Pictured: Recently married pilot who died when US Air Force F-15C fighter jet crashed in the North Sea 74 miles off the Yorkshire coast as wife pays tribute to her ‘absolute best friend’ The dead pilot who crashed into North Sea has been named 1st Lt Kenneth Allen Lt Allen’s F15C Eagle crashed at around … Read more
The pilot of the US Air Force F15C fighter aircraft that crashed off the north-east coast of England has been found dead. The USAF jet, from the 48th Fighter Wing based at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk, crashed at around 9.40am on Monday while on a routine training exercise. In a statement this evening, RAF Lakenheath … Read more
The wreckage of an RAF fighter plane that tumbled from 500ft with engine failure during the Second World War has been discovered on the British beach where it crash-landed 76 years ago. Dog walkers at Cleethorpes, Grimsby, were stunned to stumble across the seaweed-matted remains of the Bristol Beaufighter, which was dredged up by moving … Read more
Two Russian fighter jets have been accused of flying in ‘an unsafe and unprofessional manner’ while intercepting a US spy plane. The Su-35 fighters surrounded a P-8A US plane as it flew over the Mediterranean Sea on Tuesday, the US Navy revealed in a statement. It’s the third time in two months Russian pilots buzzed … Read more
How ‘ridiculed’ WWII RAF fighter plane the Defiant was far deadlier than it was ever given credit for, says historian in new book The Boulton Paul Defiant was a fighter aircraft carrying a pilot and a rear gunner The Air Ministry commissioned the aircraft in the late 1930s to target bombers In one day, 264 … Read more
It’s a deer miss! Family of animals narrowly miss being hit by FIGHTER JETS after dashing across an RAF runway Animals ran across runway at RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire, last Friday All three roe deer escaped unharmed from their close encounter with the planes Aviation enthusiast James Feneley, 52, filmed the near miss By Harry Howard For … Read more
Polish WWII fighter pilot, 97, who flew 100 missions with the British Royal Air Force after the Nazis invaded his country dies of coronavirus in New York City Jerzy Glowczewski, 97, died of complications from COVID-19 on April 13 in New York City Glowczewski fled his home in Warsaw, Poland, after Nazi soldiers attacked his … Read more
Reports newly released by the Naval Safety Center reveal more information on the bizarre encounters U.S. Navy pilots have had with unidentified flying objects off the east coast of the United States. Eight hazard reports filed with the center’s web-based reporting system were acquired under the Freedom of Information Act by The Drive and detail … Read more
US senators try to BLOCK deployment of 48 fighter jets to UK over Huawei’s involvement in building Britain’s 5G wireless network The amendment is being led by Republican senator for Arkansas Tom Cotton Attempts to block fleet of F-35A Lightning II aircraft being stationed in the UK The $200 million aircraft project has been nearly … Read more