3 d. ago What can the UK actually do if Israel is sanctioned over Gaza bombardment?

Keir Starmer faces calls to impose restrictions on everything from sales of fighter-jet parts to bans from international music events

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3 d. ago UFO crashes into US Air Force fighter jet over Arizona during terrifying encounter

A UFO slammed into a US fighter jet over Arizona , cracking the canopy protecting the pilot, and forcing the $63 million plane to land, new reports have revealed.

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5 d. ago Navy poised to respond to Houthi attacks in the Red Sea as flagship aircraft carrier passes through Bab

Plans have been drawn up for F-35 fighter jets to launch strikes against Houthi camps should HMS Prince of Wales come under a bombardment

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8 d. ago Russian fighter jet in 'dogfight' with NATO as allied forces try to board Moscow oil tanker in high

Both NATO and Russia scrambled warplanes in a dramatic dogfight above the Baltic after a major standoff over a tanker in Vladimir Putin's shadow fleet.

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9 d. ago How to impress a US president? Spin up a fighter jet escort for Air Force One

Saudi Arabia didn’t even wait for U.S. President Donald Trump to land before it set out to impress him in a sky-high way

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9 d. ago No evidence of genocide in Gaza, UK lawyers say in arms export case

Palestinian rights organisation Al-Haq has launched high court action over carve-out of F-35 fighter jet programmeNo evidence has been seen that a genocide is occurring in Gaza or that women and children were targeted by the IDF, UK government lawyers have claimed, as a high court case opened into the handling of arms exports controls to Israel.They also suggested there was no obligation placed on the UK to make other states comply with international humanitarian law but only to ensure that no breach occured within its jurisdiction. Continue reading...

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1 week ago UK government in High Court challenge over selling fighter jet parts to Israel

If successful, the legal challenge could force the government to quash a previous decision not to include F-35 fighter jet parts in the suspension of 30 arms licences to Israel

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2 w. ago Pilot forced to eject as another $60M fighter jet slides off the USS Harry Truman and is lost at sea

Two aviators were forced to eject from the aircraft as it suffered an ‘arrestment failure’, said reports

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2 w. ago Fighter jet landing on USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier goes overboard, forcing pilots to eject

An F/A-18 fighter jet landing on the USS Harry S

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2 w. ago UK sent Israel thousands of military items despite export ban, study finds

Trade data analysis shows British firms have exported items including munitions since suspension of key licencesUK firms have exported thousands of military items including munitions to Israel despite the government suspending key arms export licences to the country in September, new analysis of trade data shows. The research also raises questions over whether the UK continued to sell F-35 parts directly to Israel in breach of an undertaking only to sell them to the US manufacturers Lockheed Martin as a way of ensuring the fighter jet’s global supply chain was not disrupted, something the government said was essential for national security and Nato. The findings have led the former Labour shadow chancellor John McDonnell to call for a full investigation, adding it was a resigning matter if the foreign secretary, David Lammy, was shown to have misled parliament in breach of the ministerial code when he told MPs in September that much of what the UK sends to Israel was “defensive in n...

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2 w. ago Moment Ukraine takes out Russian fighter jet with sea drone in world first

Stunning heads-up display footage released by Ukraine's GUR military intelligence agency showed the moment the drone unleashed a US-supplied AIM-9 sidewinder infrared guided missile

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2 w. ago Ukraine war briefing: Maritime drone shoots down Russian fighter jet for first time, says Kyiv

Ukrainian military intelligence claims Su-30 destroyed over waters near Russian port city of Novorossiisk, drawing no comment from Moscow. What we know on day 1,166See all our Ukraine war coverageUkraine has destroyed a Russian Su-30 fighter jet using a missile fired from a seaborne drone, according to Ukraine’s military intelligence agency, in what it said was the world’s first downing of a combat plane by a maritime drone. The GUR’s statement on social media on Saturday said the fighter had been shot down by a military intelligence unit called Group 13 on Friday over waters near Novorossiisk, a major Russian port city on the Black Sea. The Russian defence ministry did not comment on the Ukrainian claim, but an authoritative Russian blogger believed to be close to the ministry said the jet had been shot down. “The pilots ejected and were picked up by civilian sailors,” the blogger, who goes by the name Rybar, said on Telegram. Meanwhile, the mayor of Novorossiisk declared a state o...

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3 w. ago Expensive error sees $70m fighter jet fall into sea after rolling off the side of USS Harry S Truman

A fighter jet has sunk into the ocean after falling off the side of a huge aircraft carrier.

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3 w. ago US fighter jet rolls off aircraft carrier as ship reportedly swerves Houthi fire

Crew members jump out of Super Hornet before jet and towing tractor fall into the Red SeaUS sailors had to leap for their lives when a fighter jet fell off a navy aircraft carrier that was reportedly making evasive maneuvers to avoid Houthi militant fire in the Red Sea on Monday.The F/A-18 fighter Super Hornet jet, along with the vehicle towing it into place on the deck of the USS Harry S Truman, rolled right out of the hangar and into the water, the navy said. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Sailor injured as $60m US fighter jet topples off aircraft carrier dodging Houthi rebel strike

Navy Hornet lost as it sinks into Red Sea during anti-Houthi mission

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3 w. ago Sailor injured when US fighter jet topples off aircraft carrier dodging Houthi rebel strike

An American sailor sustained minor injuries Monday when Navy fighter jet toppled off an aircraft carrier and sank into the Red Sea, reportedly during a Houthi strike.

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3 w. ago Sailor injured when $60m US fighter jet topples off aircraft carrier dodging Houthi rebel strike

Navy Hornet lost as it sinks into Red Sea during anti-Houthi mission

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3 w. ago US Navy £54m fighter jet accidentally rolls off aircraft carrier and sinks in Red Sea

An F/A-18 fighter jet slipped off the hanger deck of a US aircraft carrier deployed to the Middle East, as sailors were towing the aircraft into place in the hangar bay of the USS Harry S. Truman on Monday, the Navy said

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3 w. ago Fighter jet slips off the hangar deck of a US aircraft carrier in the Red Sea, one minor injury

The Navy says an F/A-18 fighter jet slipped off the hanger deck of an aircraft carrier deployed to the Middle East, as sailors were towing the aircraft into place in the hangar bay of the USS Harry S

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