January 27, 2020 Military Aviation News
01/27/2020
Officials told the media there were no indications it had been brought down by enemy activity.
The aircraft crashed in Deh Yak district, Ghazni province, an area with a strong Taliban presence. Afghan authorities initially said it belonged to state-owned airline Ariana, but the company issued a denial, saying all its planes were accounted for. The Pentagon has not released further details and it is unclear how many people were on board.
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01/27/2020
The warming ties between Iran and Turkey add another factor to the new direction Turkey has taken in its defense policy. In recent months, Turkey has taken a few steps that made the question of whether it can still be a member of NATO a very acute one. The surprising fact is that the organization has not reacted and has not taken any action to try and stop the process. That further puts a question mark on its real value as an organization that may be called for combined military operations.
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01/27/2020
A vital military range is at risk from Big Oil – and the clock is ticking. The eastern Gulf of Mexico is a military range essential to our military’s success and critical to delivering the required combat capabilities to our men and women deployed overseas – and the oil industry wants to drill for oil there.
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01/27/2020
India is celebrating its 71st Republic Day and like every year, IAF is hosting a a spectacular air display at the Republic Day Parade that includes attack and transport aircrafts of the IAF. Here’s a list of all the active fighter jets also called the multi-role fighters and strike aircraft owned by the Indian Air Force, from Sukhoi Su30MKI to the Tejas LCA.
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