A third-alarm fire has taken place aboard U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard at Naval Station San Diego. The fire is said to have started at around 0851hrs local time. So far, eighteen people aboard the warship required medical treatment. The fire was so massive that the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department (SDFD) was […]
Trevor “Gonky” Hartsock, the second American F/A-18 instructor for the Royal Malaysian Air Force, has a new video of him dogfighting against the Su-30MKM. In this video, we can see the Su-30MKM was able to utilize its thrust-vectoring nozzles on its Lyulka AL-31FP afterburning turbofan engines to reverse the fight when the Hornet was at […]
Four Rafale fighters ordered by India will fly home on Jul. 27, the Print reported. While four aircraft will make the trip home, there is an attempt to bring another two jets home as well. By Rob Schleiffert from Holland (Rafale B) [CC BY-SA 2.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons The aircraft will take off from […]
On Jul. 9, the U.S. government informed Congress on the potential sale of MK 54 torpedoes to Belgium and Germany. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Levingston Lewis / Public domain Germany had requested for 64 torpedoes for its P-3C maritime patrol aircraft, the Foreign Military Sale is estimated to worth $130 […]
The Philippine Air Force (PAF) will take delivery of six A-29 light attack aircraft on Jul. 29, Department of National Defense (DND) spokesperson Arsenio Andolong has disclosed. By US Air Force from USA (A-29 Super Tucano) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons The aircraft were supposed to be delivered in February but delayed due to COVID-19 […]
A rare U.S. Air Force RC-135U Combat Sent reconnaissance aircraft was intercepted Russian Air Force MiG-31BM and Su-35S fighters over Sea of Japan on Jul. 11. There are only two RC-135U currently in service and this particular example intercepted is 64-14849. Three RC-135C were converted to the RC-135U and one aircraft, 63-9792, was later converted […]