Category: Aviation

U.S. officials have confirmed that a U.S. military helicopter with seven troops on board has crashed in western Iraq. Reports state that there is no indication currently that the aircraft was shot down. The HH-60 Pave Hawk is an aircraft that the U.S. Air Force uses for combat search and rescue and was in transit […]

An Air Force F-22 prepares to receive fuel from a KC-10 Extender over Syria, March 2, 2018. The F-22 is assigned to the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing, Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. The aircraft possesses a sophisticated sensor suite allowing the pilot to track, identify, shoot and kill air-to-air threats before being detected. […]

Two Naval aviators died after their jet crashed Wednesday near Naval Air Station Key West off the coast the Florida Keys, the US Navy said. Cmdr. Dave Hecht, a spokesman for Naval Air Station Key West, said the F/A-18 Hornet caught fire in the air and then crashed around 4:30 p.m. in shallow waters about one mile from the […]

Is this the missile Russian President Putin says he can defeat anything in the US arsenal with? The Kinzhal missile was launched from a MiG-31 aircraft that took off from an airfield in south-western Russia, the defence ministry said. “The launch went according to plan: the hypersonic missile hit its target,” the ministry said. It released […]

Members of the 58th Airlift Squadron release unilateral airdrop training loads from a C-17 Globemaster III during an airdrop training mission at the Sooner Drop Zone April 11, 2014, near Hollis, Okla. The 97th Aerial Operations Flight prepares airdrop cargo pallets and loads them onto the C-17s. Their mission provides C-17 aircrews with realistic training […]

President Trump spoke in front of thousands of military members in California on Tuesday and heaped lavish praise on their dedication and successes and promised that his administration is planning on bestowing the “largest pay raise in over a decade,” and even suggested the creation of a new military branch — the “Space Force.” The […]

The Air Force’s “2018 Aerial Events Policy” removes limits on flyovers at NFL and MLB games and allows for more flyovers at college and other sports events. The flyovers had been curtailed because of a Defense Department spending cap that forced units to reduce the amount of time military planes spend in the air. The […]

An Air Force pararescueman conducts a high-altitude, high-opening free fall jump working during training at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, March 4, 2018. The airman is assigned to the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron. Air Force photo

Afghan National Defense and Security Forces Air Force. This is where the Afghan Air Force makes bombs. Nizami “Our guys are working to put components on bomb bodies.” From here they are put on the A-29 Super Tucano. The air force is also armed with the MD-530. AAF MD-530 Aircraft Commander “One of the vitals duties […]

A Lockheed Martin F-35 performs an inverted live fire of an AIM-9x missile. How often do you get to see something like this? Well, never actually… Lockheed Martin photo by Dane Wiedmann

The Russian military successfully test-fired a new, nuclear-capable hypersonic missile which was announced by President Putin earlier this month. Putin showed video graphic where nuclear missiles were raining down on the state of Florida in the United States. The country’s defence ministry released video footage showing the missile detaching from a fighter jet and leaving […]

On Feb. 16, Norway completed a successful test of the F-35 drag chute system at Ørland Air Force Base. The drag chute — unique to the Norwegian aircraft — is designed and form fitted to maintain stealth characteristics. The system is housed under a small fairing on the upper rear fuselage between the vertical tails, […]