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Old Video Of Pilot Ejecting Moments Before Fighter Jet Crashes Goes Viral Again
The British Harrier jet, on a mission in Afghanistan, crashed in Kandahar in 2009. The pilot managed to eject in the nick of time.
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China's Hiring Ex British Fighter Pilots. Here's What UK's Doing About It
The UK government said on Tuesday that it is taking "decisive steps" to stop lucrative Chinese recruitment schemes attempting to headhunt serving and former British military pilots to train the People's Liberation Army personnel in China.
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Watch: Boris Johnson Films Selfie Video While Flying In A Typhoon Fighter Jet
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson recently donned a pilot's uniform and jumped in the cockpit of a Typhoon fighter jet. A video shared by Downing Street on Monday showed the soon-to-be former UK PM wearing a mask as he rode in the plane.
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The Storied Career Of India's Oldest Fighter Pilot, Who Turns 100 Tomorrow
On August 5, 1940, a young Sikh pilot took off on his first training flight in a Tiger Moth aircraft from the Walton airfield in Lahore with his two British instructors.
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US Air Force F-15 Fighter Jet Crashes In North Sea, Pilot Missing
A US fighter jet on a training mission from a British Royal Air Force base in eastern England crashed in the North Sea on Monday, the US Air Force said.
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British Pilots To Make History, Fly Around The World In A WWII Spitfire
A little over two weeks from now, two British pilots -- Steve Boultbee Brooks and Matt Jones -- will embark on an epic mission straight out of a Jules Verne book in a fighter from the glory days of World War II. They will fly a newly restored Silver Spitfire 43,452 km around the world over a period of five months in the first attempt of its kind so...
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Pilot Killed as US Navy Jet Crashes Near UK Base
A US F-18 fighter jet crashed near a British air base today, killing the pilot, police and the US Embassy in London said.
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A British Pilot, a Missing Plane and a Ring Returned After 70 Years
Of 14 sorties flown by British World War Two pilots supplying anti-fascist fighters in Albania on October 29, 1944, 12 returned to base in Italy, one failed to discharge its load and "the other is missing and assumed to have crashed", according to military records.
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Statue of Indian-Origin British Fighter Pilot Unveiled in Kent
A statue of Indian-origin British World War II fighter pilot Mahinder Singh Pujji has been unveiled in Kent.
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Now, a helmet that can shoot down enemy planes
British military pilots will soon don a new helmet which will allow them to shoot down enemy jets by just looking at them - a breakthrough that could put an end to the century-old concept of the aerial dogfight. The 'Striker Integrated Display Helmet' is fitted with tiny optical sensors that pick up when the pilot locks onto...
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Old Video Of Pilot Ejecting Moments Before Fighter Jet Crashes Goes Viral Again
The British Harrier jet, on a mission in Afghanistan, crashed in Kandahar in 2009. The pilot managed to eject in the nick of time.
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China's Hiring Ex British Fighter Pilots. Here's What UK's Doing About It
The UK government said on Tuesday that it is taking "decisive steps" to stop lucrative Chinese recruitment schemes attempting to headhunt serving and former British military pilots to train the People's Liberation Army personnel in China.
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Watch: Boris Johnson Films Selfie Video While Flying In A Typhoon Fighter Jet
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson recently donned a pilot's uniform and jumped in the cockpit of a Typhoon fighter jet. A video shared by Downing Street on Monday showed the soon-to-be former UK PM wearing a mask as he rode in the plane.
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The Storied Career Of India's Oldest Fighter Pilot, Who Turns 100 Tomorrow
On August 5, 1940, a young Sikh pilot took off on his first training flight in a Tiger Moth aircraft from the Walton airfield in Lahore with his two British instructors.
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US Air Force F-15 Fighter Jet Crashes In North Sea, Pilot Missing
A US fighter jet on a training mission from a British Royal Air Force base in eastern England crashed in the North Sea on Monday, the US Air Force said.
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British Pilots To Make History, Fly Around The World In A WWII Spitfire
A little over two weeks from now, two British pilots -- Steve Boultbee Brooks and Matt Jones -- will embark on an epic mission straight out of a Jules Verne book in a fighter from the glory days of World War II. They will fly a newly restored Silver Spitfire 43,452 km around the world over a period of five months in the first attempt of its kind so...
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Pilot Killed as US Navy Jet Crashes Near UK Base
A US F-18 fighter jet crashed near a British air base today, killing the pilot, police and the US Embassy in London said.
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A British Pilot, a Missing Plane and a Ring Returned After 70 Years
Of 14 sorties flown by British World War Two pilots supplying anti-fascist fighters in Albania on October 29, 1944, 12 returned to base in Italy, one failed to discharge its load and "the other is missing and assumed to have crashed", according to military records.
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Statue of Indian-Origin British Fighter Pilot Unveiled in Kent
A statue of Indian-origin British World War II fighter pilot Mahinder Singh Pujji has been unveiled in Kent.
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Now, a helmet that can shoot down enemy planes
British military pilots will soon don a new helmet which will allow them to shoot down enemy jets by just looking at them - a breakthrough that could put an end to the century-old concept of the aerial dogfight. The 'Striker Integrated Display Helmet' is fitted with tiny optical sensors that pick up when the pilot locks onto...
