Cockpit video of IDF fighter flying at 500ft

A RoCAF OT&E Group test flight to gauge the IDF’s ground attack capability. The jet was flying at 500 ft and a speed of 500 kts.

Source: Cockpit video of IDF fighter flying at 500ft

A look at the training inside Vietnam’s Air Force Academy

Tuoi Tre News had the rare opportunity to observe the daily training activities of Vietnam’s Nha Trang Air Force Academy.

Photo: Tuoi Tre News

Source: A look at the training inside Vietnam’s Air Force Academy

Queen Elizabeth-class carriers will be protected by USVs

BAE Systems, together with ASV, are creating an unmanned surface vessel to be deployed from the Queen Elizabeth-class carriers. The modified rigid inflatable boats will undertake high-risk missions at up to 40km away.

By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Betsy Knapper [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Source: Queen Elizabeth-class carriers will be protected by USVs

Fire broke out inside E-2C just before Shinzo Abe’s visit to USS Ronald Regan

An electrical fire broke out inside a E-2C assigned to VAW-115 on board USS Ronald Regan Oct. 18 as the carrier was about to host Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ryan McFarlane

The ship’s damage control flying squad responded and extinguished the fire, a Navy statement said.

Source: Fire broke out inside E-2C just before Shinzo Abe’s visit to USS Ronald Regan

Abe might board USS Ronald Regan today

Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to go on board aircraft carrier USS Ronald Regan today at Yokosuka. If so, he will be the first serving Prime Minister to board a U.S. aircraft carrier.

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nathan Burke

Source: Abe might board USS Ronald Regan today

U.S. veterans who defended Taiwan hold reunion

Sixteen veterans from the 2nd Missile Battalion, 71st Artillery Regiment, U.S. Army gathered at the Air Defense Artillery (ADA) Museum, Fort Sill to see the exhibit of their deployment to Taiwan in 1958-59.

By Wkthomson (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

The deployment, during the second Taiwan Straits Crisis, was important as it was the first expeditionary missile battalion deployed for a combat mission.
A total of 704 men defended Taipei using the Nike Hercules surface-to-air missiles.

Source: U.S. veterans who defended Taiwan hold reunion

JASDF will fly more refueling missions once KC-46A is inducted

According to Nikkei, the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) will increase the number of aerail refueling missions once the Boeing KC-46A is inducted into service in fiscal 2016.

By Airwolfhound from Hertfordshire, UK (KC-767 – RIAT 2012) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Japanese tankers will being to refuel USMC V-22s and carrier-borne aircraft from CVW-5 in the near future.

Source: JASDF will fly more refueling missions once KC-46A is inducted

Watch Russian Su-35s flying over Kuril Islands


Source: Watch Russian Su-35s flying over Kuril Islands

Russian Mi-24s executing low-level rocket attacks in Homs, Syria


Source: Russian Mi-24s executing low-level rocket attacks in Homs, Syria

Russia plans single unified military base in Syria

The Russian military leadership is looking into creating “a single base, which would include sea, air and land components” in Syria.

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Russia now has a naval base at Tartus and an aviation presence at Latakia, 90 kilometers away.

Source: Russia plans single unified military base in Syria