Sources: Xinhua
Pakistan deploys 8,000 troops, HQ-9 air defense systems, and a full air force squadron, mostly of JF-17 fighter jets, to assist Saudi Arabia under their mutual defense agreement. 2026-05-18
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 intelligence directorate claims it has shot down a Russian Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jet using a MAGURA naval drone over the Black Sea. 2025-05-3
A sailor is injured when an F-A-18E fighter jet falls off the deck of the Harry Truman and sinks while the aircraft carrier engaged in evasive maneuvers to avoid a Houthi attack. 2025-04-28
Ukrainian forces say that they shot down a Russian Su-34 fighter jet over Luhansk Oblast. 2024-01-30
The Armenian Defense Ministry says that an Armenian Su-25 fighter jet was shot down by a Turkish F-16 fighter jet, killing its pilot. Turkey says it is untrue. 2020-09-29
A Russian Su-27 fighter jet intercepts a United States P-8 Poseidon surveillance plane in international airspace over the Baltic Sea, with the US claiming the procedure was unprofessional and the aircraft came within 20 feet of each other. 2018-05-1
An F-15K fighter jet crashes on a mountainside in Chilgok, South Korea. One pilot is killed and another is missing, presumed dead. 2018-04-5
A military pilot is killed when his F-7 fighter jet crashes into a paddy field in Kyunkone, central Myanmar. 2018-04-3
The world’s second-largest diamond of gem quality, Karowe AK6, is found in the Karowe mine located north of the Botswanan capital Gaborone by the Lucara Diamond Corp. The 1,111-carat diamond is second only to the 3,106-carat Cullinan diamond (Star of Africa) found in South Africa in 1905. 2015-11-20