May 02, 2025 Military Aviation News

Quick-thinking act that saved US Navy sailor's life as fighter jet fell off aircraft carrier into the Red Sea

05/02/2025

A quick-thinking US Navy sailor was able to narrowly escape a fighter jet just moments before it fell into the Red Sea on Monday. The unidentified sailor was inside the cockpit of an F/A-18 fighter jet, estimated to cost about $60 million, when it slipped off the hanger deck of the USS Harry S. Truman, Business Insider reports.

(Read More...)

USAF F-16s fly in to UK to test their combat readiness during Exercise Combat Archer

05/02/2025

Twenty-one US Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons based in Italy have flown to the UK to examine their combat readiness in Exercise Combat Archer. The training was the US Air Force's largest Weapons System Evaluation Programme (WSEP) exercise ever held in Europe.

(Read More...)

Air force to investigate IDF flare incident

05/02/2025

The air force yesterday said it was investigating the accidental firing of a flare from one of its Indigenous Defense Fighter (IDF) jets, also known as the AIDC F-CK-1 Ching Kuo, on Wednesday. There were no injuries or damages, and an investigation has been launched to determine the cause of the accident, the air force said. The flares, usually used to protect jets against incoming guided missiles, were released in flight, sources said.

(Read More...)

All Articles