Sources: Xinhua
A second U.S. Navy F-A-18 fighter jet is lost in the Red Sea, due to an equipment failure during its attempted landing on Harry Truman. Both of its crew members ejected and were recovered. 2025-05-6
The Ukrainian Air Force receives the first shipment of Mirage 2000 fighter jets from France and more F-16 Fighting Falcons from the Netherlands. 2025-02-6
Two pilots are killed in Isfahan, Iran, when their fighter jet crashes. 2022-05-24
South Korea says it has scrambled fighter jets after four Chinese and fifteen Russian military aircraft entered its air defense identification zone. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff says that it was notified in advance by China of a joint military exercise between China and Russia. 2020-12-22
A large military parade is held in Baku to celebrate Azerbaijan's victory over Armenia in Nagorno-Karabakh. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is among the foreign attendees. The parade includes thousands of soldiers, flyovers from helicopters and fighter jets, and a Turkish special forces brigade. 2020-12-10
A United States F-16C fighter jet crashes during a landing attempt at Lake Havasu City Municipal Airport, Lake Havasu City, Arizona. The pilot escapes via ejection and is hospitalised. 2018-04-24
A military pilot is killed when his F-7 fighter jet crashes into a paddy field in Kyunkone, central Myanmar. 2018-04-3
A Chinese fighter jet Chengdu J-7 crashes in the city of Shantou, Guangdong province, China, sparking a fire that injures at least four people. 2012-12-4
The Royal Air Force tests fighter jets with which it intends to use to shoot down any rogue passenger planes. 2010-07-24
Fighter jets pounded Taliban hideouts in the upper Orakzai Agency of Pakistan on Saturday, killing 14 Taliban, and injuring eight others. 2010-06-27