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US Fighter Jet Shot Down, Pilots Safe

One US Navy aircraft was shot down on Sunday over the Red Sea in an apparent friendly fire incident, the US military said, marking the most serious incident to threaten troops in over a year of America targeting Yemen's Houthi rebels. The guided missile cruiser USS Gettysburg, which is part of the USS Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group, mistakenly …

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1 week, 6 days ago

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited's Nashik plant nears completion of Tejas Mk1A jets

India Today

The Hindustan Aeronautics Limited Nasik plant is on track to become the third production line for the Light Combat Aircraft Mk1A. Sources familiar with the project informed India Today that work at the facility is progressing rapidly, with the infrastructure setup nearing completion and machinery installation underway to make the production line fully operational. This facility will join HAL’s two …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Mystery of Flight 19: How Bermuda Triangle's secrets still puzzle investigators

India Today

On December 5, 1945, Fort Lauderdale Naval Air Station in Florida’s capital city looked quite good and promising, hot and tranquil. Over 300 rescue planes and 21 ships scoured thousands of miles, yet neither Flight 19 nor the Mariner were found. Bermuda Triangle THEORIES AND SPECULATION Years after, the enigma of Flight 19 became etched in the Bermuda Triangle’s folklore, …

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US Air Force in UK says drones have been spotted flying over bases in England

Associated Press

LONDON — The U.S. Air Force said Tuesday that a number of small drones have been detected near four bases in England that are used by American forces. ”Our units continue to monitor the airspace and are working with host-nation authorities and mission partners to ensure the safety of base personnel, facilities and assets.″ Lakenheath is home to the 48th …

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4 weeks ago

Father of ex-British soldier captured by Russia fears son will be tortured after fighting for Ukraine in Kursk

The Independent

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4 weeks ago

Former British soldier ‘fighting for Ukraine is captured by Russian forces’

The Independent

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4 weeks, 1 day ago

Two killed and one injured as plane crashes in Colorado mountain range

The Independent

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1 month ago

Former British soldier fighting for Ukraine captured by Russia in Kursk

The Telegraph

A former British Army soldier fighting for Ukraine has been captured by Russia’s forces in the Kursk region. In a video widely circulated on Sunday, a man dressed in combat fatigues and speaking with an English accent identifies himself as James Scott Rhys Anderson, aged 22, from the UK. “It was a stupid idea.” Ukraine’s International Legion recruits foreign volunteers …

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1 month ago

If WW3 breaks out, I am looking at the frozen battlefield where it will be fought: MailOnline's CHRIS PLEASANCE witnesses NATO's awesome firepower on Finland's icy Russian frontier

Daily Mail

With an ear-splitting whoosh and a bright flash of light, an American M270 rocket battery sends a volley of missiles streaking into the -7C air. We're on NATO's newest frontier, an 830-mile stretch of border the alliance now shares with Vladimir Putin after Finland abandoned decades of neutrality to join the military pact, fearing an invasion. M270A2 Multiple Launch Rocket …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Lt Col Peter Cameron, Royal Marine pilot who led his commando air squadron during the Falklands war

The Telegraph

Lieutenant Colonel Peter Cameron, who has died aged 83, commanded 3 Commando Brigade Air Squadron during the Falklands War, when he was awarded the Military Cross for gallant and distinguished service. Flying in appalling conditions, by day and night, for the first few days they dodged enemy fighters and flew through heavy friendly aircraft fire to support the troops ashore. …

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Hezbollah attack drones target Tel Aviv army base as Israel pounds Lebanon

Al Jazeera

Plumes of smoke have been seen rising above Beirut as Israel strikes city after forced evacuation orders issued for four southern neighbourhoods. Lebanese armed group Hezbollah has said that it targeted an Israeli military base south of Tel Aviv with a swarm of drones “for the first time”, as Israel launched renewed air strikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Starmer cannot afford to apologise for Britain’s part in the slave trade

The Independent

News that Commonwealth leaders gathered in Samoa for the biennial heads of government meeting are preparing to defy the UK by putting “reparatory justice” on the summit’s agenda, means prime minister Sir Keir Starmer must reassert his lines in the sand – no to financial reparations over colonialism, and no to apologising for the transatlantic slave trade. We don’t just …

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2 months ago

J&K Air Squadron Gets First Microlight Aircraft, Marking Milestone in NCC's Aviation Aspirations

Hindustan Times

The first J&K air squadron of the National Cadet Corps (NCC) has received its first microlight aircraft. The aircraft was flown in from Delhi and arrived at Udhampur air base where it was received by the Station Commander Group Captain LS Chaaran, alongwith Commanding Officer of the unit Wing Commander Nitin Yadav.

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2 months ago

Navy identifies two aviators killed in crash near Mt. Rainier as Californians

LA Times

A military search-and-rescue team gathers during mission to locate two Navy aviators missing after a crash on Friday near Goose Prairie, Wash. Two Navy crew members who died in an aircraft crash near Mt. Lyndsay “Miley” Evans and Lt. Serena “Dug” Wileman, both 31, were the only aviators aboard a two-seat EA-18G Growler warfare aircraft that crashed during a routine …

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3 months ago

Mohana Singh becomes first woman fighter pilot in LCA Tejas fighter fleet

Hindustan Times

Squadron leader Mohana Singh made history after becoming the first woman fighter pilot to join the Indian Air Force's elite 18 'Flying Bullets' squadron, operating India's indigenously 'Made in India' LCA Tejas fighter jet's squadron, ANI reported on Tuesday. She was seen instructing the Indian Army and Navy vice chiefs on the flight in the LCA Tejas fighter jet. While …

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3 months, 1 week ago

No trace of missing ALH pilot as search continues in Arabian Sea

Hindustan Times

Eight days after a coast guard Dhruv advanced light helicopter crashed into the Arabian Sea near Porbandar on September 2, there is still no trace of the missing pilot, Commandant Rakesh Rana, officials aware of the development said on Tuesday. Ships, aircraft and specialist divers are searching for the pilot, the commanding officer of the coast guard’s Porbandar-based 835 Squadron …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Israeli strike kills three medics, Lebanese health ministry says, as Hezbollah retaliates

ABC

Three Lebanese paramedics were killed and two others wounded, one critically, in an Israeli attack while they were extinguishing fires in the southern town of Faroun, Lebanon's health ministry said on Saturday. "Israeli forces targeted a team from the Lebanese Civil Defence as they responded to fires sparked by recent Israeli air strikes," a ministry statement said, specifying that the …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Navy joins search for ALH pilot missing in Arabian Sea, divers on standby

Hindustan Times

The Indian Navy has joined the search for the missing pilot of a coast guard Dhruv advanced light helicopter that went down in the Arabian Sea near Porbandar on September 2, and deployed two ships capable of detecting, identifying and imaging objects on the seafloor, and launching remotely operated underwater vehicles, officials aware of the matter on Thursday. The Indian …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

US Navy warship commander relieved of duty 4 months after embarrassing rifle scope photo went viral

Hindustan Times

The commander of a Navy destroyer who got into trouble four months ago over a picture that went viral for all the wrong reasons has been relieved of duty. The picture gaffe, which drew heavy criticism and trolling from social media users, showed Cameron Yaste, commanding officer of the destroyer USS John McCain, firing a rifle with a scope mounted …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Search on for missing pilot of Coast Guard ALH

Hindustan Times

The pilot of a Indian Coast Guard Dhruv advanced light helicopter that went down in the Arabian Sea near Porbandar on Monday night is still missing, even as search and rescue efforts using ships and aircraft were intensified to locate him, officials aware of the matter said on Wednesday. The missing pilot Commandant Rakesh Rana is the commanding officer of …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Tom Tugendhat: effort to tackle illegal migration is like fight to end slavery

The Independent

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3 months, 4 weeks ago

US approves sale of anti-submarine warfare gear to India

Hindustan Times

New Delhi: US secretary of state Antony Blinken has approved a possible foreign military sale to India of anti-submarine warfare sonobuoys and related equipment for an estimated cost of $52.8 million, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced in Washington. The development came on a day defence minister Rajnath Singh and his American counterpart Lloyd Austin held wide-ranging talks at the …

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4 months ago

Biden takes inaugural flight in long-delayed new ‘Marine One’ helicopter

Associated Press

CHICAGO — President Joe Biden on Monday took his first flight aboard the modern VH-92A helicopter that serves as Marine One after years of delays to the program to replace the aging aircraft that carry the president and vice president. But issues with the secure communications system on board — required so that the president can carry out classified conversations …

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4 months, 1 week ago

On I-Day Eve, Colonel Manpreet Singh, Three Others Conferred Kirti Chakra

News 18

Colonel Manpreet Singh and Deputy Superintendent of police Himayun Muzzammil Bhat, who laid down their lives displaying extreme bravery in an anti-terror operation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag in September last year, were on Wednesday posthumously awarded the Kirti Chakra, the country’s second-highest peacetime gallantry award. Major Aashish Dhonchak and Sepoy Pardeep Singh, who also sacrificed their lives in the …

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US Fighter Jet Shot Down, Pilots Safe

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited's Nashik plant nears completion of Tejas Mk1A jets

Mystery of Flight 19: How Bermuda Triangle's secrets still puzzle investigators

US Air Force in UK says drones have been spotted flying over bases in England

Father of ex-British soldier captured by Russia fears son will be tortured after fighting for Ukraine in Kursk

Former British soldier ‘fighting for Ukraine is captured by Russian forces’

Two killed and one injured as plane crashes in Colorado mountain range

Former British soldier fighting for Ukraine captured by Russia in Kursk

If WW3 breaks out, I am looking at the frozen battlefield where it will be fought: MailOnline's CHRIS PLEASANCE witnesses NATO's awesome firepower on Finland's icy Russian frontier

Lt Col Peter Cameron, Royal Marine pilot who led his commando air squadron during the Falklands war

Hezbollah attack drones target Tel Aviv army base as Israel pounds Lebanon

Starmer cannot afford to apologise for Britain’s part in the slave trade

J&K Air Squadron Gets First Microlight Aircraft, Marking Milestone in NCC's Aviation Aspirations

Navy identifies two aviators killed in crash near Mt. Rainier as Californians

Mohana Singh becomes first woman fighter pilot in LCA Tejas fighter fleet

No trace of missing ALH pilot as search continues in Arabian Sea

Israeli strike kills three medics, Lebanese health ministry says, as Hezbollah retaliates

Navy joins search for ALH pilot missing in Arabian Sea, divers on standby

US Navy warship commander relieved of duty 4 months after embarrassing rifle scope photo went viral

Search on for missing pilot of Coast Guard ALH

Tom Tugendhat: effort to tackle illegal migration is like fight to end slavery

US approves sale of anti-submarine warfare gear to India

Biden takes inaugural flight in long-delayed new ‘Marine One’ helicopter

On I-Day Eve, Colonel Manpreet Singh, Three Others Conferred Kirti Chakra