A Argentine Air Force A-4AR pilot was killed on Aug. 5 when his fighter crashed south of the city of Cordoba during a training flight. Captain Gonzalo Fabian Britos Venturini ejected from his aircraft but did not survive. The A-4AR is an upgrade of the A-4M carried out by Lockheed Martin in the 1990s. The […]
The world’s largest cargo plane, the Antonov An 225, arrived at Israel’s Ben-Gurion International Airport on Aug. 3, bringing U.S. Army Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Trucks (HEMTT) to the country for integration with the Iron Dome missile system. Photo: Israeli Ministry of Defense The U.S. Army has ordered two sets of Iron Dome system and […]
The U.S. Air Force’s 63rd Fighter Squadron at Luke Air Force Base is teaching its B-Course student pilots how to fly the F-35A in Beast Mode configuration. The training philosophy is that by having to fly with a maximum strike weapons configuration, it creates a heightened sense of awareness for the student pilot and allows […]
Japan’s defense minister Tarō Kōno paid a visit to Hyakuri Air Base on Aug. 5 and the Air Self-Defense Force flew him up aboard a F-2B fighter.
F-35As from the U.S. Air Force have participated in the second joint exercise with Israeli F-35s on Aug. 2. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Patrick OReilly The training between the 421st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron and Israel’s 140th Squadron took place over southern Israel. The fighters were supported by a KC-10 from the 908th […]
Flight test of the Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System (JHMCS) II on the F-16V has started, Elbit announced on Aug. 3. Photo: Elbit The JHMCS II is the formal baseline Helmet Mounted Display (HMD) of F-16V and F-16 block 70/72 aircraft. It is manufactured and distributed by Collins Elbit Vision Systems (CEVS), a joint venture […]