Sultan Ibrahim escorted by two fighter jets during flight before swearing-in ceremony

PETALING JAYA: Two Royal Malaysian Air Force fighter jets were deployed to escort the private jet of His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim King of Malaysia as he travelled to Subang Jaya here before the swearing-in ceremony on Wednesday (Jan 31). In a statement on its official Facebook page, the Air Force said a F/A-18 D Hornet and...

Taiwan loses 2 fighter jets in apparent collision, third such crash in 6 months

The F-5E jets crashedReuters Two Taiwanese fighter jets crashed on Monday (March 22) in the third such incident in the past half-year, at a time when the Beijing-claimed island's armed forces are under increasing pressure to intercept Chinese aircraft on an almost daily basis. While Taiwan's air force is well trained and well equipped, mostly with US-made equipment,...