U.S. Air Force plans to remove almost 500 aircraft over the next five years
The USAF plans to divest entire fleets, including the A-10 Thunderbolt II attack plane and U-2 Dragon Lady spyplanes and "focus on the multi-role aircraft that can deliver a variety…
Ukraine State Air Traffic Service plane’s just departed Simferopol airport seized by pro-Russian troops
Simferopol is one of the two Crimean airports seized by pro-Russian troops. A Ukraine State plane has just departed from it heading towards Ukraine. As Crimea prepares for the referendum…
[Map] Ukrainian Military Bases and Russian Forces located near Ukraine’s borders
Here's the position of the Russian and Ukrainian military forces in and around Crimea. Although it is dated Mar. 1, 2014, hence a bit obsolete how dynamic the situation on…
What we know and what we don’t about the mysterious Malaysia Airlines MH370 disappearance
Some 72 hours after contact with the Boeing 777 flying over the Gulf of Thailand was lost, what really happened to Malaysia Airlines MH370 flight remains a mystery. It's almost…
NATO planes will monitor Ukrainian border ahead of Sunday’s referendum to join Russia
NATO has announced it will deploy E-3 AWACS Airborne Early Warning planes in Poland and Romania to monitor Ukraine's airspace. In what is a significant escalation of the crisis, NATO…
This is what happens when MiG-29 Fulcrum’s wheel brake anti-skid controls fail
Anti-skid lockup on a Mig-29 documented by these stunning photos. Taken at Kecskemet airbase in Hungary in 2003, when the Hungarian Air Force operated the Fulcrum fighter jets (later replaced…
