Two US Navy pilots eject safely over Red Sea after fighter jet shot ...
3 days ago · Two US Navy pilots ejected safely after their fighter jet was shot down over the Red Sea on Saturday in an apparent friendly fire incident, US Central Command said in a statement.
2 U.S. Navy pilots eject to safety after friendly fire downs their ...
2 days ago · Two U.S. Navy pilots safely ejected over the Red Sea on Sunday after their F/A-18 fighter jet was shot down by what appeared to be friendly fire, U.S. Central Command said. The F/A-18 was flying ...
Military Aviation News - CombatAircraft.com
Dec 17, 2024 · The US Navy has awarded Leonardo UK a $33-million contract to supply its BriteCloud 218 Active Expendable Decoys (AEDs) for the F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft. This is the first BriteCloud 218 contract for the F-35 after being approved for the radar decoy in July.
US fighter shot down in 'apparent case of friendly fire' over Red Sea
1 day ago · The fighter was an F/A-18 Hornet flying off the aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman. One of the carrier's escort ships, the missile cruiser Gettysburg, "mistakenly fired on and hit" the plane, the ...
Military & Combat Aviation News & Articles - Key.Aero
5 days ago · The Mach 2 capable Boeing F-15 Strike Eagle air superiority fighter, able to intercept an enemy’s fighters at long range, the agile Sukhoi Su-35 designed to win up close engagements with its thrust vectoring; and the radar defeating stealth aircraft from Lockheed Martin, the F-117 Knighthawk, the F-22 Raptor and the F-35 Lightning II, can all ...
F-35A Lighting II fighter jets replacing aging F-15 aircraft at
3 days ago · WESTFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – The 104th Fighter Wing in Westfield is expecting to receive the F-35A Lightning II fighter jets, announced in a news release from State Senator John Velis.
U.S. Navy to Develop F/A-XX Next-Generation Fighter …
Nov 16, 2024 · Similarly to the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Navy is developing a 6th generation fighter jet, called F/A-XX. While the Air Force previously said the two programs are interconnected and is sharing...
Fighter Jets World - FJW
China unveils full-scale mock-up of world’s first two-seat fifth-gen fighter jet at Airshow in Zhuhai. A new variant of China’s J-20 stealth fighter jet, the J-20S, has captured attention at the 15th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, commonly known as the Zhuhai Airshow, which runs from November 12 to … Read More »
An In-Depth Look at the NGAD Review Expected to Conclude by …
Nov 2, 2024 · The U.S. Air Force’s Next-Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program, which aims to deliver a 6th-generation fighter to replace the F-22 Raptor, is undergoing a significant review that could reshape...
Joint Fighter Program Lifting Japan’s Defense Industry
Dec 13, 2024 · Leonardo image. TOKYO — On Dec. 9, 2022, the governments of Japan, the United Kingdom and Italy announced the Global Combat Air Program, a joint development project for a sixth-generation fighter aircraft that would replace the United Kingdom and Italy’s Eurofighter Typhoon and the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force’s Mitsubishi F-2.. The announcement meant a merging of the three countries ...