In an alarming accident, a US Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter jet slipped off an aircraft carrier and sank into the Red Sea. However, both the pilot and the sailor towing the jet survived the incident, with only one sustaining a minor injury. The jet – which cost about $60 million apiece – was being…
Royal escort: Saudi fighter jets escort PM Modi’s plane in special gesture – Watch NEW DELHI: A rarest special gesture caught everyone’s attention when Saudi fighter jets escorted Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s plane as it entered Saudi airspace to Jeddah. This is the rarest moment which represents the strong partnership and friendship between India and…
Bulgaria received on Wednesday the first of 16 new F-16 military jets from the United States that the Balkan country needs to upgrade its defense and bring its air force in line with NATO standards. Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov hailed the arrival of the first jet at the Graf Ignatievo air base in central Bulgaria….
Questions are mounting in Canada and in Europe over whether big-ticket purchases of high-end U.S. weaponry, such as the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, are still a wise strategic choice for Western countries worried about their investment in U.S. defense technology. In less than two months, U.S. President Donald Trump has upended decades of foreign policy….
A South Korean village near the North Korean border was mistakenly shelled on Thursday by two fighter jets from the South’s own air force, leaving seven people injured and damaging homes and a church. The jets were taking part in a joint exercise with the United States military when each of them dropped four bombs,…
Fifteen people were injured in South Korea on Thursday after bombs dropped by fighter jets landed in a civilian district, damaging houses and a church during military exercises in Pocheon, the Air Force and the fire department said. The Gyeonggi-do Bukbu Fire Services said in a statement that 15 people were wounded, out of which…
NEW DELHI: Air Chief Marshal AP Singh and Army Chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi on Sunday took a sortie in the trainer version of the LCA Tejas fighter aircraft at the Air Force station in Bengaluru’s Yelahanka.The Indian Air Force and Army chiefs flew for around 45 minutes in the indigenously built aircraft. This was the…
LUCKNOW: The 39-year-old Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, the fighter pilot of Indian Airforce (IAF) and ISRO’s astronaut, has been official named pilot for Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4), a private spaceflight for International Space Station (ISS), scheduled for post spring of the current calendar year.NASA and its international partners have approved the crew of the Ax-4…
A US Air Force pilot was reported to be safe after a single-seat F-35 fighter jet crashed Tuesday during a training exercise at a base in Alaska. The pilot experienced an “inflight malfunction” but was able to eject from the aircraft, Colonel Paul Townsend, commander of the 354th Fighter Wing, told a news conference. The…
China is reportedly in advanced talks with Pakistan for the sale of 40 J-35A stealth fighter jets, marking a significant milestone in military relations between the two countries. If the deal is finalized, Pakistan will be the first nation outside China to operate the advanced J-35A fighter jets. These multi-role, twin-engine stealth aircraft will replace…