Aviation News
The U.S. Air Force’s Air Combat Command has declared initial operational capability for the QF-16 full-scale aerial target (FSAT) on Sept. 23.
By U.S. Air Force photo/Sara Vidoni (https://www.dvidshub.net/image/1958460) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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The combat debut of the AIM-9 Sidewinder dogfight missile took place 48 58 years ago and the location was over Wenzhou Bay, China. This article, in Mandarin, is the most detailed account on what actually took place on Sept. 24, 1958, including the time the first PLAAF MiG-17 was shot down by an air-to-air missile fired from a RoCAF F-86.
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Photo: Library of Congress
Three PLAAF MiG-17s’ contrails can be seen in this gun camera footage and the Sidewinder had just left its launch rail.
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Jordan’s King Abdallah has promised to help Kenya train its fighter pilots. The King was in Nairobi for a one-day visit and the training is part of a series of measures by Jordan to assist Kenya in battling terrorism.
By SRA ANDY DUNAWAY. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
A Pakistan Air Force GIDS Shahpar unmanned aerial vehicle crashed near Mianwali on Sept. 26. Fortunately, no one was injured by the accident.
The Icelandic foreign ministry has complained that three Russian Air Force Tu-160 bombers flew between 6,000 and 9,000 feet below a passenger plane that departed Reykjavik and bound for Sweden.
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Alan Wilson [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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