In a massive exercise held by the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) near Taiwan on Sunday, the refueling variant of the Y-20 large transport aircraft made its debut and even refueled J-16 fighter jets. The PLA has not yet announced the commissioning of this variant of the Y-20
PLA utilized the newly opened Lhasa-Nyingchi Railway in Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region to transport troops into the region. Soldiers at a combined arms brigade affiliated with the PLA Tibet Military Command recently took a Fuxing bullet train on the railway to an exercise field at an elevation of 4,500 meters
Tens of people were killed and a C-130E Hercules transport aircraft operated by the Ethiopian Air Force (ETAF) was shot down in attacks carried out by Tigray militias. An airstrike hit a busy market in Ethiopias Togoga village, about 25km west of capital Mekele, on Tuesday and killed at least 50 people
The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) air force flew 28 warplanes on Tuesday to conduct an exercise surrounding Taiwan to which the renegade island state responded by issuing radio warnings and deploying missiles. Chinese state-controlled media,
Three long-range Tu-22M3 bombers flew in to the Russian Khmeimim airbase in Syria on Monday in an apparent show of force. It is the first time that the aircraft flew to the Syrian base
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An Airbus A400M tanker plane successfully refueled two French Eurocopter EC725 Caracal (Airbus H225M) helicopters mid-air. France is the only European country to undertake C130J-Caracal refuelling
Southwest Airlines today signed a contract for a hundred 737 MAX airplanes and 155 options across two models. The Boeing 737 MAX was grounded worldwide in March 2019 following the second of two accidents within just six months, which together claimed 346 lives
A Chinese company whose droes are used by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in border defense missions honored two employees for aiding PLA soldiers in the conflict between Chinese and Indian troops in the Galwan Valley in June 2020. “Zhao Bo and Shi Zhilong, two employees of the Shenzhen-based drone company Keweitai Enterprise Development Co, acted valiantly and supported the PLA troops in drone reconnaissance missions despite dangerous conditions and the harsh environment at an altitude of more than 5,000 meters in the Galwan Valley,” Global Times quoted a company statement as saying on Wednesday
A civilian plane caught fire after Iran-aligned Houti militia attacked Abha International Airport located in southwestern Saudi Arabia. Col