Aviation News
A Royal Australian Air Force C-27J Spartan transport aircraft made an emergency landing at Longreach Airport in Queensland’s Central West on May 3rd after smoke was detected onboard, just days after the aircraft had completed a multinational military exercise in Southeast Asia.
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Bidgee, CC BY-SA 3.0 AU, via Wikimedia Commons
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A Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) T-50 advanced jet trainer veered off the runway at Wing 1 airbase, Nakhon Ratchasima, during a routine training flight on the morning of Apr. 23, the Royal Thai Air Force confirmed, adding that the pilot walked away unharmed.
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A 21-year-old Chinese national studying aeronautical engineering at the University of Glasgow, Scotland has been arrested by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) after allegedly photographing restricted military aircraft at one of America’s most sensitive air force bases.
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Mike Freer – Touchdown-aviation (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2), via Wikimedia Commons
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Indonesia’s Air Force took delivery of two South Korean-made T-50i trainer jets, according to a report by ANTARA News in February. The aircraft, part of a six-aircraft purchase from Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI), were sent to Iswahjudi Air Base in Madiun, East Java. The delivery was subsequently confirmed by South Korean logistics firm CJ Logistics in a press release, which shed light on the complex operation behind the shipment.
Photo: CJ Logistics
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A U.S. Air Force C-146 special operations aircraft, tail number 15-3086, struck a concrete barrier during takeoff from a highway in northern Philippines on Feb. 24, injuring five American service members and damaging the plane during what had been billed as a first-of-its-kind joint military exercise.
Photo: Municipality of Laoac Pangasinan
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