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U.S. border officials report uptick in laser-pointer incidents aimed at commercial, military aircraft
Feb 18, 2025 (UPI)
However, no pilot or crew were injured in any of the reported cases and the laser sightings are currently under investigation, U.S. Customs and Border Protectio...
Russian airspace closure raises CO2 emissions from flying: study
Feb 12, 2025 (AFP)
Many countries, particularly NATO allies, closed their airspace to Russian aircraft after the Ukraine invasion in February 2022, which Moscow reciprocated with ...
Poland says Russia briefly violated its airspace; Australia accuses China fighter jet of 'unsafe' conduct
Feb 11, 2025 (AFP)
Poland -- a staunch ally of war-torn Ukraine -- shares a border with the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad and has called for ramped-up protection of the Baltic Se...
Urban Sky Secures $30 Million in Series B Round to Advance Stratospheric Innovation
Feb 10, 2025 (SPX)
The funding was spearheaded by Altos Ventures, with additional contributions from New Legacy Ventures, Lerer Hippeau, Catapult Ventures, Lavrock Ventures, New S...
Taiwan says detects six Chinese balloons near island
Feb 07, 2025 (AFP)
The six balloons were spotted in the 24 hours to 6:00 am on Friday (2200 GMT Thursday), the ministry said, giving one of its highest daily tallies of the device...
France delivers first Mirage 2000 fighter jets to Ukraine: minister
Feb 06, 2025 (AFP)
"The first of these aircraft have arrived in Ukraine today," Lecornu said on X, without saying how many had been delivered. After France helped train Ukrainian ...
Military contracted plane crashes in Philippines, killing 4, including a U.S. Marine
Feb 06, 2025 (UPI)
A U.S. Marine and three defense contractors were reported to have died in the crash of a Beechcraft twin-engine Super King Air 350 during an intelligence, surve...
NORAD responds to 'multiple' Russian jets near Alaska, Yukon
Jan 31, 2025 (UPI)
Multiple Russian military aircraft were observed in the Arctic earlier this week, according to the release issued by NORAD. "The Russian aircraft remained in in...
Japan scrambles jets as Russian bombers fly over high seas
Jan 31, 2025 (AFP)
"We confirmed that Russian military bombers and fighter jets flew over the high seas of the Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan yesterday, and we scrambled Air ...
UK eyes third Heathrow runway in growth takeoff bid
Jan 29, 2025 (AFP)
Despite opposition from environmentalists and some Labour MPs, Prime Minister Keir Starmer is determined to deliver major infrastructure projects to grow a UK e...
Europe torn between bigger airports and climate goals
Jan 29, 2025 (AFP)
British finance minister Rachel Reeves announced that the government supported plans for a third runway at the major international hub, despite opposition from ...
UK backs third Heathrow runway in growth takeoff bid
Jan 29, 2025 (AFP)
"I can confirm today that this government supports a third runway at Heathrow and is inviting proposals to be brought forward by the summer," Reeves said in a s...
Boeing reports 2024 loss of $11.8 bn after strike, safety issues
Jan 28, 2025 (AFP)
The US aviation giant reported a fourth-quarter loss of $3.9 billion, putting the full-year loss at $11.8 billion. Revenues in the fourth quarter were $15.2 bil...
Company developing supersonic aircraft
Jan 27, 2025 (SPX)
Lingkong Tianxing Technology, an aerospace firm based in Beijing, revealed during a news conference on Monday in Chengdu, Sichuan province, that it is working o...
India, China agree to resume flights 5 years after stoppage
Jan 27, 2025 (AFP)
The announcement came at the conclusion of a visit to Beijing by New Delhi's top career diplomat and heralds the latest signs of a thaw in the frosty ties betwe...
French patrol aircraft threatened by Russian military: minister
Jan 17, 2025 (AFP)
The French Navy's Atlantique-2 plane was carrying out a surveillance flight when it became the victim of an "attempted jamming" and was also tracked by the rada...
France, Norway say jet fighter deliveries to Ukraine 'on schedule'
Jan 16, 2025 (AFP)
Norway has promised Ukraine six US-made F-16s to help it fend off Russia's invasion, with deliveries spread out across 2024 and 2025. France has meanwhile said ...
Ex-US Marine pilot fights extradition from Australia to US
Jan 14, 2025 (AFP)
Daniel Edmund Duggan was arrested in Australia in October 2022 at the request of the US government, which accuses him of breaking arms control laws. It alleges ...
South Korea begins lifting Jeju Air wreckage after fatal crash
Jan 03, 2025 (AFP)
Flight 2216 from Bangkok to Muan broke up in a fiery ball of flames after colliding with a concrete installation at the end of the runway following a mayday cal...
Black box of Azerbaijan crashed plane sent to Brazil for investigation: authorities
Dec 29, 2024 (AFP)
The Accident Investigation Commission "decided to send the flight recorders to the Center for the Investigation and Prevention of Aeronautical Accidents (CENIPA...
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