Arab News, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia(TNS) Jul. 23—RIYADH — Aerospace and defense firm Saudi Arabian Military Industries will become an authorized center for C-130 Hercules aircraft and Airbus rotorcraft platforms as it extends its maintenance, repair, and overhaul capabilities. MRO services include the repair and refurbishment of highly engineered components and assemblies,... Read more

Arne Bänschdpa(TNS) Tehran — Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian were among the nine people who died when their helicopter crashed in the country’s mountainous north-west during bad weather, state media reported on Monday. The Iranian Cabinet convened a second emergency meeting in less than 24 hours following the confirmation of... Read more

Thomas GnauDayton Daily News, Ohio(TNS) Apr. 29—Aviation mainteance, repair and overhaul company Sierra Nevada has won an Air Force contract that will create work at Dayton International Airport and Beavercreek. Sierra Nevada Corp., based in Englewood, Colo., was awarded a $13,080,890,647 cost-plus-incentive-fee, fixed-price incentive (firm-target), and cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the Survivable Airborne Operations Center (SAOC), the Department of Defense recently said.... Read more

A Russian military transport aircraft carrying eight crew and seven passengers has come down in the Ivanovo region north-east of Moscow, in the second such incident this year, the Defence Ministry reported.

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Update: It has been less than a year since the United States began training pilots from Ukraine to fly F-16 fighter jets but for the first time, an image of a Ukrainian pilot and an F-16 with Ukrainian Air Force markings has been revealed. It is not clear where... Read more

Update: A Pentagon official has stated the cause of the Osprey aircraft crash in Japan that took the lives of eight service members has been determined. The official stated the cause was a mechanical failure but declined to say what the failure was, according to the Associated Press. The... Read more

Update: Russia accused Ukraine of shooting down a military plane it said was carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners for an exchange. The IL-76 aircraft crashed in Russia’s Belgorod region on Wednesday, killing the prisoners as well as six crew and three Russian soldiers on board, the Defense Ministry in Moscow... Read more

The Pentagon has released previously unreleased video footage of several risky intercepts of US aircraft by Chinese military fighters over the Pacific Ocean. In its seemingly unending quest to fabricate islands and expand its territory, China has become quite aggressive when it comes to harassing foreign militaries operating in... Read more

Russian officials say several cruise missiles were intercepted over Crimea.

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