Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force has recovered the flight recorder of a UH-60JA that crashed with 10 people on board on April 6th in waters south of Okinawa. The flight recorder… Continue reading "Flight Recorder Of Crashed Japanese Blackhawk Recovered"
Japanese authorities are conducting search and rescue efforts for a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Blackhawk that went missing south of Okinawa on Thursday. According to Japan’s defense ministry, radar contact… Continue reading "Missing Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Blackhawk Feared Crashed"
An interim report released by the United Kingdom’s Defence Safety Authority on the inquiry into the crash of a Royal Air Force F-35B into the Mediterranean in November 2021 states… Continue reading "Interim Report: Engine Cover Ingestion Caused 2021 British F-35B Crash"
The Pakistani military has reported the death of three generals, including the commander of the Pakistan Army’s XII Corps, also known as the Quetta Corps, in the Monday crash of… Continue reading "Three Pakistani Generals Killed In Balochistan Helicopter Crash"
An investigation by Japan’s Air Self-Defense Force into the fatal crash of one of its aggressor F-15DJs has found spatial disorientation to be the most likely cause of the accident.… Continue reading "Spatial Disoriention Responsible For Fatal January JASDF Aggressor Crash"
The U.S. Navy has confirmed that a video circulating on social media of a U.S. Navy F-35C just before an apparent impact with the USS Carl Vinson’s flight deck, as… Continue reading "U.S. Navy Confirms Authenticity Of F-35C Crash Video, Photograph"
India’s Chief of Defence Staff, General Bipin Rawat was killed in the crash of an Indian Air Force Mi-17V5 helicopter today, near Coonoor in the southern state of Tamil Nadu.… Continue reading "India’s First Chief of Defence Staff Killed In Helicopter Crash"
Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing where we round up the week’s most interesting and important news. As we enter the second half of November we have covered a variety… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (15-19 November)"
Malaysia’s Defence Minister, Hishammuddin Hussein, has said that the Royal Malaysian Air Force will continue operating its Hawk 108 trainer jets, pending the results of an investigation into the crash… Continue reading "Malaysian Hawk 108 Trainers To Continue Operating Pending Crash Investigation Results"
The U.S. Navy said on Wednesday that five sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln had been injured in a crash of an MH-60S Seahawk, after reporting that one of the… Continue reading "Five Missing, Five Other Sailors Injured After U.S. Navy Helicopter Crash"