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⚡️🇲🇦 Moroccan Civil defence plane crashed this morning, The Moroccan pilot managed in las moment despite an engine failure to evade crashing in a populated area sacrificing his life to save others may Allah have mercy on his soul.

⚡️🇨🇳 China at it again they managed to solve a severe Logistical problem the could face them in a potential war with India or Taiwan. This new Logistical platform will allow the PLA to launch drones in unfriendly terrain especially the mountainous regions like the border they share with India or Taiwan itself.

❗️🇲🇦 According to Africa Intelligence Royal Moroccan Armed Forces (FAR) have signed a new Contract with Moroccan company Aerodrive for 500 Kamikaze drones, the only known Kamikaze drone is Mavrick which was shown in Marrakech Air show 2024. 📝 Aerodrive already delivered Atlas 1 drones to The Moroccan Army and Atlas Eagle eye to the Moroccan police so it's already a trusted company and their products must have proven to be reliable. @NAOSINT12

⚡️🇲🇦🇹🇼🇺🇸 Delivery of the first Batch of F16 Block72 to Taiwan and Kingdom of Morocco has been confirmed to Happen this summer. @planenerd

Indo Maintenence crews relieved

⚡️🇮🇩🇰🇷 Jakarta drops out of the deal to manufacture korea's KF-21 and will instead buy 48 of them off the shelf. @medmannews

Most peaceful Netherlands-Morocco experience

🇨🇿 Czech Air Force's JAS 39 Gripen C belonging to 211th Tactical Air Squadron as viewed from an Airbus A319-CJ of Czech Republic

🇷🇺⚡️🇺🇦 Bad week for the Ukrainian Air force 2 Ukrainian mig 29 were destroyed by Russian Geran drones.

— 🇦🇪🇹🇩: An unidentified Boeing 747-409F cargo aircraft is tracking from N'Djamena, Chad across South Sudan toward the Gulf of Aden, with its registration and destination unavailable on Flightradar24. The aircraft appears to be following a corridor commonly monitored by OSINT researchers due to recurring cargo flights linking the Gulf region with central Africa. This aircraft was last tracked going to Nevatim Airbase in the occupied Palestinian territories from the UAE. @NewsFromSudan

⚡🇮🇳— Fresh setback for Tejas Mk1A programme as sixth US engine develops snag The delayed Tejas Mk1A programme has encountered another hurdle after a technical snag was detected in the sixth GE F404-IN20 engine supplied by US manufacturer GE Aerospace to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Sources said HAL has formally taken up the matter with GE Aerospace. A technical team from GE is expected to visit India to inspect the engine. If the defect is found to be rectifiable, repairs will be carried out in India. However, if the issue cannot be resolved locally, the engine may have to be replaced by the manufacturer @ThePakistanNews

⚡️🇨🇳 Preliminary analysis seems to be mechanical error and the plane veered off course crashed into the building. The PLAAF tried to establish contact when the plane entered the 5th Ring Road but those attempts were unsuccessful. @medmannews

Chinese 9/11 💀💀💀

⚡️🇨🇳 The damage is quite small. I’m just wondering how that even happened?? @medmannews

⚡️🇨🇳 A small propeller plane crashed into Beijing’s CITIC Tower (10th tallest building in the world) at 17:55 Beijing Time. The aircraft is reported to be a SA60L “Arora”. @medmannews

⚡️🇫🇷🇮🇶 Iraqi defense minister J. E. Saadoun announced that his country was close to signing a deal for 14 Rafales f4. The airframes would be 10 Rafale C single seaters and 4 Rafale B two-seaters. If the contract were to be signed within 2026, delivery would take place around 2030. This deal would be a noticeable break from the past 23 years of reliance on american military industry and a renewal of the trust Saddam put in Dassault. For the anecdote, he had expressed interest for the Rafale demonstrator all the way back in 1989. At this stage, the global pricetag sit at about 3,3 billions usd, but both Bagdad and Paris are exploring ways of payment in crude oil rather than in green bills. @medmannews

⚡️🇺🇸 The B-21 Raider fleet could potentially reach 400 aircrafts. Yes, you read that right. Northrop Grumman has gotten the science down-pat, with multiple recent ‘infusions’ from the U.S Air Force and Dept of Defense/Dept of War, the fabled legacy defense firm has continually shown that the B-21 Raider program is “well-ahead” of schedule; and reports from the Mitchell Institute suggesting 300+ to counter the People’s Liberation Army-Air Force (PLAAF) and People’s Liberation Army-Navy (PLAN)’s Aviation force. Most recently, the USAF upped its order from 100 to 200 units, with an option for 50 more; and with the previously mentioned infusions of funding, could very well see 250 units on order; and with at least 2 Major U.S Allies interested in the program, with 1 being undisclosed, and the other being Australia (🇦🇺). The USAF currently fields 3 B-21 Raiders, although they likely won’t ever leave the continental U.S; as they are all assigned to testing units within the USAF. The first ‘mainline service’ B-21s are expected to enter service in 2027; nearly 3 years ahead of schedule and will begin the gradual replacement of the B-1B Lancer, B-2 Spirit, and the B-52 Stratosfortress. @Medmannews