Muscat: A Royal Air Force of Oman pilot has died after his aircraft crashed during a training mission, military officials have confirmed.

An official from the Ministry of Defense said, "A Royal Oman Air Force (RAF) aircraft was involved in an aviation accident during a routine training mission this morning, killing the pilot."

The Royal Air Force has extended its condolences to the family of Lieutenant-Colonel Suleiman bin Abdullah bin Zayed Al Balushi.

Ministry officials did not specify what kind of aircraft the pilot was in, or when the crash took place.

An Indian Air Force helicopter carrying construction material crashed in Kedarnath. The chopper was carrying six people, all of whom managed to survive the crash.

The M17 helicopter itself was badly damaged in the crash. The chopper was on its way from Guptkashi to Kedarnath at the time of the crash.

The helicopter crashed during landing when it hit the perimeter wall of the Kedarnath temple. The Indian Air Force has ordered an inquiry into the crash.

Kedarnath temple is currently undergoing reconstruction and renovation work and local authorities had recently requested the Indian Air Force to deploy its MI17 helicopter to help speed up the work.

YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) – A Myanmar pilot died on Tuesday after a “technical failure” caused his military jet fighter to plummet into a paddy field in the center of the country, the army said.

A live video on Facebook showed flames billowing up from the crash site near Kyunkone village about an hour away from the capital Naypyidaw.

Local people found the unconscious body of the pilot attached to his parachute nearby and tried to drag him away from the scattered debris for medical help.

The army chief’s office later confirmed on its Facebook page that the crash was due to a “technical failure” and that the pilot died of his injuries on the way to a military hospital in nearby Taungoo town.

“An investigation is ongoing,” the post added.

Police told AFP that the single-seater F-7 jet fighter went down around 10 a.m. on Tuesday morning while a military source said the pilot, Major Arkar Win, was in his mid-30s.

A United States Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier II jet crashed in Djibouti, in East Africa, on Tuesday, according to two defense officials.

The pilot was able to eject and is currently being medically evaluated the officials added, the extent of the pilot's injuries are currently unknown.

The United States has a large military presence in Djibouti based at Camp Lemonnier where some 4,000 US personnel are stationed.

A marine Corps helicopter crashed in Imperial County and the entire crew is presumed dead.

The CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter from the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing went down near El Centro around 2:35 p.m. on Tuesday during what officials called a routine training mission.

Four crew members are presumed dead pending positive identification, according to a statement emailed to The San Diego Union-Tribune by Marine spokeswoman Capt. Morgan Frazer in Miramar.

Authorities are probing the cause of the mishap. The names of the dead were withheld pending notification of their families, which typically takes about 24 hours.

Marine officials also are withholding the title of the crew’s squadron and the base from which it flew but promised more details in the coming hours.

The Naval Safety Center had recorded 23 air fatalities involving Navy and Marine Corps crews over the previous 12 months before Tuesday’s crash.

A military jet crashed at Nellis Air Force Base on Wednesday morning during routine training maneuvers, officials with the Air Force said.

The condition of the pilot is unknown. Air Force officials said the F-16 fighter plane went down at about 10:30 a.m. on the Nevada Test and Training Range.

The Air Force said emergency crews were on the scene and that the Accident Investigation Board of the Air Force was investigating.

It marks the second military aircraft crash in recent days on American soil. On Tuesday, a U.S. Marine Corps helicopter crashed during exercises along the U.S.-Mexico border in California. Four members of that flight crew were killed.

An Air Force fighter jet crashed into a mountain in a southeastern town of South Korea on Thursday on its way to an air base, the Air Force and local authorities said.

The F-15K jet was returning to its base in Daegu after an operation when it crashed in the nearby town of Chilgok, 300 kilometers southeast of Seoul, at 2:38 p.m., the Air Force said.

The Air Force is currently verifying the fate of the two pilots aboard the plane.

Some 50 firefighters were sent to the scene, but heavy fog is currently obstructing the search and rescue efforts, authorities said. No civilian damage was immediately known. (Yonhap)

An Italian Navy helicopter crashed in the Mediterranean during a night-time training exercise, killing one, the navy said on Friday.

Andrea Fazio, an experienced flight operator based in Catania, Sicily, died after the helicopter crashed into the sea and flipped onto its side as it prepared to land on a patrol boat, the navy said in a statement.

Divers rushed to pull Fazio from the chopper but were unable to revive him. The four other crew members aboard the helicopter escaped without major injuries.

The patrol boat was part of the "Mare Sicuro" (Secure Sea) navy operation in the central Mediterranean.

It was launched in March 2015 to protect oil rigs and fishing boats from ruthless Libyan militias, as well as to combat people trafficking.

The navy has also rescued thousands of migrants during its operations, either by taking them on board or by assisting other rescue ships.

Their onboard helicopters often carry out emergency medical evacuation operations.

Two soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division’s 101st Combat Aviation Brigade were killed late Friday when their AH-64E Apache helicopter crashed at the local training area on Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

The incident happened about 9:50 p.m. Friday, the 101st Airborne announced Saturday morning. The crash is under investigation.

The names of the two soldiers will not be released until their families are notified.

The crew was conducting routine training at the time of the accident, according to the 101st Airborne. There were no other casualties.

Fort Campbell Fire and Emergency Services are on site and recovery operations are ongoing, officials said.

A 60-year-old attendant was hit by flying debris after the helicopter's running blades smashed against the tower. Police and the Bundeswehr are investigating what caused the crash.

An airport worker died after a Bundeswehr, armed forces helicopter collided with a traffic control tower at an airport in the southern German state of Bavaria, local police said on Tuesday.

The accident occurred shortly after the transport helicopter landed at Hassfurt-Schweinfurt airport in northern Bavaria just after 10 a.m. local time (0800 UTC) on Monday.

On its way to a refueling station, the helicopter's spinning blades hit the control tower, raining shrapnel and debris on the surrounding area and hitting the attendant.

The critically injured man died of his wounds hours later after being airlifted to a nearby hospital.

A FIGHTER jet has injured two people after it accidentally dropped a replica bomb on a factory in France.

Two injured as fighter jet accidentally drops bomb on French town

The accident took place at around 3.30pm today, after an army fighter jet lost a replica bomb while it was flying over a car factory called Faurecia in Loiretaine, Nogent-sur-Vernisson.

A spokesman for the air force said that the bomb was used in practice sessions but fell onto the roof, causing injuries.

It is not yet known what condition the injured people are in.

The accident sparked panic among the French police and firefighters who feared that it would explode - despite it being a replica.

More than 100 people were killed when an Algerian military plane crashed in the north of the country state radio reported Wednesday .

The official Algerie Presse news agency said that the aircraft crashed near the Boufarik military base soon after takeoff. Boufarik is 20 miles from the capital, Algiers, and close to the Mediterranean Sea.

State radio said the cause of the crash wasn't immediately clear.

The Soviet-designed Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft had been headed for Bechar in southwestern Algeria, Algerie Presse reported. Emergency services have been sent to the crash scene.

The Serbian military aircraft Super Galeb (SOKO G-4 Super Galeb) crashed to the northeast of Belgrade near the town of Kovacice, the Vecherne Novosti newspaper reports.

The two pilots ejected before the crash, but one of them died as a result of the incident.

The newspaper reports that the co-pilot was taken to the Military Medical Academy in Belgrade.

Helicopters, as well as rescue teams have arrived at the crash site.

An investigation has been opened into the incident. 

A Russian military Yakovlev Yak-130 jet has crashed in eastern Russia, 600 kilometers from Moscow. No casualties have been reported, according to Russian Defense Ministry.

On Thursday morning, the plane – known under NATO classification as Mitten – went down during a training flight in the city of Borisoglebsk in Voronezh Region, eastern Russia.

Both pilots ejected after noticing a mid-flight malfunction and landed safely.

The plane crashed in a deserted location and no damage was reported.

The jet belongs to the training base of the Krasnodar Higher Military Aviation School.

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A Greek air force fighter jet has crashed into the Aegean Sea after returning from a patrol, killing the pilot, Defense Ministry officials said.

The officials said the single-seat Mirage 2000-5 crashed Thursday north of the island of Skyros, in the central Aegean. They gave no information about the possible cause of the crash.

Patrolling has intensified in recent weeks amid a spike in tensions between Greece and Turkey and near-daily interceptions and mock dogfights in disputed airspace around Greek islands facing Turkey's coastline.

The pilot's death was announced by Defense Minister Panos Kammenos after Greek navy ships and army helicopters had taken part in the search for the pilot.

"A Greek pilot joins the pantheon of heroes. He fell in the defense of our national sovereignty and territorial integrity," Kammenos said in a message posted on Twitter.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – A Russian helicopter with two crew members crashed in the Baltic Sea, one body was found, a source in the emergency services told Sputnik on Friday.

"A helicopter crashed in the Kaliningrad region … in the Baltic Sea. Two crew members were on board," the source said.

Russian Ka-29 helicopter while carrying out a test flight in the Baltic Sea at night, the Russian Baltic Fleet said Friday.

"On April 12, 2018, at around 23:30 Moscow time [20:30 GMT] a Ka-29 helicopter crashed while carrying out night test flights in the Baltic Sea. The crew comprising two test pilots of the manufacturer died," the statement read.

Search and rescue operation is being carried out.

An F-22A Raptor belonging to Elmendorf Air Force Base's 3rd Wing was involved in a major mishap this weekend.

Details remain sketchy and are likely to change, but a source told The War Zone that the jet may have retracted its gear too early during takeoff, with the aircraft slamming back down on the runway at relatively high speed and skidding its way to a stop.

Thankfully the pilot was able to egress from the aircraft without major injuries.

We contact the public affairs office at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson who jumped right on the story and quickly confirmed that the aircraft had been involved in a mishap at Fallon and although the damage is extensive, it is hoped that it can be repaired at this time.

An investigation into the incident is currently underway.

The F-22 was at NAS Fallon to support the Navy Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor program, better known as Topgun, providing a dissimilar adversary for students to fight against as part of a class graduation exercise.

This is a widely known event in which Topgun students take part in a 1v1 fight against an unknown 'surprise' enemy aircraft.

Aircraft of all types, from warbirds to foreign fighters, have been brought in to take part in the exercise over the decades.

The 2018 Vero Beach Air Show wrapped up performances Sunday, April 22, 2018 at the Vero Beach Regional Airport.

Patrons were treated to aerobatic skills from world-renowned pilots, static aircraft on the tarmac to tour and a final performance by the U.S. Navy Blue Angels. PATRICK DOVE/TCPALM

Maintenance crews are assessing damage to the U.S. Navy Blue Angels' No. 5 jet after a bird flew into the aircraft's engine at a Vero Beach air show.

Lt. David Gardner, spokesman for the team, said Monday that accurate estimates of repair costs and down time for the jet won't be available until a thorough assessment is finished.

"Bird strikes are fairly common, and our pilots, and all naval aviators, are trained to deal with any number of contingencies that could occur during flight, including bird strikes," Gardner said in response to emailed questiones.

Catherine Caddell, director of marketing for the Vero Beach show, said previously that the bird caused an estimated $1 million in damage to the F/A-18 Hornet's engine.

The incident happened Saturday when lead solo pilot Lt. Tyler Davies was taking part in the team's demonstration.

At least two soldiers were killed when a military plane crashed in Tunisia late Monday, said a military official.

Speaking to reporters, Belhassen al-Waslati, a spokesman for the Tunisian Defense Ministry, said the plane crashed during a night training exercise near an airbase in Sfax city.

Al-Waslati did not provide further details on the crash.

TOKYO, April 24 (Xinhua) -- A U.S. F-35 stealth fighter jet made an emergency landing at an Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) base in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Tuesday.

The ASDF Tsuiki base said the jet made an emergency landing at around 11:00 a.m. local time.

Personnel at the ASDF base said that no one was injured as a result of the emergency landing.