Category: Air Force

The Vietnam People’s Air Force has been operating the Su-30MK2 for over a decade, during this period the unit that flies the jet – the 935 Fighter Jet Regiment – had twice came close to losing aircraft due to in-flight emergencies.

Photo: Baodatviet.vn
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A Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF) F-4 crashed near the city of Konarak on Jan. 12 at around 11 a.m. local time. Two crew members on board were killed in the crash.

By Shahram Sharifi [GFDL or CC BY-SA 4.0-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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The U.S. Air Force’s HH-60G Pave Hawk is switching out its GAU-18 machine gun for the GAU-21. A HH-60G is now at Edwards Air Force Base for the 412th Test Wing and 418th Flight Test Squadron to verify the ballistics qualities of the new machine gun on the Pave Hawk.

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