MOSCOW - Two Russian pilots were killed when an Mi-28 military helicopter crashed during a training flight in southern Russia, Interfax reported link, citing the Defense Ministry. The Mi-28 crashed late Tuesday night near the Korenovsk airfield in the Krasnodar region, the Defense Ministry was ...

NEW DELHI - Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Russian Federation Aerospace Force (RFSAF) joint exercise called Exercise Aviaindra 2018 – will commence from Monday, December 10 onwards. The bilateral joint exercise between the IAF – RFSAF is a unique exercise as the foreign contingent is ...

Syrian rebels have begun withdrawing from the last big, besieged enclave that they held in the war-torn country. Hundreds of fighters have been boarding buses along with their families in a pocket of territory lying in central Syria, between Homs and Hama. Under a deal with the government's Russian ...

WASHINGTON - The Pentagon is voicing growing alarm that the risky flying of Russian pilots in Syria could lead to a mishap -- or even the nightmare scenario of a US jet shooting down a Russian warplane.Defense officials this week highlighted several recent close calls with Russian planes, including ...

WASHINGTON: Two US F-22 fighter aircraft fired warning flares on Wednesday after two Russian Su-25 jets entered an agreed upon deconfliction area in airspace east of the Euphrates river in Syria, the US military said. Eric Pahon, a Pentagon spokesman, said the F-22 aircraft were providing air cover ...

WASHINGTON: Two US F-22 fighter aircraft fired warning flares on Wednesday after two Russian Su-25 jets entered an agreed upon deconfliction area in airspace east of the Euphrates river in Syria, the US military said.Eric Pahon, a Pentagon spokesman, said the F-22 aircraft were providing air cover ...

An American F-22 fighter actively prevented the Russian pair of Su-25 attack aircraft from carrying out a combat mission to destroy the Daesh stronghold in the suburbs of the city of Mayadin in the airspace over the western bank of the Euphrates River on November 23, Sputnik has ...

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump is open to authorising additional strikes on Syria if the use of chemical weapons continues in the country, the White House said on Monday.“The sight of people being gassed and blown away by barrel bombs ensures that if we see this kind of action again, we ...

Washington (AFP) - The Pentagon on Friday urged Russia to keep military channels open after Moscow abruptly hung up a vital hotline that was established to avoid mishaps between the two powers in Syria.The so-called deconfliction line has been a lifesaving -- albeit imperfect -- tool since it was ...

MOSCOW: Two Russian pilots diednear the Syrian city of Palmyra when their helicopter was shot down by Islamic State fighters, bringing the total number of Russian troopskilled in the Syrian conflict to 12, Moscow said.The defence ministry said a Syrian helicopter flown by Riafagat Khabibulin and ...