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Search Underway For Helicopter Carrying Iran’s President Raisi Reportedly Crashed In Northwestern Iran
A helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi has had an accident, state media reports. Here’s what we know. A helicopter carrying Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has had to make what the stat...
Fourth U.S. MQ-9 Reaper Lost to Houthi Anti-Aircraft Missile In 6 Months
This is the fourth U.S. Reaper drone being shot down by the Houthi rebels since October 2023. Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Friday claimed to have shot down another American MQ-9 Reaper drone, circu...
Final Six F-15Es Return From Jordan With Nose Arts And Drone Kill Markings
The final six F-15E Strike Eagles of the 494th Fighter Squadron have returned to RAF Lakenheath. They all wear nose arts and AIM-9X kill markings. On May 10, 2024, flying as TABOR 81, the second ...
F-15E Strike Eagles Return From Middle East Deployment With AIM-9X Kill Markings And Nose Art
The first six F-15E Strike Eagles of the 494th Fighter Squadron sport some really interesting markings earned shooting down Iranian drones. The first six of a dozen F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft wi...
Claims Swirl About Imminent Delivery Of First Batch Of Su-35 Flankers To Iran
According to some media reports, the long-awaited delivery of the Su-35S Flankers to Iran would be imminent. There are reasons to take these claims with a grain of salt though. As per a report fr...
Biden Praises F-15E Aircrews Who Took Down Several Iranian Drones During Attack On Israel
F-15E Strike Eagles from the 494th and 335th Fighter Squadrons downed several Iranian drones during the recent attack on Israel. As reported, the Israeli air defenses faced 170 one-way “kamikaz...
Israeli Air Force Releases Videos Of Tonight’s Interception of Iranian Drones And Missiles
The footage shows drones and cruise missiles being tracked by targeting pods before being hit by air-to-air missiles. Last night, the Israeli air defenses were put to the test when Iran launched ...
Iran Has Launched A Massive Drone And Missile Attack On Israel
The expected retaliation from Iran has eventually arrived: Tehran has launched an unprecedented drone and missile attack on Israel. Iran has launched a retaliatory strikes on Israel nearly two we...
Warships Respond To Wave Of Drone Attacks Disrupting Maritime Trade In The Red Sea Area
After Houthis said they will target all ships headed to Israel, regardless of nationality, U.S., U.K. And French Forces are responding to the drone attacks. On Dec. 18, 2023, Yemen’s Houthi re...
Iran Announces Deal With Russia For Su-35 Fighters
The deal with Russia would include the delivery of Su-35 fighters, Mi-28 attack helicopters and Yak-130 jet trainers. Iran has finalised arrangements with Russia for a package of military aircraf...
U.S. F-16s Carry Out Air Strikes On Iran-Linked Targets In Syria
Two F-16s struck IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) sites in Syria. Early in the morning on Oct. 27, 2023, two U.S. F-16 combat aircraft conducted what the Pentagon called “self-defense s...
Recap: U.S. Forces Shoot Down Several Missiles And Drones In Middle East
The USS Carney, Al-Tanf garrison and Al Asad airbase have been busy defending multiple attacks in the past few days. This last week was quite busy for U.S. forces in the Middle East, with drone ...
Recap: The First Two Days Of The Israel-Hamas War
Gaza is under siege with an interruption of electricity, gas, water and food supplies, as Israel declares state of war for the first time since the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Here’s a mega-recap abou...
Israel ‘At War’ In Gaza After Hamas Launches Massive Surprise Hybrid Attack
The IDF has launched Operation “Swords of Iron” in response to a massive attack from the Gaza Strip that involved also paragliders, unmanned aircraft and speedboats. In the morning on Oct. 7,...
Iran’s Air Force Receives First Russian Yak-130 Advanced Jet Trainer Aircraft
Two Yak-130 combat trainers are currently in Iran’s 8th Tactical Air Force Base near Isfahan. Images of the first Yak-130 Mitten aircraft for the IRIAF (Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force) were...