The People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) has announced the death of its first J-10 woman pilot during a training accident involving a J-10YS on Nov. 12. Capt. Yu Xu was 30 years-old.
Category: Air Force
PLAAF August 1st fatal accident, woman pilot killed
We are getting reports that the PLAAF August 1st aerobatic team had a mid-air collision today in Tangshan Yutian county, Hebei province and a woman pilot was killed. Chinese social media identified the pilot as Capt. Yu Xu.
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French Defense Minister chides Airbus for A400M woes
French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has publicly blamed Airbus for failing to deliver operational A400Ms.
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By Eric Salard (F-RBAA A400M LBG SIAE 2015) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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See how the RSAF convert a public road to a runway
The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) invited us to Lim Chu Kang Road on the western side of the island this morning to witness how it convert the 2.4 km long road into an alternate runway for its fighter aircraft to land and take off.
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Israel’s 101 Squadron in the process of integrating the Spice 1000
The Israeli Air Force’s 101 Fighter Squadron is in the process of integrating the Spice 1000 precision guided bomb on its F-16 aircraft.
By Bin im Garten (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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