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Tehran, YJC. Air Force official says his forces are producing a trainer aircraft which is to be unveiled soon.

BEIRUT: Russian warplanes have mounted a new wave of air strikes since Thursday night in northwestern and western Syria, a Syrian military source and state TV said on Friday. The source said the 18 air strikes were in the provinces of Idlib, Hama and Aleppo and were against Islamic State targets.

Tehran, YJC. Iran's air defense chief says this year the Khatam ul Anbia Air Defense base has issued 1600 warnings to aircrafts trespassing Iran's airspace.

Tehran, YJC. MH17 not the first plane shot down. Iran Air 655 was downed by U.S. Navy in 1988.

Tehran, YJC. Air defense official says Iran had tried to capture Hermes intact before shooting it.

A senior Iranian air force commander announced that the country is producing new generation of its home-made Saeqeh (Thunderbolt) fighter jet, adding that the new aircraft will be unveiled in coming months.

Iran plans to build semi-heavy and training jets, a senior Air Force commander announced on Monday, adding that the country's experts have equipped Mirage fighters with state-of-the-art home-made weapons.

Tehran, YJC. Air Defense's Sabbahi says last year Iran has had to warn approaching foreign aircrafts ten times previous years.

Afghan officials said Tuesday that five NATO soldiers who were killed in the south of the country died in a "friendly fire" error during an air strike.

Representatives of Kiev authorities and militia in the southeast of the country agreed to start evacuation of the bodies of those people who died in the crash of the Malaysian airliner Boeing-777, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Vladimir Groisman who heads the state committee investigating the air crash said on Sunday.

A U.S. Global Hawk surveillance drone arrived Saturday morning at the Misawa Air Base in northeastern Japan in the first deployment of such an aircraft in the country.

Iran's top air defense commander Brigadier General Farzad Esmayeeli announced that a U-2 stealth aircraft was alarmed last week to stay away from the country's borders after Iranian missile shields locked on the US spy plane.

Tehran, YJC. IRGC deputy commander says Iran's air forces followed the Israeli spy drone since arrival into airspace.

AMERLI, Iraq, Sept 02, 2014 (AFP) - Amnesty International on Tuesday accused Islamic State fighters of "systematic ethnic cleansing" in northern Iraq, as Iraqi troops, Kurdish fighters and Shiite militiamen backed by US air strikes fought back against the jihadists.

Tehran, YJC. Iranian official says the 'great victory' of the resistance of Gaza has to be celebrated.

Japan and Britain are to jointly develop missile technology for fighter jets, while Tokyo may also start exporting Japanese-made parts for US surface-to-air missiles, a report said Thursday.

Agreement will bolster US air and naval presence in northern Australia to project more power into the Asia Pacific.

During an address to Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force commanders on Sunday, Ayatollah Khamenei said Iran agrees with the US on that no deal between Tehran and the P5+1 is better than a bad deal.

भारतीय जनता पार्टी (भाजपा) के अध्यक्ष अमित शाह ने एक रैली में भारतीय वायुसेना द्वारा पाकिस्तान स्थित आतंकी कैंपों पर की गई एयर स्ट्राइक को लेकर बड़ा दावा किया है। गुजरात के अहमदाबाद में एक रैली में भाषण देते हुए अमित शाह ने कहा कि एयर स्ट्राइक में 250 से ज्यादा आतंकी मारे गए हैं। बता दें कि एयर स्ट्राइक में मारे गए आतंकियों की संख्या को लेकर सरकार की तरफ से कोई आधिकारिक आंकड़ा जारी नहीं किया गया है।

Sixty years after the Bay of Pigs invasion - the failed attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro's regime in Cuba - the island continues to celebrate its victory while the invaders who survived live on in the US with the satisfaction of having done their duty. BBC Mundo examines the military plan and the reality of what unfolded. Johnny López de la Cruz feels deprived of air. Locked up in a lorry with more than 100 other prisoners, he can barely breathe. Inside the vehicle, the detainees are getting desperate. They sweat. Several faint.