September 06, 2020 Military Aviation News

Four Marines Safe After Super Stallion Helicopter Catches Fire Mid-Flight

09/06/2020

Four Marines were able to get out of a heavy lift helicopter safely after it made an emergency landing just miles from their air station. A CH-53E Super Stallion assigned to Marine Corps Air Station New River in North Carolina made an emergency landing on Thursday. The aircraft landed in Dixon, which is about 11 miles from New River.

Russian aircraft intercepts Norwegian plane in international airspace

09/06/2020

A Russian military leader said Saturday that Russian fighter planes intercepted a Norwegian patrol aircraft over the Barents Sea for the third time in a row. The Russian state-run news agency TASS reported that on Saturday, Russian radars detected a target in international airspace headed toward Russian airspace and a fighter jet was scrambled to intercept it.

Russian Drone Attack

09/06/2020

After lagging behind major drone powers such as the United States, Israel and China, Russia is attempting to challenge, if not forge ahead of some of its competitors. Russian companies displayed several drones - both for attack and reconnaissance / surveillance at the Army-2020 Forum in Moscow whose features match if not exceed that of competing drones from international manufacturers.

Why does the IAF deploy HAL Tejas near the borders, even when it is not yet ready?

09/06/2020

While there is a massive military buildup on the India-China de facto border, the Indian Air Force (IAF) has strengthened its western border and deployed its indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas jets. “The LCA Tejas was deployed by the Indian Air Force on the western front close to the Pakistan border to take care of any possible action by the adversary there,” said a government source and quoted by ANI.

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