File photo of a Royal Air Force Typhoon pilot preparing to start the jet for a training mission. (Photo: Royal Air Force) Western pilots approached with remunerative contracts to provide training to Chinese pilots. After reports about British pilots being targeted by China trying to recruit them to train the People’s Liberation Army Air Force, …
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Government Approves Waiver To Resume F-35 Deliveries After Halt Over Chinese Alloy
An F-35A Lightning II appointed to the 4th Fighter Squadron, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, removes for a Red Flag-Nellis 22-3 objective, July 19, 2022. When a Chinese alloy was discovered in the F-35’s turbomachine pumps,(U.S. Air Force image by Airman 1st Class Makenna Gott)The distributions were stopped. Concerning a month after they were stopped, …
F-35 Deliveries Halted As Chinese Alloy Was Found In Turbomachine Pumps
U.S Air Force Captain Kristin” BEO” Wolfe, F-35A Lightning II Demonstration Team Commander, flies throughout a demo at the Oregon International Airshow in McMinnville, Ore., Aug. 20, 2022. (U.S. Air National Guard image by Master Sgt. John Winn)The alloy is utilized by a professional to make magnets for Honeywell’s turbomachine pumps. The Pentagon has actually …
U.S. B-2 Spirit Bombers Have Deployed To Australia
A B-2 on the ground at RAAF Base Amberley, Australia (Image credit: USAF) Four B-2A stealth bombers have deployed to RAAF Base Amberley, Australia in the last couple of days. The largest deployment of U.S. Air Force B-2A in recent times is currently underway in Australia where two pairs of Spirit aircraft have landed on …
Engines Of Australian P-8 MPA Ingest Chaffs Released by Chinese J-16 During “Very Dangerous” Intercept
A data picture of a RAAF P-8A Poseidon(Photo: Royal Australian Air Force). In package, a PLAAF J-16(Image credit rating : Chinese Military)The Chinese boxer jet crossed the Poseidon’s trajectory while launching chaffs, several of which where consumed by the engines. The occasion took place in worldwide airspace. The Australian Ministry of Defence simply divulged that …
Allow’s Talk About The Chinese Y-20 Delivering Weapons To Serbia Recently
One of the 6 Y-20s landed in Belgrade(Image by means of @ 寰亚SYHP from Weibo). In package: the airplane tracked on adsbexchange by Evergreen Intel( @vcdgf555). The 6 Y-20 freight airplane landed in Belgrade to supply FK-3 surface-to-air projectiles as the Serbian armed forces remains to rearm. Throughout the evening in between April 8 as …
Kadena F-15s Flew CAPs With Live Missiles Near Taiwan After China Held Drills In The Region
One of the Kadena abdominal muscle’s F-15Cs touchdown at the end of a 7-hour patrol goal near Taiwan (Reader’s entry) China sent off frigates, bombing planes and also boxer around Taiwan as U.S. legislators checked out the island to reveal assistance; F-15C detected flying with Live tools at Kadena abdominal, Japan, as stress in the …
The China Eastern 737 Crash
March 22, 2022 FIRST THINGS FIRST, it’s important to employ my usual post-crash disclaimer: When planes go down, initial speculation is often misguided and wrong. Early clues that appear straightforward and revealing turn out to be complicated and unclear. All we know for certain is that China Eastern flight 5735 was cruising at 29,000 feet …
Check Out This Cool New Video of Chinese Navy Carrier Ops the Week They Launched 3 New Warships
A Chinese J-15 Flying Shark launches off the new Type 002 aircraft carrier Shandong- (Photo: CCTV via YouTube) Chinese Navy on A Tear to Assert Global Reach with New Carriers and Warships. While the Chinese military has been on a tear of introducing new weapons systems and platforms, this past week was remarkable even compared …
Chinese H-6 Bombers Heard On Radio Confirming Orders For Simulated Attack On U.S. Aircraft Carrier Near Taiwan
An H-6 taking off during Aviadart 2019 in Russia (All images: Giovanni Colla) Unsurprisingly, the package of 13 Chinese combat aircraft, (including eight H-6 bombers) entering Taiwan’s ADIZ last Saturday were carrying out a mock attack on USS Theodore Roosevelt. As already reported in detail, a total of 28 aircraft, including as many as eight …