Russian Navy pilots reported the problem while flying a heavy Tu-142 heavy, long-range maritime patrol plane. During a routine flight, a Tu-142 (NATO reporting name: Bear F/J) of the Northern Fleet suffered an engine issue that prompted the pilots to make an emergency landing, according to a local media report published Sunday. The decision to […]

The Polish Minister of Defence, Mariusz Blaszczak announced that the 32nd Air Base, located in Lask, has been selected as the preferred location for the first Polish F-35A Lightning II fighter jets. The 32nd Air Base is a Polish Air Force base is one of the two bases where Poland’s F-16 fighters are stationed, the […]

The U.S. Air Force has announced that after about six months of designing and planning, the 104th Fighter Wing’s flagship F-15C Eagle, tail number 125, received new nose art graphics. The roughly six-foot by four-foot nose art graphic, featured on both sides of the F-15, appears to display the American flag, but upon closer look, […]

A top-secret U.S. government body called the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is working to develop a new type of air-launched unmanned air vehicle (UAV) that will have air-to-air capabilities. According to a DARPA’s statement, the research arm of the U.S. Defense Department is launching the LongShot program, which is developing an air-launched UAV […]

An AN-12 military transport aircraft of the Russian Air Force made a hard landing in the Kuril Islands, which Japan calls the Northern Territories, on Tuesday afternoon. According to multiple reports, Russian AN-12 military transport aircraft (tail number “09” red) landed slightly to the left of the runway due to a snowstorm on 9 February. […]

Bell Textron, which manufactures helicopters, has announced that it had got an order for delivering six Bell 505 aircraft to the Jamaica Defense Force (JDF). According to a company statement, the newly acquired Bell 505s will be configured to support Public Safety missions in country and be used by the Force’s Caribbean Military Aviation School […]

In a notice posted on the U.S. government’s main contracting website, the Air Force announced that it intends to acquire a complete propulsion system (e.g. engine and associated components) that is fully integrated into the new Boeing’s F-15EX fighter jet. In a Feb. 5 Federal Opportunities notice, U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) […]

The Turkey-backed rebels unit, known as the Al-Fatah al-Mubin, says it has shot down a Russian Orlan-10 unmanned aircraft over the strategic Zawiya Mountain, in the Jabal al-Zawiya region of Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib. In a statement released on social media, the Al-Fatah al-Mubin group claimed it had shot down the Orlan-10 medium-range, multipurpose […]

The Royal Air Force has announced that the fifth Poseidon MRA Mk.1 submarine-hunter aircraft, touched down safe and sound at RAF Lossiemouth on 2 February. As noted by the Royal Air Force, it’s the first time that an RAF Poseidon has been delivered straight from the Boeing factory, near Seattle, without making a stop en-route. […]

The U.S. Air Force has awarded the multi-million dollar contract for research and development of next generation cyber technology to Invictus International Consulting. The contract, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense (DOD), is worth more than $97,9 million. Within the contract, Invictus will provide for research and development of capabilities in modeling, simulation and […]