Targeted Killings

Chinese air force scientists have developed a revolutionary radar technology capable of rendering its airborne early warning platforms nearly undetectable to enemy electronic surveillance . Airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft – long considered indispensable yet vulnerable command nodes – have historically been high-value targets. Their powerful radar emissions,…

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Indian Air Force bid farewell to the legacy Russian-made fighter jet MiG-21 on Monday, 25 August 2025, as the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh, visited the last squadron operating the aircraft in the nation, according to a social media post on X.  The defence…

Leonard Zhukovsky/Shutterstock In the early 1970s, the U.S. Air Force, one of the largest air forces in the world, tasked Boeing with exploring an idea that sounded like pure science fiction: turning its brand-new 747 jumbo jet into a flying aircraft carrier. Officially known as the 747 Airborne Aircraft Carrier…

ABUJA - The Nigerian Air Force has rescued 76 kidnap victims, including women and children, after a precision air strike on a bandit stronghold in northwest Katsina State, authorities said on Saturday. The operation, targeting Pauwa Hill in Kankara Local Government Area, was part of a manhunt for a gang…

Updated 24 August 2025 at 13:29 IST Defence Minister Rajnath Singh felicitated the four astronauts chosen for India’s Gaganyaan mission, calling them the nation’s pride. He hailed the mission as a symbol of self-reliance and a leap in India’s space journey, with the first human spaceflight slated for 2027. Follow…

Jerusalem Post / Israel News / Defense News 'System Shock': The secret IAF protocol that brought Iran's air defenses to its knees Israel’s Operation Rising Lion included a daring air force strike over Tehran, part of a secret plan to destabilize Iran’s defenses and leadership system. An IAF jet prepares…

  August 23, (THEWILL) — The Nigerian Air Force has launched a decisive airstrike on a bandit enclave in Katsina State, rescuing 76 kidnapped victims, including women and children. The strike, carried out early Saturday at Pauwa Hill in Kankara Local Government Area, targeted the stronghold of a notorious kingpin,…

Nigerian Army troops, in a coordinated operation with the Nigerian Air Force, neutralised a notorious bandit kingpin and rescued 76 kidnapped victims after raiding a major hideout in Katsina State on Thursday, August 22, 2025.  The operation, conducted in the Danmusa Local Government Area near the Katsina-Zamfara border, resulted in…

Israeli troops are seen near the border with Gaza on August 6. Amir Levy/Getty Images The Israeli army has dismissed 15 air force officers, one of them a brigadier general, after they signed a petition calling for an end to the war on Gaza in exchange for the release of…