Photographer Javier Alonso de Medina Salguero captured the jaw-dropping moment a seagull smashed through the windshield of an $85 million fighter jet at a Spanish airshow at the San Javier Air

NORAD said the exercise demonstrated its ability to conduct operations to ensure the defense of North America.

The moment a seagull collided with a Spanish fighter jet and smashed through the cockpit was captured in an extraordinary photograph.

French warplane maker Dassault Aviation raised questions over the future of a Franco-German-Spanish fighter jet project on Tuesday in a growing feud with Europe's Airbus over control of the futuristic program that combines traditional warplanes with automated drones.

First inducted in 1963, MiG 21 will be retired after 62 years of service with the indigenously developed Tejas aircraft replacing it in all the current squardrons.

Western observers believe that North Korea still flies the Shenyang J-5 fighter jet, which is a version of the MiG-15 that first flew in 1956.

The head of French warplane maker Dassault Aviation called for clearer leadership and organisation of the SCAF/FCAS fighter programme and raised the possibility of leaving the Franco-German-Spanish project if an agreement could not be reached.

(Reuters) -A Mirage 2000 fighter jet supplied to Ukraine from France crashed on Tuesday after experiencing equipment failure during an assignment, with the pilot ejecting safely, Ukraine's military said. It was the first loss of a Mirage jet since Ukraine's military started receiving them earlier this year.