A Bangladesh Air Force F-7 fighter crashed in the Bay of Bengal on Jun. 29 around 11:20 a.m. local time, the wreckage from the aircraft has been located but there is no sign of the pilot.
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Category: Air Force
F-35A in clean configuration couldn’t dogfight again F-16D with two drop tanks
A veteran U.S. Air Force pilot took AF-02 out to the Pacific Ocean on Jan. 14 this year for a simulated dogfight against a F-16D and he had troubles defeating his opponent using the new jet.
By U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joely Santiago [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Myanmar Air Force chief-of-staff fired after bomb landed in Chinese territory
Reuters reported that Myanmar Air Force removed Major General Lwin Oo as chief-of-staff after a stray bomb landed in China and killed farmers three months ago.
By M Radzi Desa [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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Turkish media says Erdoğan is getting a CH-47F for presidential palace
Turkey placed an order for five more Boeing CH-47F helicopters in January, this bring the total number ordered to eleven. However, Turkish media says only four will go the military as President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan wants to have a Chinook for his presidential palace.
By Capt. Peter Smedberg (https://www.dvidshub.net/image/1053576) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
MQ-1B lost over Syria was shot down
A U.S. Air Force MQ-1B went down over the Syrian town of Latakia on Mar. 17, the service now admits that the UAV was shot down.
See page for author [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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