February 2013
The Defense Department grounded has grounded its fleet of F-35 fighter jets after a crack in the engine was found. The jet is the Pentagon’s most expensive weapons program with a total estimated cost of $400 billion. The engine problem was discovered during a routine inspection at Edwards Air Force Base, California, leading the 51-jet fleet to be grounded as a “precautionary matter,” the Pentagon said Friday. “It’s too early to know ...
Category: F-35 Lightning II
A MiG-27 “Flogger-D” aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashed in Rajasthan’s Barmer district on Tuesday. Pilot Wing Commander Nishikant Singh ejected on time and was rushed to the Jodhpur’s Military Hospital where his condition was said to be stable and out of danger. The aircraft was on a routine sortie when it crashed near a hamlet, Allawani- Ki- Dhani, 30 km from Barmer, in the Western sector, said defence spokesman Colonel ...
Category: MiG News
Iran over the weekend presented what it called a “significant achievement in the field of aerospace technology” – a domestically built fighter jet with stealth capabilities. Some aviation experts, however, believe the tiny, angular fighter jet with stubby wings shown to the world may have been an expensive mock-up and that video footage of the black jet screaming across the sky may actually show a radio-controlled model aircraft instead. Such skepticism may be understandable, ...
Category: Military Aviation
Iran has presented its first domestically designed defense fighter bomber jet with limited stealth capabilities. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stressed that the plane was designed for defense purposes, and will not be used for aggression. Codenamed Qaher-313 ("Conqueror"), the jet is an advanced single-seat single-engine military plane. ...
Category: Military Aviation
