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The sale of a rare British military medal to an overseas buyer has triggered a fight to keep the coveted award on UK soil, The Express reports. The medal is one of just 22 Victoria Crosses to be awarded to RAF personnel during World War Two, with this particular one…

Synopsis A US Air Force fighter jet on Saturday shot down the balloon off the coast of South Carolina, a week after it first entered US airspace near Alaska. VanHerck said the incident took place over US territorial waters. China protested the response as an "obvious overreaction", but analysts said…

A day before a U.S. military jet shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon, Colombia’s military confirmed a sighting over its territory of an airborne object similar to a balloon. Colombia’s air force said in a brief statement on Saturday that a possible balloon had been detected in its air…

February 5, 2023February 5, 2023 Chuks Oyema-Aziken The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, has commissioned a-34 room female hostel at the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), Kaduna. The state of the art 136-bed capacity hostel, constructed by the Nigerian Air Force Investment limited (NAFIL),…

Joe Biden praised the Top Gun fighter jet pilot who shot down the Chinese spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina today after he vowed to 'take care of it.' An F-22 Raptor out of Langley Air Force base took the balloon down with a single AIM-9X sidewinder missile…

President Joe Biden on Saturday briefly spoke about the Chinese spy balloon that has been hovering over the U.S. over the past few days as the Federal Aviation Administration paused departures and arrivals at three airports in the Carolinas. Asked by a reporter if the U.S. will shoot down the…

The U.S. Defense Department said Friday another Chinese surveillance balloon is sailing over Latin America, two days after a similar high-altitude balloon was discovered traveling over the United States. Pentagon press secretary Air Force Brigadier General Pat Ryder said in a statement to media outlets “we are seeing reports of…

WASHINGTON — Hydrosat won a $1.2 million Air Force contract to investigate uses of thermal infrared data for national security applications, the company announced Feb. 2. Based in Washington, D.C., Hydrosat is a startup founded in 2017 that analyzes data from satellites to study the planet’s environmental conditions. The contract…

A four-star U.S. Air Force general has predicted the United States could be facing a full-scale military conflict with China by the year 2025, it has emerged. General Mike Minihan, the leader of the Air Mobility Command, wrote in a memo to officers that he predicts a war with China…

January 30, 2023January 30, 2023 By Emma Okereh The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has reacted to media reports on the alleged erroneous bombing of civilians, including herdsmen by the Nigerian Air Force. Its executive secretary, Tony Ojukwu has condemned the alleged bombing of over 40 herdsmen in Doma local…