"...Last week Ukraine's F-16s flew in combat, defending against a massive Russian aerial attack. But one of them crashed and killed its pilot, underscoring how even the missions initially thought to be of relatively lower risk are still dangerous.
"Flying fighters is a dangerous pursuit even in any situation," Vincent Aiello, a former US naval aviator who, in addition to flying F/A-18s, also flew the F-16 during his military career, told Business Insider.
Ukraine debut its F-16s to the world in early August ..."
Reference: www.businessinsider.com
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"TEL AVIV—A new Houthi ballistic missile breached Israeli airspace on Sept. 15 before breaking up or perhaps being intercepted near Tel Aviv’s airport, revealing a new long-range threat from the Yemen-based movement aligned with Iran. ...Israeli military officials are disturbed that several interception attempts made by the long-range Arrow and short-range Iron Dome defensive systems failed to shoot-down the Houthi missile.
“The whole incident is being investigated,” the IDF said. ..."
Reference: aviationweek.com
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"...Unveiled Sept. 16 at the Air & Space Forces Association’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference, the missile features a “significant increase” in the range compared to the AGM-158D Joint Air to Surface Missile-Extended Range and the AGM-158C3 Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile, though the specific distance could not be provided.
Michael Rothstein, the vice president of strategy and requirements for air weapons and sensors at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control..."
Reference: aviationweek.com
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"...the PLA’s concern over US-supplied MANPADS (Man-Portable Air-Defence Systems), which are viewed as a major threat if China proceeds with its dangerous plan to invade Taiwan. ..."
Reference: www.eurasiantimes.com
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"...The missile – claimed by the Houthis as an advanced surface-to-surface hypersonic missile – triggered air sirens across the country at about 6.30am, and local media aired footage of people racing to shelters at Ben Gurion international airport south-east of Tel Aviv. According to reports, it hit an open area in the Ben Shemen forest, causing a fire near Kfar Daniel. There were no reports of casualties or damage.
The Israeli military is investigating whether the fire was the result of falling fragments caused by the interceptor missiles launched at the projectile, or if it successfully penetrated Israeli air defences as the Houthis have claimed. ..."
Reference: www.theguardian.com
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"...Hezbollah Strikes Israel | A Hezbollah missile attack from Lebanon wounded an Israeli reservist amid a barrage of over 100 rockets striking northern Israel. The reservist, part of Kibbutz Dan's security team, was seriously injured and taken to Haifa’s Rambam Hospital. While rockets caused damage in areas like Abirim and Kfar Szold..."
Reference: www.youtube.com
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"NASA will now use SpaceX to bring back astronauts stranded in space for over two months after Boeing's Starliner capsule experienced critical malfunctions. ...“We've had so many embarrassments lately; we're under a microscope. This just made it, like, 100 times worse,” the employee told the publication.
“We hate SpaceX,” the employee added. “We talk trash about them all the time, and now they’re bailing us out. It’s shameful. I’m embarrassed; I’m horrified.”
The employee also claimed that morale at Boeing is "in the toilet," with the company shifting the blame onto NASA...."
Reference: www.hindustantimes.com
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"...In March, the Group of Seven (G7) warned that they would impose coordinated sanctions on Iran if it carried out a missile transfer to Russia. This warning was repeated at NATO summit in Washington DC in July.
However, it is unclear what actions that administration of U.S. President Joe Biden might take. While Biden has repeatedly warned Iran not to take actions that would escalate the conflict in the Middle East, he has also refused to take any punitive steps against Iran for ignoring those warnings. ..."
Reference: allisrael.com
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"...RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany—Ukraine is expected to make its case for the U.S. and its allies to remove restrictions barring it from using donated long-range weapons to strike targets in Russia ...a monthly meeting convened by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, which is also attended by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr.
The Sept. 6 meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group will “ensure that Ukraine has what it needs to defend its people from Russian aggression,” Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Maj. Gen. Patrick S. Ryder said in a statement to Air & Space Forces Magazine. “Key focus areas will include bolstering Ukraine’s air defense capabilities, updates on UDCG capability coalitions—to include the Air Force Coalition, and the energizing of the defense industrial bases of Coalition nations to enable support to Ukraine for the long haul.”
Kyiv has issued increasingly forceful and public calls to provide more help"
Reference: www.airandspaceforces.com
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"...The UK will send hundreds more short-range missiles to Ukraine, it was announced ahead of a summit where Volodymyr Zelensky asked for authorisation to strike targets deep inside Russia with Western-supplied weapons. ..."
Reference: www.bbc.com
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"..The Lebanese group, Hezbollah, announced Friday that it attacked several Israeli army sites and gatherings of soldiers in northern Israel as the army in Tel Aviv continued raids across southern Lebanon, Anadolu Agency reports.
Hezbollah said fighters targeted spy equipment at the Israeli army’s Metula and Ruwaisat Al-Qarn sites with appropriate weapons.
It also said it targeted Israeli soldiers in the Metula settlement and the army’s Zibdin barracks..."
Reference: www.middleeastmonitor.com
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"Iran recently transferred short-range ballistic missiles to Russia to use in the war ...provision of ballistic missiles marks a significant escalation of Iran’s support for Russia. Iran has already provided Russia with hundreds of drones that Russian forces have used in their war against Ukraine, and Russia has been building a drone-manufacturing facility in country with Iran’s help, CNN has reported.
Iran’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations denied the transfer had been carried out in statement to CNN. ..."
Reference: www.cnn.com
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