MOSCOW, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- A MiG-31 fighter crashed in the Nizhny Novgorod region in the center of European Russia, with both pilots ejected, the Russian Defense Ministry said Wednesday. "The flight was carried out without ammunition and the plane fell in a deserted place causing no dama...
While the exact model of the plane is unclear, footage shared on Telegram channels shows what appears to be a fighter jet. Some channels identified the plane as aSu-35or a Su-27. Ukrainian officials have not commented on the claims, which cannot be independently verified. ...
I spent 15 years in the astronaut office, I used to fly with Russian fighter pilots in the backseat of my plane," Kelly, D-AZ., told Fox News chief political anchor and host of "Special Report with Brett Baier" during an interview Thursday. "The level of incompetence in the...
The head of a Russian mercenary group who launched a rebellion against Moscow’s military leadership in June is presumed dead after a mysterious plane crash.
A Taliban fighter stands guard as women wait to receive food rations distributed by a humanitarian aid group, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on May 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi) And in Yemen, that country’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels and a Saudi-led coalition battling them have yet to...
Georgia, a former Soviet republic now independent of Moscow, said the SU-27 jet fighter was on a pre-dawn bombing mission against Georgian ground forces. Russia denied the charge. It was the first downing of a Russian aircraft in seven months of fighting between the Georgian army and Abkhazia...
As the radio transmissions were intercepted, it was clear that the situation was dire. A Su-30 fighter jet witnessed the entire scene and saw the explosion, but it is unclear if it was there to provide escort for the other aircraft. The Il-22M command plane also called for assistance from...
Russia’s reaction to the international outrage over MH17 was to contrive and deliver counternarratives. A buzzing and growing cloud of ever-changing claims emerged—placing the blame on a Ukrainian fighter jet, Ukrainians on the ground, or the CIA, or claiming that Putin’s private plane was...
Sukhoi manufactures military aircraft and is known especially for its fighter jets. Its civilian aircraft is narrow-bodied with a dual-class cabin that can transport 100 passengers over regional routes. It flew its maiden flight in 2008.
A Russian Su-27 fighter jet flew within five feet of a US Air Force RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft on Monday over the Baltic Sea, according to a US official, an encounter that was assessed to be “unsafe.”