A U.S. F-16 fighter jet crashed in South Korea on Monday while on a training flight and the pilot has ejected, Yonhap news agency reported citing a military source. The crash was near the U.S. Air Force base in Gunsan, Yonhap said. South Korea’s defence ministry spokesman could not immediately confirm the report. U.S. military officials in South Korea could not be immediately reached for

The recent reports, which confirm the role of faulty threat assessments and Hamas’ improved operational security, make clear that Israeli officials had enough intelligence to step up securityAfter the surprise Hamas terrorist attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip on Oct. 7, 2023, many observers were puzzled about how Israel could have been caught completely off-guard.Israeli leaders may have

Geneva: Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) member Fazal-ur-Rehman Afridi lambasted the Pakistani military establishment for trying to stifle their freedom of expression and their right to peaceful assembly and asserted that they cannot stifle their freedom around the world. He said that PTM will continue its struggle until the release of PTM chief Manzoor Ahmed Pashteen, who he stressed was arrested

Renaming imminent, it is learnt. IAF aims to boost intel, surveillance & reconnaissance capabilities via space assets, has started training officers to operate in spaceNew Delhi: The proposal to change the name of the Indian Air Force (IAF) to the ‘Indian Air and Space Force’ is likely to come through “anytime now”.“Space, as a domain, is adaptable to the air force and is only a natural

Defence sources say the first TEJAS MK-1A squadron will be at Rajasthan’s Nal air base, ready to join an existing MiG-21 Bison squadronThe Indian Air Force (IAF) is preparing to inaugurate its first squadron of the indigenous TEJAS MK-1A fighter aircraft at the Nal air base in the Bikaner district of Rajasthan, situated in close proximity to the Pakistan frontier, as per recent reports. The TEJAS

New Delhi: Indian defence companies including Kalyani Strategic Systems, Larsen and Toubro Ltd, and Hindustan Aeronautics are looking to sell their military platforms to the Philippines, two people aware of the matter said.The Philippines, which is restructuring its military to face an aggressive China, recently purchased the BrahMos cruise missile from India. In 2022, the two countries had