force F-16CM Fighting Falcon crashed at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, during a…
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Multinational Air Group (MAG) days – “MAGDAYs Exercise”
For the second year, the Deutsche Luftwaffe – German Air Force (GAF), has committed itself to organizing the…
Ireland considers first fighter jet acquisition in 45 years
Currently, Ireland relies solely on the British Royal Air Force to defend the sovereignty of its airspace. This…
Airbus to modernize German Eurofighter Typhoon simulators
The Pilot Synthetic Training System (PSTS) consortium under the industrial leadership of Airbus has been commissioned to modernize…
Japan naval aviation on the hunt for Chinese submarines
Following reports of a foreign submarine cruising near the Satsunan Islands, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force deployed two…
French training jet cockpit explodes after birdstrike
An Alphajet of the French Air Force had to request an emergency landing at La Rochelle airport (LRH)…
Trudeau’s plane victim of bad equipment and training, report says
The investigation into the incident that led one of the Canadian governmental planes to hit a wall in…
AIDC T-5 Brave Eagle performs its maiden flight
The Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) T-5 Brave Eagle, a supersonic advanced jet trainer, performed its very first…
Pilot missing after USAF F-15C disappears above North Sea
An F-15C fighter aircraft of the US Air Force 48th Fighter Wing disappeared above the North Sea on…
Indonesian Air Force Hawk 209 crashes in residential area
An Indonesian Air Force BAe Hawk Mk 209 light attack aircraft crashed in the Riau province of Indonesia,…
Georgia ready to resume Su-25 Frogfoot attack aircraft production
The Georgian Minister of Defense Irakli Gharibashvili announced his desire to relaunch the production of the Sukhoi Su-25…
C-130 Hercules substantially damaged in runway excursion
A C-130H Hercules transport plane of the United States Air Force overran the runway of Camp Taji base…
NORAD F-22 jets intercept two Russian bomber groups near Alaska
Fighter jets of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) intercepted two Russian bomber formations that entered the…
USAF accidentally drops hypersonic missile during test
A hypersonic missile under development accidentally separated from a B-52 aircraft during tests in the United States, according…
Russia offers crucial parts for future Turkish TF-X fighter jet
Russia offered to supply critical parts of the TF-X, the future Turkish fighter jet while denying that an…
Airbus A400M gained certification for Automatic Low Level Flight
The new generation airlifter Airbus A400M achieved Automatic Low Level Flight certification, which is a significant milestone for…
US Navy protests against “unsafe” Russian jet interception… again
The US Navy’s 6th Fleet reported the interception of one of its P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft by…
Russia tests new hypersonic anti-ship missile for Tu-22M3M bomber
Already feared as a carrier-killer during the Cold War because of its Kh-22 missile, the latest iteration of…