China's first Mars exploration mission, Tianwen-1, will arrive in orbit at the Red Planet on Feb. 10, 2021.
Tianwen-1 consists of an orbiter, a lander and a rover. The Tianwen-1 rover is scheduled to deploy to the Martian surface in May, when it will touch down in Utopia Planitia, a large plain that is part of the biggest impact basin on Mars.
Cause of fatal military helicopter crash raises more questions: Dutch Safety Board
2020/12/13
Two soldiers were killed when the NH90 helicopter crashed into the sea near the island on July 19. The accident happened while practicing landing the helicopter on the deck of naval vessel Zr. Ms. Groningen, which is stationed in the Caribbean.
1st SOW commemorates 30th anniversary of Spirit 03
2021/01/29
The 14-person crew’s AC-130H Spectre gunship was shot down by an Iraqi surface-to-air missile while conducting a combat mission during Operation Desert Storm, Jan. 31, 1991.
Russian An-12 Plane Has Accident On Iturup Island, Nobody Injured - Military
2021/02/09
A Russian military transport plane An-12 had an accident during landing on the island of Iturup, part of the Kurils in the Russian Far East, because of a broken chassis, but nobody was injured, the regional military said Tuesday.
WASHINGTON - Boeing’s first F-15EX took to the skies for its inaugural flight on Feb. 2, a milestone that will allow the company to deliver the first two planes to the U.S. Air Force by the end of March.
Turkey starts upgrading F-16s to gain a strategic edge
2021/02/03
The move will enable Turkish military to prolong the longevity of its F-16 fleet until it will be replaced by homegrown and cutting-edge TF-X fighter jets in the 2030s.
Turkey's Presidency of Defence Industries (SSB) announced on Sunday that it will make necessary changes to extend the longevity of the country's F-16 fighter jets from 8,000 hours to 12,000 hours.
From the radar-intercept officer’s seat, located just behind the pilot, you could track as many as 24 enemy aircraft from as far away as 195 miles with the AWG-9 X-band pulse-doppler radar, which just so happened to utilize one of the first microprocessors to ever find its way onto a fighter jet. The powerful onboard systems could even direct long-range missiles to six separate targets simultaneously without losing track of the others.