Tag: air force
Firefighting plane crashes in Greece, killing both pilots, as island blazes force new evacuations
RHODES: A Greek air force water-dropping plane crashed while diving into a wildfire in southern Greece on Tuesday, killing both pilots, as authorities battled blazes…
Ukraine S: Russia launches sixth air attack on Kyiv in July: Ukraine’s military
Russia launched its sixth air attack this month on Kyiv early on Tuesday, the military administration of the Ukrainian capital said, with air raid alerts…
Kyiv: Ukraine says downed 20 Russian drones, 2 cruise missiles
KYIV: Ukraine said Thursday it had downed 20 Russian attack drones and two cruise missiles in an overnight attack that wounded at least four in…
Civil rights icon James Meredith, 90, falls at Mississippi event but has no visible injuries
JACKSON, Miss.: Civil rights icon James Meredith fell outside the Mississippi Capitol on Sunday at an event marking his 90th birthday, but he suffered no…
Higher cancer rates in military pilots, ground crews: US study
WASHINGTON: A Pentagon study has found high rates of cancer among military pilots and for the first time has shown that ground crews who fuel,…
Benjamin Netanyahu urges military chief to contain reservist protest
TEL AVIV (Israel): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the military’s chief of staff on Sunday to contain a wave of protest from within the…
Air Force: US Senate confirms Indian-American flight test engineer as Assistant Secretary of Air Force
WASHINGTON: The Senate has confirmed Indian-American flight test engineer Ravi Chaudhary as the Assistant Secretary of Defence for the US Air Force, one of the…
Air Force: US Senate confirms Indian-American as Assistant Secretary of Air Force
WASHINGTON: The United States Senate has confirmed Indian-American Ravi Chaudhary as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Air Force, one of the top civilian…
Air Force: US President Biden decides his new Air Force One aircraft will stay blue and white
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden is sticking with a blue-and-white colour scheme for the exterior of the replacement Air Force One aircraft, the first of which…
Canada: US still gives no details about Alaska UFO; new object seen over Canada
WASHINGTON: The US military said on Saturday it still could not offer even basic details about an unidentified flying object it shot down off Alaska…