A graveyard of previously unseen Thunderbird-style inventions, designed by British engineers in the 1960s, has been brought to life as sketches and animations by aUKdefence firm. The forgotten designs were unearthed in BAE Systems’ archives and include a hypersonic space-plane capable of ...

Abdul Aziz Ibrahim AlGhadeer, Ambassador of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia called on Air Chief Marshal Tahir Rafique Butt, Chief of the Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force, at Air Headquarters, Islamabad on Thursday.Both the dignitaries remained together for some time and discussed matters of mutual ...

LAHORE  :  Several more employees of PIA having affiliation with Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) backed Peoples Unity have joined Air League of PIA employees after victory of PML-N in general elections, sources in PIA said on Thursday.  President Air League of PIA employees ...

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari and incoming prime minister Nawaz Sharif Wednesday agreed to forget the past bitterness and move forward, at their first one-on-one meeting following the PML-N win in the general elections.Following their meeting at the Presidency, Nawaz to the media that his ...

ISTANBUL : Two Brazilian tourists died Monday and 23 other people were hurt after two hot-air balloons collided in a beauty spot in central Turkey, officials said.The accident occurred over Cappadocia's sculpted rock formations when one balloon collided with the basket of another balloon above and ...

LAHORE - Several employees of PIA affiliated with Peoples Unity have joined Air League after victory of PML-N in general election, claimed an office-bearer of Air League here on Sunday. President, Air League of PIA Employees Lahore chapter, Ahmad Butt has said that workers of the Air League have a ...

SANAA  - Yemen’s air force has been the target of “sabotage”, the country’s military aviation chief said in a televised interview, days after a fighter jet crashed in the capital Sanaa. “The air force is the target of systematic sabotage,” General Rashed ...

LAHORE - The president of Peoples Unity of PIA Employees (CBA) Lahore, Sajid Gujjar, and Secretary General Hussain Abbas have alleged PML-N-backed association employees, Air League, is involved in torturing the Unity office-bearers. They were addressing a press conference at Lahore Press Club on ...

KARACHI  (PR):  Etihad Airways and Air Canada have signed a MoU for a commercial cooperation agreement that will enhance travel services between the United Arab Emirates and Canada. While the two carriers currently have interline agreements in place for passenger and cargo services, ...

GAZA CITY: Israeli warplanes launched three strikes early on Sunday on the Gaza Strip, targeting Palestinian group Islamic Jihad but causing no casualties, witnesses said. Two air strikes hit the southern town of Khan Yunis, targeting positions of the Al-Quds Brigade, the armed wing of Islamic ...

Air pollution is actually the addition of any harmful substances to the atmosphere, which causes damage to the environment, human health and the quality of life. With the development in industry, air pollution has increased, the pollution which occurs inside homes, schools, offices even in the ...

 Air Chief Tahir Rafique Butt has said besides maintaining the highest professional standards, there is a need of the hour to be ready to respond any external or internal security challenge. He was addressing a gathering of airmen after inspecting Lahore PAF Base Friday. He urged the ...

ONE often listens to the debate that educationists in the armed forces are less important as compared to other branches. That is why they do not reach the top echelons of the services. This is not entirely true. So far as importance is concerned, educationists in services are ...

SHIGAL, Afghanistan  - Eleven children and a woman were killed by an air strike during a Nato operation targeting Taliban commanders in eastern Afghanistan, officials in the region said Sunday.Civilian deaths have been a long-running source of friction between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and ...

A NATO air attack in eastern Afghanistan has killed at least 10 children, officials said Sunday.The children were killed during a joint Afghan-NATO operation in the Shigal district of restive Kunar province bordering Pakistan late on Saturday."Ten children and eight militants were killed in the ...

AIR New Zealand has said that one of its pilots nodded off during a flight between London and Los Angeles, local media reports say.The airline said the pilot of the Boeing 777 had reported falling asleep twice as he flew the plane across the Atlantic in 2011. It said safety had not been compromised ...

BLEKINGE (WO)Workers at a Swedish airbase have been drinking coffee made with radiator water for the past two years after a pipe was connected wrongly. The error at an air force base in Blekinge was discovered only when heating system was shut down during maintenance work, reports The Local. ...

ISLAMABAD - Air pollution increasing day by day in twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi caused by the steel and marble factories set up in the nearby industrial areas I-9. Dozen of marble and steel factories, set up in twin cities are one of the major contributors to air pollution.  The ...

SANAA (AFP) - Four suspected Al-Qaeda militants were killed in an air raid that targeted their vehicle on Monday, Yemen's defence ministry announced, after tribal sources earlier said strikes by US drones killed two. "Four Al-Qaeda terrorists were killed in an air raid today," said the defence ...

An air raid south of Damascus on Thursday killed at least 11 civilians, among them seven children, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights."Seven girls, three women and a man were killed in the air strike," said Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman, updating an earlier toll of 10.Warplanes ...

KARACHI (PR) – To meet the growing demands of domestic air travel in Pakistan, Air Indus is now in business after receiving clearance from Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). Air Indus Boeing 737 will be arriving at the Jinnah International Airport Karachi shortly to launch its inaugural flight ...

ISLAMABAD - Former Air Chief Marshal, Muhammad Anwar Shamim, was laid to rest at H-11 graveyard with profound military honours here on Saturday.Anwar Shamim, the former Chief of Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force NI (M), HI(M), SI (M),   Sitara-i-Jurrat and war veteran of 1965 and 71 ...

DAMASCUS - More than 60 people were killed in a regime air strike on a bakery in a rebel-held town on Sunday, monitors said, as peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi launched a new bid to resolve Syria’s brutal 21-month conflict.In one of the deadliest incidents of the conflict, the Syrian Observatory ...

ISLAMABAD - The Government of Pakistan has promoted Air Commodore Farooq Habib to the rank of Air Vice Marshal, Pakistan Air Force said Monday.Air Vice Marshal Farooq Habib was commissioned in the PAF on June 22, 1982 in GD (P) Branch. He is a graduate of Combat Commanders' School, Air War College ...

CAPE TOWN  - A South African Air Force pilot has been grounded for “borrowing” a plane to visit a friend in neighbouring Botswana and an officer has been reprimanded for spicing up her uniform with hot pink slippers, the defence ministry said Wednesday. The pilot has been ...

BEIRUT  - Syrian warplanes on Wednesday bombarded a rebel-held district of the city of Aleppo, causing dozens of casualties, as soldiers repelled an attack on a nearby army base, a monitoring group said.“Dozens of people were killed or injured by an air strike on a building in the ...

DAMASCUS - Syrian air strikes pounded rebel bastions on Wednesday as international divisions were once more exposed over how to end an escalating conflict now said to have killed more than 36,000 people.As UN-Arab League peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi urged China to do more to help tackle the crisis, ...

KARACHI- -PIA MD Muhammad Junaid Yunus emphasised that top most priority is exercised for air safety before departure of each domestic and international flight of the national flag carrier.He was speaking as chief guest at the certificate awarding ceremony to the successful participants of Air ...

ALEPPO  - Army shelling and air raids killed dozens of civilians including children in Syrian flashpoints on Monday, a watchdog said, while rebels and loyalists fought close-quarter battles in Aleppo’s main souk.In New York, UN chief Ban Ki-moon urged Damascus to show ...

SAO PAULO  - A major air show in Sao Paulo this week turned the spotlight on the robust health of Brazil’s general aviation market, which is thriving despite the global economic slowdown.General aviation, which makes up the majority of the world’s air traffic, refers to all flights ...