Noi imagini capturate de telescoape arată că cometa interstelară 3I/ATLAS emite un jet impresionant de gaz și praf către Soare. Aceasta este o comportare tipică pentru comete, conform declarațiilor unui expert pentru Live Science. Descoperită la sfârșitul lunii iunie și confirmată de NASA la începutul lui iulie, cometa provine dintr-un sistem stelar necunoscut, situat dincolo […]
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Un jet galactic
Într-o galaxie vecină cu Calea Lactee, explozii impresionante au aruncat în spațiul înconjurător o cantitate de material echivalentă cu aproximativ masa a 50 de milioane de sori. Observarea acestei ”fântâni galactice”, realizată datorită unui studiu de înaltă rezoluție al galaxiei NGC 4383, oferă indicii cruciale despre modul în care elementele chimice se răspândesc în spațiu, […]
City uses Russian jet ahead of Super Bowl flyover
Contrary to the city of Santa Monica, the Super Bowl flyover did not feature a MiG-29 fighter Advertising the flyover of the US Air Force’s demonstration team during Sunday’s Super Bowl game, the California city of Santa Monica used a stock photo of a Russian MiG-29 jet, prompting widespread mockery on Twitter. Military pageantry is […]
Fighter jet crashes in Arizona, pilot injured
The mishap took place during a routine training flight, resulting in no injuries on the ground A private military contractor piloting a French-made Mirage F1 fighter jet suffered minor injuries ejecting from the cabin as the aircraft went down in a non-residential area of Arizona on Thursday morning, the US Air Force has revealed. The […]
Salvage work for sunken state-of-the-art US fighter jet could be imminent
A Japan Coast Guard alert indicates the US Navy is to commence the recovery of its lost F-35C The US Navy appears to be launching an operation to recover an F-35C fighter jet which botched a landing on the USS Carl Vinson earlier this month and went overboard into the South China Sea. The effort […]
VIDEO of US Navy jet crash in South China Sea released
Military confirms authenticity of video clip showing the moment an F-35C Lightning II stealth plane crash-landed A video has surfaced online showing one of the most advanced US fighter jets, the F-35C Lightning II, crashing into the deck of an aircraft carrier in the South China Sea. The footage, along with a photo showing the […]
US F-35 jet upgrade is ‘immature & deficient’ – reports
The $14 billion software upgrade has led to “critical warfighting deficiencies” in the jets, but is still being deployed The Pentagon is continuing to install a fresh software upgrade on its F-35 fighter jets, even though the programming turned out to be riddled with flaws, Bloomberg reports, citing a military testing report soon to be […]
US Navy reveals fate of fighter jet that suffered ‘mishap’ near China
Seven US Navy sailors were injured when the F-35C Lightning II stealth plane suffered a “landing mishap” during a drill The US Navy is working to recover a plane that fell into the South China Sea – which is claimed by China almost in its entirety – during a war drill this week that left […]
Sailors injured after US fighter jet botches landing near China
The pilot safely ejected from his aircraft during the failed landing, which, however, resulted in injuries to several sailors Seven US Navy personnel were injured after a pilot suffered a “landing mishap” on a US supercarrier and was forced to eject from the aircraft while performing operations in the South China Sea. The US Navy […]
Taiwanese F-16 fighter jet vanishes
Search and rescue operation is underway An F-16V fighter jet, the most advanced aircraft in the Taiwanese Air Force fleet, has gone missing, with witnesses claiming that they saw the aircraft crash into the sea. A search and rescue operation is ongoing. The plane went missing from Air Force radars on Tuesday afternoon, shortly after […]
Jet bursts into flames after crashing in California neighborhood (VIDEO)
A small plane went down in San Diego County, California, with the crash leaving hundreds without power A small jet has crashed in a residential area in El Cajon, San Diego County, California, with its wreckage catching fire and knocking down power lines in the area. It is unclear yet if there were any casualties. […]
Turkey says US must repay it for ‘unfair’ expulsion from $1.4bn F-35 jet deal or offer other hardware in return
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has said that the US must deliver over 100 F-35 fighter jets or compensate Ankara by either repaying the $1.4 billion it had invested in the aircraft program or offering other hardware. Turkey ordered the Lockheed Martin-manufactured fighters prior to its expulsion from a multi-national partner procurement program in 2019 […]
Serbia inks deal with breakaway Kosovo region to end spat that featured jet flyovers and tanks at border
Chief negotiators for Serbia and Kosovo have formally reached agreement to conclude the latest round of escalation. “We have a deal,” tweeted EU special representative Miroslav Lajcak after two days of “intense negotiations.” The recent disagreement had seen Kosovo order its police to force any cars attempting to cross the border to remove Serbian license […]
‘Eco-warriors Meghan and Harry’ in hot water for flying private jet… though some wonder how it’s newsworthy
British tabloids and their readers wasted no time lashing out at the rogue royal couple, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, for using a private jet to return to their home in California after a grand tour to New York. The two were caught by a paparazzo after touching down on Saturday night at a private […]
WATCH passenger jet spew flames as it strikes a flock of EAGLES on takeoff in Cuba
Chilling footage filmed in Cuba by a passenger of a Moscow-bound flight shows its right engine spewing flames as the plane strikes a group of eagles during the takeoff. Flight ZF 556, belonging to the Russian carrier Azur Air, was departing from the popular Cuban tourist hotspot of Varadero on Thursday when the incident happened. […]