Royal Thai Air Force Reportedly Plans to Buy New Fighter Jets from Sweden

JAS-39 Gripen landing
A Swedish Air Force JAS-39 Gripen fighter aircraft arrives in support of the Partnership for Peace Exercise Cooperative Key 2003 at Graf Ignatievo Air Base (AB), Bulgaria (BGR). Photo: Msgt. Billy Johnston, USAF.

After the US recently refused to sell F-35A fighter jets to the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF), the RTAF has reportedly modified its plans and [Read More…]

One year since the destruction of the Antonov 225 Mriya by Russian bombs

Ukrainian Antonov An-225 Mriya, world's largest plane
Ukrainian Antonov An-225 Mriya, world's largest aircraft. Photo: Andrew J. Muller.

The Antonov 225 Mriya was the only aircraft capable of carrying a payload of 250,000 kilograms. Kiev has a project to build a new An-225, but it will take years and a large investment.

Yeti Airlines plane with more than 70 people on board crashes in Nepal

An ATR 72-500 aircraft operated by Yeti Airlines
An ATR 72-500 aircraft operated by Yeti Airlines. The aircraft operates the domestic flights between Kathmandu and Bhairahawa. Photo: Gyan Bahadur Khattri .

A plane of the Nepalese Yeti Airlines with 72 people on board crashed Sunday while covering a domestic route departing from Kathmandu, the newspaper Kathmandu [Read More…]