(Corrects to remove extraneous word “in” in second to last paragraph) BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese state media unveiled new images of China’s most advanced aircraft carrier yet, including next generation launch tracks that can catapult a wider range of aircraft from its deck. First shown to the public in June 2022, the Fujian was entirely designed … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — After months of extra duty at sea providing protection for Israel, the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier strike group will be heading home, the Navy announced on Monday. The Ford and its accompanying warships will be replaced by the amphibious assault ship the USS Bataan and its accompanying warships, the USS … Read more
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s defence ministry said on Sunday its air defence systems had shot down four Ukrainian military aircraft over the past 24 hours, just two days after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Kyiv had downed three Russian fighter-bomber jets. In its daily dispatch, the defence ministry said its air defence shot down three … Read more
Turkey’s national carrier, Turkish Airlines, says it’s placing an order for 220 new planes from Airbus as it seeks to expand its fleet ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s national carrier, Turkish Airlines, said Friday that it is placing an order for 220 new planes from Airbus as it seeks to expand its fleet. In a statement … Read more
ATI’s pilots are taking a less antagonistic tone in hopes of bringing Amazon to the negotiating table. “What we don’t want to do is affect our customers,” says Sterling. “We’ve done a lot to protect our obsession with Amazon.” However, he says the intransigence of ATSG’s management has left the pilots with no choice but … Read more
The U.S. Air Force says divers have discovered wreckage and remains of crew members from a U.S. Air Force Osprey aircraft that crashed last week off southwestern Japan ByThe Associated Press December 4, 2023, 4:25 AM The members of Japanese Coast Guard carry the debris which are believed to be from the crashed U.S. military … Read more
TOKYO — Japan’s top government spokesperson expressed concern on Friday that the U.S. military is continuing to fly Osprey aircraft in the country without providing adequate information about a fatal crash this week in southwestern Japan despite repeated requests that it do so. One crew member was killed and seven others are missing, along with … Read more
TOKYO — Japan plans to suspend its own Osprey flights after a U.S. Air Force Osprey based in Japan crashed into waters off the southern coast during a training mission, officials said Thursday. Tokyo has also asked the U.S. military to stop all Ospreys operating in Japan except for those searching for victims of crash. … Read more
At least one person was killed after a U.S. military aircraft carrying six people crashed into the sea off the coast of southern Japan on Wednesday morning, according to Japanese Coast Guard officials. Authorities say the aircraft, a CV-22 Osprey from the U.S. Air Force Yokota Air Base, crashed near the island of Kyushu. Officials … Read more
TOKYO — A crew member who was recovered from the ocean after a U.S. military Osprey aircraft carrying six people crashed Wednesday off southern Japan has been pronounced dead, coast guard officials said. The cause of the crash and the status of the five others on board were not immediately known, coast guard spokesperson Kazuo … Read more