The military aircraft had taken off after a stopover in Ulan-Ude, in the Republic of Buryatia, when the American crew detected a malfunctioning of the landing gear, said Russian reports. The plane was heading  for Yakutsk but opted to make an emergency landing at Khabarovsk airport. Thta reported by siberiantimes.com. ‘A foreign aircraft made a forced […]

Airbus has delivered the fifth  military cargo planes C-295 to Kazakhstan’s Air Forces, that reported by military-informant.com. By 2018 the military fleet of Kazakhstan will have been equipped with a total of 8 C-295 aircraft. The plane arrived from the Spanish Sevilla at the air base in Almaty. “The flight was carried out in three stages […]

Bolivian Air Force is looking to replace old  T-33 Shooting Star (or T-Bird)  trainer aircraft with a new fighter type. The Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star (or T-Bird) is an American jet trainer aircraft. It was produced by Lockheed and made its first flight in 1948 piloted by Tony LeVier. The T-33 was developed from the […]

Ukraine state enterprise “Konotop Aircraft Repair Plant”Aviakon” received Certificate of conformity with NATO standards AQAR 2120. UKROBORONPROM Deputy Director General Volodymyr Kostrytskyy – with the participation of Governor of Sumy Region Mykola Klochko and the Head of  Aerospace sector LLC “Bureau Veritas Certification Ukraine” Oleksandr Karas’ov – handed this document to management of the plant. […]

India’s MiG-29K naval fighter jet  faces operational deficiencies due to defects in engines, airframe and fly-by-wire system leading to very low availability, top government auditor has said even as it slammed the delay in construction of the indigenous aircraft carrier. That reported by timesofindia.indiatimes.com. The MiG-29K is a much-improved variant of the original Fulcrum and developed […]

Boeing pilots complete first flight of the first production AH-6i Little Bird light attack and armed reconnaissance helicopter on July 27th, 2016. The AH-6 is a highly capable light attack / armed reconnaissance helicopter specifically designed with superior performance characteristics and flexible, easily configurable mission equipment ideal for Light Attack, Precision Attack, Anti-armor, Close Combat […]

On July 27, the Ukrainian army received a first batch of  US-made RQ-11B «Raven» hand-launched remote-controlled unmanned aerial vehicle. 24 RQ-11B Raven Unmanned Aircraft Systems (comprised of 72 aircraft and associated equipment) arrived at Boryspil International Airport July 27.  The Raven Unmanned Aircraft System is a hand-launched reconnaissance and surveillance tool.  The system transmits live airborne […]

The aircraft, belonging to 18th Wing, Kadena Airbase (DNA/RODN), suffered a hydraulic problem while a training over the Sea of Japan, and made an emergency landing at Komatsu Airbase / Airport. That reported by aviation-safety.net. The F-15 stopped on the runway, and the runway was closed for a half hour before the plane towed away, causing […]

The first  F-35 Adir fighter jet for Israel  Air Force  has successfully taken to the  skies  and completed its maiden flight with «no particular problems». That reproted by israelnationalnews.com Lockheed Martin on Tuesday successfully conducted a test flight of the F-35 (also named F-35I ) fighter jet that has been given to Israel. The test flight is designed […]

Northrop Grumman Corporation’s (NOC) autonomous Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system (UAS) surpassed 200,000 flight hours, reinforcing its status as the most effective high altitude, long endurance intelligence gathering aircraft in the world. The U.S. Air Force’s Global Hawks logged 88 percent of the 200,000 flight hours with the remaining hours flown by NASA Global Hawks, […]