With tension rising in the region, the French multi-mission frigate (FREMM) Languedoc successfully neutralized two hostile drones launched most probably by the Houthi in the Red Sea, near the Yemeni coast, on December 9, 2023. The Languedoc, encountered the drones approximately 110 kilometers off the coast of Al Hudaydah, Yemen. The first drone was intercepted…
The Turkish Air Force violated Greek airspace over the Aegean Sea on Wednesday morning multiple times, resulting in multiple mock dogfights with Greek fighter jets.Photo by Ronnie Macdonald, CC BY 2.0A pair of Turkish F-16 fighter jets flew over the Greek Island of Arki at 10:18 at 27,000 feet, at 10:21 at 26,000 feet,…
A stolen civilian plane intercepted by a French Air Force fighter jet on Wednesday.The Slovak pilot allegedly stole the plane from Italy and then entered French airspace, blocking air traffic over Nice and flying over a military base in Toulon.Photo by Alan Wilson, CC BY-SA 2.0A Mirage 2000 intercepted the aircraft, which landed…
According to a statement from the Russian Ministry of Defense, a Russian Su-27 fighter escorted a French spy plane approaching the Russian border over the Baltic Sea."The crew of the Russian fighter jet recognized the air target as an Atlantic-2 reconnaissance aircraft of the French Air Force and escorted it over the Baltic Sea,"…