Author: Crew Daily
In May 2018, the UK’s Channel 5 during the filming of the Royal Navy captured an interesting video of Royal Navy warship HMS Duncan being buzzed by 17 Russian fighter jets in the Black Sea near the coast of Crimea. The video presents several of the Russian Navy’s fighter jets like Su-30SM Flanker derivative and Su-24 Fencer jets passing by the area of the HMS Duncan. These jets which were mix of fighter jets of the Russian Navy were show coming close to the HMS Duncan. The crew members of the vessel were worried that if these jets came any…
US Air Force has recently released the limited information about the new F-35A Demonstration Team for the upcoming 2019 Airshow season. The news was posted officially on the USAF’s Air Combat Command Aerial Events page. In addition to this news, this page also holds the information about the various other Air Combat Command flight demonstration teams which includes the following. F-22 Raptor Demo Team the A-10C Thunderbolt II Demo Team the F-16 “Viper” Demo Team the Heritage Flight Teams Air Force has yet to reveal any specific about the demonstration of the F-35A Demo Team but they have pointed it…
There is one certain plane in the US Army’s possession that it is so unique that it can only be found in one place. The uniqueness of this plane is evident from the fact that the pilots who fly this plane are not allowed to touch it until they are authorized for deployment to a special place. The name of this aircraft is E-11A or also most commonly known as Battlefield Airborne Communications Node or BACN. These aircraft were originally the ultra long range Business Jets that have been modified by the US Air Force to accommodate the BACN’s payload.…
The Aeronautica Militare (Italian Air Force) has completed its tour of the Middle East with the following displays. The T-346A Master and Eurofighter F-2000A of the 311° Gruppo (Squadron) of the Reparto Sperimentale Volo (RSV – Test Wing) the grand finale with the 10x MB.339A/PAN of the Frecce Tricolori This tour was sponsored by the Leonardo Company which helped to bring these Italian jets to Qatar, Bahrain, and Kuwait. The reason for this tour was to promote the aerospace capabilities of the Italian Aerospace across the region of Persian Gulf. This is the first time when a T-346 took part…
On November 25th, 2018 Russia has stopped the navigation through the Kerch Strait which is the only passage into the Sea of Azov. This has resulted in tensions with Ukraine. According to the media reports, two Russian military boats have blocked the passage under the arch of Kerch Bridge. This bridge is the only means of connecting Crimea to Russia. The reason for this blockade by Russian authorities is that three Ukrainian vessels committed the Russian Territorial waters without any prior authorization. This story of Moscow has been completely denied by Ukraine and they released a statement, “Russian coast guard…
On June 5th, 2019 to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the D-Day; a big flyover will be held over the skies of Normandy, France. For this flyover tribute, more than 30 of the Douglas C-47 Skytrain and Dakota transport aircraft will be retracing their flights from Great Britain and flying over the original D-Day Drop Zones in Normandy, France. Furthermore, paratroopers will be released from these aircraft wearing that period’s uniform while operating the World War II style parachutes. This airborne armada with its flight and para-trooping action is going to be a high salute for the Greatest Generation, The…
Back on February 1st, 2013 Iran unveiled its stealth fighter jet’s prototype which was named as “Qaher 313”. The prototype for this stealth aircraft as resented to the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. This prototype was also put on a public display on the Ten-Day Dawn ceremonies held in Iran to celebrate the 1979’s victory of the Islamic Revolution. The Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi also made a statement about this aircraft that, “this aircraft is going to be very different from the other fighter jets that Iran has ever made”. The pictures of this aircraft prototype were released…
On 22nd November 2018, an aircraft of the Peruvian Airlines; Boeing 737-500 was operating its flight from Lima Airport, Peru to La Paz, Colombia via Cusco, Peru and was headed towards La Paz Airport in Bolivia on the flight number P9-219, experienced a bad landing. The plane on its landing collapsed on the runway due to the main gear collapsing. Fortunately for the 120 passengers and 5 crewmen onboard the aircraft, nobody was injured. An investigation has been launched to determine the cause for this main gear collapsing. The airline is going to take care of all its passengers. The…
35 F-35A from the 388th and 419th Fighter Wing performed an “Elephant Walk” at the Hill Airforce Base back on November 19th, 2018. These Elephant Walk exercises are consistent of a certain number of aircraft that taxi alongside side each other in close formation or a sequence right before they takeoff which is also dependent upon the nature of training exercise. If they are not to take-off; the aircraft taxi back to their apron. However, the 19th November ‘Elephant Walk’ after its close formation taxi staged at the Hill Air Force Base in Utah eventually took off. For our readers,…
A-10 aircraft is practically immune from Foreign Object Damage due to its engines being mounted far from the surface of the runway. Due to this reason, A-10 aka Warthog is often used for practicing landings and takeoffs at Eastern Europe. The reason for these practices in Eastern Europe is because the area is filled with highway strips, abandoned Warsaw Pact military airfields which have not been in use since the end of Cold War which makes them suitable for training purposes. At the beginning of June, 8 of the A-10C aircraft from the 107th Fighter Squadron stationed at the Selfridge…