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New drama over the Black Sea: Su-27 crashed on Bayraktar VIDEO
The video was released five days after two Su-27s shot down a US Air Force MQ-9 Reaper in the waters of the Black Sea.
Turkish media claim that this incident also happened over the waters of the Black Sea.
SavunmaSanaiiST.com published a video claiming that the drone was Ukrainian, and that it was "believed to be a Su-27 fighter" that tried to shoot it down.
US releases video of Russian jet dumping fuel on its drone
The Pentagon has released footage of what it says is a Russian aircraft conducting an unsafe intercept of a U.S. Air Force surveillance drone in international airspace over the Black Sea.
The 42-second video, released Thursday, shows a Russian Su-27 approaching the back of the MQ-9 drone and beginning to release fuel as it passes, the Pentagon said.
US says Russian warplane hits American drone over Black Sea
A Russian fighter jet struck the propeller of a U.S. surveillance drone over the Black Sea on March 14 in a "brazen violation of international law," causing American forces to bring down the unmanned aerial vehicle, the U.S. said.
Drama: Russian jet collides with US drone over Black Sea; the army spoke up
The US Air Force was forced to ground its drone, the US military said.
The military says the drone was conducting a routine operation in international airspace when two Russian jets attempted to intercept it.
The statement also said that an "unsafe and unprofessional act by the Russians" almost caused one of the fighter jets and the drone to crash.
US chargé d'affaires a.i. to visit 'Gen. Emanoil Ionescu' Air Base in Campia Turzii on Thursday
US chargé d'affaires ad interim in Bucharest, David Muniz, and commander of Aviano's 31st Fighter Wing Squadron, Brigadier General Jason E. Bailey, will visit on Thursday the 71st "General Emanoil Ionescu" Air Base in Campia Turzii - Cluj County, the Ministry of National Defense informs.
Test of new drone’s capabilities at air base
The technical capabilities of the MQ-9 Guardian drone were demonstrated Thursday at the Larissa air base. Manufactured by US firm General Atomic Aeronautical Systems, the MQ-9 can fly for more than 40 hours, has a thermal camera and a daytime camera and a radar range of 250 km.
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US says Russian fighter conducted unsafe intercept
A U.S. Navy surveillance aircraft in international airspace over the Mediterranean Sea was intercepted three times by a Russian jet fighter over three hours on June 4, including a high-speed pass that was deemed unsafe and put the plane at risk, the U.S. Sixth Fleet said.
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Sixense Group Organizes an International Workshop in Sofia
Sixense Group organizes in Sofia an international Workshop for Mastering Construction and operation of Infrastructures & buildings.
US retires Predator drones after 15 years that changed the ‘war on terror’
The retirement of the antiquated Predator drone MQ-1, which is to be withdrawn from service in July and replaced by the more capable MQ-9 Reaper, is giving military analysts an opportunity to review the mixed history of a weapon that has long been associated with low-cost war, a sense of disembodiment from conflict, and for inflicting a high number of civilian casualties.
Scientists survey the last hidden region of South Pole (photos)
The last unknown part on earth, the South Pole, has finally been surveyed. European scientists have used instruments to the region to map its hidden depths. Known as PolarGAP, the project was largely funded by the European Space Agency (Esa) to gather measurements over an area of Earth that its satellites cannot see, as they generally only fly up to about 83 degrees in latitude.