GUANGZHOU -- At the ongoing Airshow China in Zhuhai, South China's Guangdong province, the Chinese Navy introduced two members of its first batch of female carrier-based aircraft pilot trainees, namely Han Meng and Wang Mengdi. "Only when talent training and equipment development reach a certain level can we train women to become military pilots," said Tang Haijing with the navy's …
An Italian military aircraft has crashed in a remote part of the Northern Territory during a multinational defence exercise. A Defence spokesperson said the pilot was an international participant in Exercise Pitch Black and was "ejected" from their aircraft while flying it. "Australian Defence Force personnel responded immediately and professionally at 10:45am to an aircraft emergency in the exercise area …
SAN DIEGO — The U.S. military has identified the Marine Corps pilot who was killed Thursday when his combat jet crashed near a San Diego base during a training flight. Maj. Andrew Mettler was piloting an F/A-18D Hornet when it went down at 11:54 p.m. Thursday near Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing said in a …
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JAYAPURA, Indonesia — Separatist gunmen attacked Indonesian army troops who were deployed to rescue a New Zealand pilot taken hostage by the rebels in Indonesia’s restive Papua province, leaving at least six dead and about 30 missing, officials said Sunday. Papua military spokesperson Col. Herman Taryaman said the soldiers were part of a group that was searching for Phillip Mark …
FORT WORTH, Texas — A pilot safely ejected from a plane Thursday after a failed landing that was caught on video at a North Texas military base, officials said. The Marine Corps variant of a fighter jet, known as a F-35B, took a nose dive and spiraled after its wheels briefly touched down on the shared runway at Naval Air …
