Category: Air Force

Sensitive information on the facilities at RAF Mount Pleasant, Falklands Islands was accidentally leaked on the British Ministry of Defence website.

“Mount Pleasant Airport – Donald Morrison” by Donald Morrison from Lochalsh, Scotland – Mount Pleasant Airport. Licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons.

Continue reading “British MoD accidentally leak sensitive info on RAF Mount Pleasant”

Finnish Defense Minister Carl Haglund has refuted a report from Swedish newspaper Dagens Industri saying that the Saab Gripen is a strong candidate to replace Finland’s F/A-18s.

By Airwolfhound from Hertfordshire, UK (Saab JAS-39C Gripen – RIAT 2014) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Continue reading “Finnish Defense Minister refutes claim that Gripen will replace Hornet”

A Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF) Slingsby T67 Firefly two-seat aerobatic training aircraft crashed on Apr. 6, killing the Jordanian instructor and a Iraqi student pilot.

By Adrian Pingstone (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

[thumb]http://www.petra.gov.jo/Public_News/Nws_NewsDetails.aspx?Site_Id=1&lang=2&NewsID=189911&CatID=13&Type=Home&GType=1[/thumb]

The Kenyan Air Force carried out two air strikes on Apr. 5 on al Shabaab camps in Somalia.

“KAF F-5 Tiger II Jet preparing” by Antoisurf – Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.

Continue reading “Kenya Air Force bombed two al Shabaab camps in Somalia”