Airspace
Politics By Victor Nava Published March 15, 2024, 12:52 a.m. ET More than 1,000 drones per month are crossing into US airspace near the border with Mexico, a . . .
A civilian aircraft that violated restricted airspace in Delaware Saturday afternoon prompted fighter jets to scramble because the president was at his home in Wilmington, Anthony Guglielmi, Chief of Communications for the United States Secret Service, said. “Shortly after 2 p.m., a civilian aircraft violated restricted airspace north of Wilmington, Delaware,” Guglielmi said. He said […]
WASHINGTON, June 1 (Reuters) – Chinese airlines are avoiding flying over Russian airspace in newly approved flights to and from the United States, according to flight tracking website FlightAware and industry officials. Russia has barred U.S. airlines and other foreign carriers from flying over its airspace, in retaliation for Washington banning Russian flights over the […]
‘I watched in amazement as the Vc circle [on the radar display] which told us the relative closing velocity of the target started rapidly winding up far higher than I had ever seen it before,’ Jerry Hart, US Navy F-4B Phantom II pilot. During its 24 years of service, the SR-71 Blackbird gathered intelligence in […]
WASHINGTON — Unable to fly through Russian airspace because of the war in Ukraine, U.S. airlines are stepping up a lobbying campaign on Capitol Hill and at the White House to address what they say is a growing problem: They are losing business to foreign competitors who can take passengers between the United States and […]
This is the astonishing moment a Russian fighter jet crashes into a US MQ-9 Reaper drone over the Black Sea. Drone camera footage shows the terrifying confrontation as an Su-27 jet approaches from behind, clips its propeller and dumps fuel over it in international airspace on Tuesday. US . . .
According to the U.S. military, a Russian fighter jet forced down a US Air Force drone over the Black Sea on Tuesday after damaging the propeller of the American MQ-9 Reaper drone, according to the US military. A statement from U.S. European Command said that the Reaper drone and two Russian Su-27 aircraft were flying […]
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BEIJING (AP) — China on Monday said more than 10 U.S. high-altitude balloons have flown in its airspace during the past year without its permission, following Washington’s accusation that Beijing operates a fleet of surveillance balloons around the world. The Chinese allegation comes after the U.S. shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon . . […]
BEIJING, Feb 13 (Reuters) – China said on Monday that U.S. high altitude balloons had flown over its airspace without permission more than 10 times since the beginning of 2022, widening a diplomatic row after the U.S. military shot down what it says was a Chinese spy balloon. “Since last year, the U.S.’s high-altitude balloons […]