Aircraft

Australia halts air strikes in Syria

A A27 Hawk on the BAE Tarmac with a new paint scheme.Hawk A27-30 is sporting a new colour scheme aimed at increasing visibility and reducing the potential risk of mid-air collision. The decision to trial the new paint scheme followed an assessment of operational risk of Hawk operations in Pearce Airspace in 2010.

The first nations to use aircraft to bomb ships were…Greece & Mexico?

In the annals of aerial warfare, the names of Greece and Mexico don’t usually appear very often.

Yet Greece and Mexico were the first to use aircraft to bomb ships, a breakthrough that led to the Pearl Harbor raid—and to today’s aircraft armed with ship-killer missiles.

Turkey's indigenous trainer aircraft makes maiden flight abroad at Paris Air Show

The Hürkuş, an indigenous basic trainer aircraft built by Tusaş Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), made its first public flight abroad at the Paris Air Show on June 19, the TAI has said in a statement. 

A number of top local and foreign officials, including Defense Minister Fikri Işık, watched the six-minute international appearance of Hürkuş. 

Two B-25 Bombers that went missing in World War II have been found (PHOTOS)

The remains of two B-25 bombers that disappeared from the skies over 70 years ago have been located in the waters off Papua New Guinea. IFL Science reports that the planes were discovered by Project Recover, an organization dedicated to tracking down U.S. aircraft that crashed into the sea during World War II.

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