Sukhoi Superjet 100 performs gear up landing at Keflavik, Iceland
On Jul. 21, 2013, a Sukhoi Superjet 100, registration 97005, performed a gear up landing at Keflavik airport, where the aircraft has been deployed for training purposes for a few…
MiG-25 defection: How a Soviet Pilot Brought a Secret Warplane To The West
The story of Viktor Belenko, a MiG-25 pilot who defected to the United States via Japan on Sept. 6, 1976. The then Lieutenant Belenko was a pilot with the 513th…
Poland preparing to buy new helicopters for the Army
The Armament Inspectorate of Poland has relased the news that negotiations regarding the technical side of the helicopter contract under which 70 helicopters will be procured by the Polish Armed…
NASA aborts spacewalk after astronaut’s helmet dangerously fills with water
The second spacewalk by International Space Station astronauts Chris Cassidy, a former Navy Seal, and Luca Parmitano, an Italian Air Force test pilot, was aborted after 1 hour and 32…
North Korea-flaggeg cargo ship seized by Panama carried Fan Song radar of an SA-2 Surface to Air Missile system
On Jul. 16, Panamiam authorities seized a North Korea-flagged cargo ship on a voyage from Cuba toward the Panama Canal enroute back to its home country. The "Chong Chon Gang"…
New video of drone crashing into a C-160 cargo plane in Afghanistan raises concern over German UAVs safety
Drones have become so smart to decide, autonomously - without human intervention, to abort landing on an aircraft carrier because of an internal problem (undetected by the remote controllers). Even…
