An American military helicopter burst into flames after landing in an empty field in Okinawa on Wednesday, the Japanese defence minister said, with no injuries reported.

The US military told Japanese authorities that their CH- 53 transport helicopter "landed" before the fire erupted in the early evening just outside a training ground on the island, said Itsunori Onodera.

National broadcaster NHK showed dramatic footage of firefighters battling orange flames after dark and plumes of black smoke billowing into the sky.

"When the US Marine Corp CH-53 helicopter landed, a fire started. We have received information that all crew members were safe," Onodera told reporters.

Japanese authorities asked the US military to provide a full report and take steps to prevent a similar accident.

MADRID (Reuters) - A Eurofighter combat jet plane crashed near a military base in southeastern Spain on Thursday, killing its pilot, an emergency services spokesman said.

Local emergency services received a call at 1009 GMT informing them that the plane had crashed on farmland around the Los Llanos base near the town of Albacete, the spokesman said.

The jet had been taking part in a military parade to commemorate Spain’s national holiday and crashed on its return, a defence ministry spokesman said.

The causes of the accident were being investigated, the ministry added in a note.

An F-18 fighter jet crashed on takeoff at a military base near Madrid on Tuesday, killing the pilot - the second time a military plane has come down in Spain in a week.

"The pilot of the airplane has died as a consequence of the accident, which happened during take-off," the Spanish defence ministry said in a tweet following the crash near the Torrejon de Ardoz base, around 20 kilometres (12 miles) from Madrid.

"Rescue teams are on their way to the scene of the accident," a ministry spokesman told AFP, adding that the cause of the crash was as yet unknown.

A Boeing AH-64 Apache attack helicopter operated by the United Arab Emirates Air Force (UAEAF) has crashed in Yemen’s northern province of al-Jawf, killing the two pilots on board, as the Saudi-led coalition presses ahead with its atrocious aerial bombardment campaign against the impoverished Arab country.

The UAE's official WAM news agency reported on Tuesday evening that the four-blade and twin-turboshaft aircraft went down due to a technical glitch.

The report identified those onboard the helicopter as Major Ali al-Mismari and First Lieutenant Badr al-Murshedah.

Yemeni sources, requesting anonymity, said the helicopter had crashed in the Khabb wa ash Sha'af district of Jawf province, located approximately 110 kilometers (68 miles) north of the capital Sana'a.

Tokyo, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)--A Japanese Air Self-Defense Force search and rescue helicopter carrying four JASDF crew members is believed to have crashed into the sea off the city of Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, during a training flight on Tuesday afternoon.

The UH-60J helicopter disappeared from the radar around 6 p.m. (9 a.m. GMT) when it was flying over an area some 30 kilometers south of the coast in Hamamatsu.

"The helicopter seems to have crashed," Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera told reporters, noting that what appears to be debris of the aircraft was found on the sea.

A helicopter door with kanji letters reading "Koku Jieitai," or the Air Self-Defense Force, a stretcher and a fuel tank were discovered around the suspected crash site

The UH-60J belonged to the Air Rescue Wing unit at the ASDF's Hamamatsu Air Base. Aboard the helicopter were its captain, Maj. Akihiro Hanafusa, 42, a copilot, a search and rescue personnel, and an engineer, according to the ASDF.

JASDF helicopters and Japan Coast Guard patrol ships headed for the crash site to search for the crew members.

OMITAMA, Ibaraki Prefecture--An F-4 fighter jet caught fire before it was due to take off at a Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) base here Oct. 18, the Defense Ministry said.

The 11:47 a.m. blaze near the Hyakuri Air Base runway was extinguished shortly after. The two JASDF crew members on board escaped without injuries.

Just before the fire broke out, the pilot informed an air traffic controller that the aircraft’s left landing gear was damaged.

The Hyakuri Air Base is shared by the JASDF and Ibaraki Airport.

Commercial flight schedules were unaffected by the incident, according to the ministry.

A multi-million dollar naval helicopter has been extensively damaged on its way to the Middle East.

It is understood the MH-60 Romeo Seahawk from 725 Squadron at HMAS Albatross was damaged onboard HMAS Warramunga on it’s way to Perth before heading to the Gulf.

It is believed the helicopter may have broken free of its lashing in an hangar area, half way across the Great Australian Bight in rough conditions.

It is understood the helicopter “bounced” around the hangar area, causing significant damage, with one of three sources who spoke to the Register saying the helicopter might be “a write-off”.

Other reports suggest the aircraft has suffered millions of dollars worth of damage.

It is understood no one was injured in the incident.

A military training plane Grob 120 TP crashed Thursday at 18.32 in the vicinity of the town of Alta Gracia, about 35 kilometers from the provincial capital, and the two pilots of the Argentine Air Force who were crewed in a flight of instruction were able to be ejected, military sources told Telam.

"The crew, instructor and student of the School of Military Aviation of Cordoba, putting into practice the established procedures for the situation, were able to make a jump to land with the parachutes that are part of their emergency equipment.After the field, were assisted by the Paragliding Corps of the Air Force, which had been alerted of the emergency, "said the Argentine Air Force in the statement in which it reported the incident.

The pilot and an instructor rehearsed maneuvers of corkscrew in which the plane intentionally enters in loss of support but, as they did not manage to recover it, they decided to jump in parachute.

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A PLAAF JL-9 LIFT aircraft crashed in Anhui, China yesterday after "a sudden engine failure", the JL-9 is powered by a single locally built turbofan engine, the WP-13.

The pilots managed to eject.

The US service member killed in a Friday helicopter crash in Afghanistan has been identified as Chief Warrant Officer Jacob Sims, 36, the Department of Defense said Sunday.

Sims, of Juneau, Alaska, was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment from Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state, the department's statement said.

Six other US crew members were injured in the crash in Afghanistan's Logar province, according to a statement from the NATO-led coalition in that country, Operation Resolute Support.

They are receiving medical treatment but their conditions were not given.

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – A Mirage-2000 fighter jet of the Taiwan Air Force disappeared from radar screens while off the coast of North Taiwan Tuesday evening, according to media reports.

The French-built aircraft was on a routine mission when it vanished around 6:43 p.m, cable station TVBS said. Nothing was immediately known about the fate of the pilot, named as Ho Tzu-yu, a man who had just celebrated his first wedding anniversary, according to the TV report.

A coast guard vessel had reportedly picked up a signal and was searching the area for the jet, while the Air Force was sending an S-70C helicopter, the Central News Agency reported.

Earlier reports placed the jet near the coast of Hsinchu County, but later news said the plane had last been located close to Keelung.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - An Iraqi army helicopter crashed during a routine flight on Sunday, killing all seven people on board, a military statement and Iraqi air force officers said.

The Russian-made Mi-17 helicopter went down near the southern province of Kut, the statement said. Two pilots and five army officers were killed, Iraqi air force officers told Reuters.

A technical malfunction caused the crash, the military statement said.

Iraq is slowly rebuilding its air force, once one of the world’s largest, after the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003.

A Gazelle helicopter from Etain's 3rd Combat Helicopter Regiment (RHC) crashed at Bar-le-Duc airfield - Les Hauts-de-Chée on Monday at 13:41.

According to the prefecture of Meuse, "the firefighters and the gendarmerie are on the spot".

The three crew members were evacuated to the Bar-le-Duc hospital. "They seem to be only slightly injured," the prefecture adds.

One pilot died and the other was taken to Val Verde Regional Medical Center after their military aircraft crashed near Del Rio on Monday afternoon.

The T-38 Talon crashed about 4 p.m. about 14 miles northwest of the base, near Lake Amistad, the base stated in a news release.

The names of the pilots are being withheld until next of kin are notified.

"Our biggest priority at this time is caring for the family and friends of our Airmen," said Col. Michelle Pryor, 47th Flying Training Wing vice commander. "We are a close knit family, and when a tragedy like this occurs every member of the U.S. Armed Forces feels it. Our people take top priority, and we are committed to ensuring their safety and security."

A board of officers will convene to investigate the incident, the release stated.

A RoCAF IDF fighter practicing for the upcoming Hsinchu open house today had a mid-air engine fire and was forced to make an emergency landing.

Video footage shows smoke and flames coming out from the aircraft in flight.

New Delhi: A Kiran trainer aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed shortly after taking off from the Hakimpet Air Force Station in Hyderabad on Friday.

The woman pilot on board ejected safely before the crash and is reported to be safe.

The IAF has initiated a court of inquiry.

She was rushed to nearby hospital by the locals and is undergoing treatment.

News agency ANI reported that the woman cadet was undergoing fighter training.

She was attempting a landing when the incident took place.

Norway's effort to replace its aged search and rescue helicopter fleet has suffered a significant setback after its newly delivered Leonardo Helicopters AW101 – the first of an eventual 16 aircraft – overturned during a ground run on 24 October.

No injuries were reported to the two crew on board, but images posted on social media show the 15.6t helicopter resting on its right-hand side, minus its main rotor blades.

The AW101 (MSN 50268) had only been handed over to the Royal Norwegian Air Force on 17 November.

No detail on the extent of the damage is available, but the Norwegian defence ministry has described it as a "serious incident" in local media.

Leonardo was not immediately available to comment.

The AW101 was scheduled to enter service in Norway in 2018.

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Hilda Hernandez, sister of President Juan Orlando Hernandez, and five other people were killed in a helicopter crash Saturday on a mountain near the Honduran capital.

Hernandez, 51, was an agronomy engineer who served as communications minister under her brother and as minister of social development during the previous administration of then-President Porfirio Lobo.

The military helicopter carrying Hernandez, four members of her security detail and a pilot took off from Tegucigalpa’s international airport in the morning bound for her residence in Comayagua, about 40 miles (60 kilometers) from the capital.

Soon afterward, the air force reported that the aircraft had gone missing. The wreckage was later discovered in the mountains outside Tegucigalpa with no survivors.

Reynaldo Sanchez, the head of the president’s National Party, said in a statement: “Be with God, Hilda Hernandez, a tireless fighter for our party.”