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Air Force Commander-in-Chief ACM Panpakdee Pattanakul insisted on Wednesday that the Royal Thai Air Force needs a fleet of Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fighter jets to replace three fleets of old and worn-out jets.

An F-16A fighter jet of the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) crashed in Chaiyaphum province on Tuesday afternoon, however the pilot escaped as he ejected in time.

The new jet boasts low visibility, high flight performance, and artificial intelligence assistance for the pilot.

Pilots from Air Squadron 7 of the Royal Thai Air Force brought sheets of gold, silver and copper alloy aboard the JAS 39 Gripen fighter jet on Wednesday and flew above the Gulf of Thailand east of Koh Samui in Surat Thani province.

South Korea is in the final stage of assembling a prototype of what would be the country's first indigenously developed fighter jet, which is expected to be unveiled in April, officials said Sunday.

The former head of a budget Thai airline goes on trial in Paris on Monday over a deadly 2007 plane crash that killed 90 people, nearly two-thirds of them foreigners.

A Myanmar pilot saved the day after his aircraft's landing gear failed, forcing the jet into an emergency landing with no front wheels on Sunday morning, an official said.

The US, the UK, China, Russia and the European Union on Wednesday urged both India and Pakistan to exercise utmost restraint and avoid further military activity by the nuclear-armed neighbours.

Chakothi, Pakistan - Thousands of Kashmiris have fled their homes, some bailed water out of disused bunkers, while others dug in -- determined to see out the latest flare up of hostilities between India and Pakistan.

Jakarta - The family of an Indonesian man killed in a Lion Air jet crash is suing Boeing, alleging that the accident may have been caused by a problem with the flight-control system in its newest 737 plane.

A US navy fighter jet crashed into the sea off Japan's southern island of Okinawa on Monday and its two crew members were rescued alive, Japan's defense ministry said.

A Boeing jetliner carrying 126 people crash-landed at the airport in Guyana's capital Georgetown on Friday, injuring six people, the transport minister said.