Been hearing (and seeing) some hawks and migs flying around Kuantan day and night
got exercise going on?

KUALA LUMPUR: Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia meminta orang ramai di sekitar Lembah Klang supaya tidak panik apabila melihat pesawat terbang rendah pada 24, 25, 26 dan 29 Februari ini.

TUDM dalam satu kenyataan berkata, beberapa pesawat pejuang, pengangkut dan helikopter akan membuat terbang lintas di ruang udara Lembah Klang sempena istiadat Penganugerahan Panji-panji Skuadron oleh Sultan Pahang, Sultan Ahmad Shah.

''Istiadat akan melibatkan penganugerahan panji-panji kepada Skuadron Nombor 16, 17, 18 dan 20 bermula 24 hingga 26 Februari untuk raptai dan istiadat sebenar pada 29 Februari di Pangkalan Udara Subang,'' katanya dalam satu kenyataan di sini, hari ini.

Pesawat-pesawat TUDM yang akan terlibat dalam penerbangan rendah antaranya Pesawat Su-30MKM, Hawk, F/A-18D, MiG-29N, C130H, Beechraft, Helicopter EC725 dan Nuri.
Sehubungan itu, orang ramai dinasihatkan agar tidak cemas dan risau sekiranya melihat pesawat-pesawat TUDM terbang rendah di sepanjang tempoh tersebut.

A Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) aircraft crash landed along the Kuala Selangor coastline around 8.50am today. The CN235 transport plane, based in Subang, was carrying eight people. All eight on board were reported safe, after being assisted by local fishermen, said RMAF in a statement today.

It said the RMAF will establish an investigation team to identify the cause of the incident. "The RMAF will also conduct recovery efforts for the aircraft," it said. Kuala Selangor police had earlier said that the plane was a light aircraft and that it had crashed along the Kuala Selangor coastline. The Kuala Selangor Fire and Rescue Department received the emergency call at 8.40am.

TARBELA: A military helicopter crashed near Tarbela, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, killing at least one, a military source confirmed Monday evening.

The helicopter was on a routine night training flight when it crashed at Tarbela. An army officer has been killed in the incident.

The Pakistan Army officer has been identified as Lt Col Tauqeer.

Lt Col Tauqeer is survived by his widow, son and daughter. The family belongs from village Bhatti Gujar in Chakwal district.

A pilot has died after a Su-25 aircraft crashed in Russia’s southern Stavropol Region, the Defense Ministry said.

“Today ... a Su-25 plane performing a training flight crashed nor far from the Budennovsk airfield in Stavropol Region,” the ministry said in a statement.

“The fight was carried out without ammunition. The plane crashed in an uninhabited area. There is no destruction on the ground. The pilot has died,” it added.

The jet went down at 7:23pm Moscow time (4:23pm GMT).

A special commission has been created within the Defense Ministry to investigate the incident.