Ilyushin Il-76 freighter shot down by RSF fighters in North Darfur
An Ilyushin Il-76 freighter crashed in Malha, North Darfur, after being shot down by a local paramilitary group. …
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Drone attack damages 4 Russian Ilyushin Il-76 heavy transport aircraft
Drones targeted Russian territory in several locations overnight. One particular attack on an airport in the north-western Russian…
Ex-B747, 777 operator AirBridgeCargo to resume ops with Russian Ilyushin IL-96
Russia-based AirBridge Cargo, which suspended operations in March 2022, due to sanctions, will restart flights with the Russian-made…
Abandoned 40-year-old Ilyushin Il-76 to be auctioned in Turkey
Turkey’s General Directorate of State Airports Authority has decided to find a new home for a 40-year-old Ilyushin…
Russia resumes Ilyushin Il-112V testing after 2-year break
The Ilyushin Il-112V light tactical transport aircraft successfully completed its second flight test at the Voronezh Aviation Plant…
First serial Ilyushin Il-112V aircraft to be delivered in 2023
The Russian Aerospace Forces will receive the two prototypes of the Ilyushin Il-112V cargo plane in 2021, while…
Russian Ilyushin shows IL-496 interiors
Russian aircraft manufacturer Ilyushin gave a sneak peak of the new interiors for its wide-body IL-96-400 project, also…
A-10 Warthog Myths: 10 common misconceptions about the Thunderbolt II, debunked
The A-10 Warthog, officially the Thunderbolt II, is an aircraft unlike any other in the US Air Force…
RAF fighter jets scrambled 3 times in 3 days to intercept Russian aircraft
The UK’s Royal Air Force (RAF) has deployed two Typhoon fighter jets multiple times over recent days to intercept…
IATA publishes air safety report for 2024, overall situation worse versus 2023
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) recently released its Annual Safety Report for 2024. The figures contained within…
These are the biggest air forces in the world in 2025
Combined, the world’s air forces operate in excess of 50,000 aircraft, with that number changing little year on…
Damascus Airport reopens to commercial flights after fall of Assad regime
Wednesday, December 17, 2024, saw the return of flight operations from Damascus Airport (DAM) in Syria following the…
Syrian Airlines suspends reservations and reforms following Assad overthrow
Syrian Airlines, the national carrier of the Middle Eastern country of Syria, has reportedly completed the process of…
War in Syria: the aviation element in Assad’s downfall
The momentous, and rather unexpected, sequence of events that have led to the fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria has…
COMAC: The quiet giant challenging the Airbus-Boeing duopoly
Having occupied various executive positions within the airline industry in Europe, Rodrigue Trano is now currently based in…
Japan fighter jets shoot flares to warn trespassing Russian spy plane to leave
Japanese fighter jets used flares to send a clear warning to a Russian reconnaissance aircraft that was trespassing…
Multiple Russian military aircraft detected off Alaska over last 5 days: NORAD
The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) has confirmed that Russian military aircraft has been detected off the…
Russian military aircraft suspected of violating Finnish airspace
A Russian military aircraft is suspected of having violated Finnish airspace in the eastern Gulf of Finland, near…