Now playing Next Europe Decoded What are the pros and cons of supplying fighter jets to Ukraine? Ukrainian officials are asking for fighter aircraft, with President Zelenskyy telling the UK to give the country “wings” to control the skies. But there are a lot of factors for Western countries to consider before doing so, experts say. 22/02/2023
Now playing Next Germany Germany will not send fighter jets to Ukraine, says Scholz The request comes just days after the country agrees to send its Leopard 2 tanks. 30/01/2023
Now playing Next Russia Russian fighter jet crashes into a two-storey building in Siberia Sunday's disaster was the 11th reported non-combat crash of Russian military jets since the Kremlin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February. 23/10/2022
Now playing Next Russia Russian warplane's crash into apartment block kills 14 people Three of the victims died when they jumped from the upper floors of the building in a desperate attempt to escape the flames, according to the vice governor of the region, Anna Menkova. 17/10/2022
Now playing Next world news Greece and Turkey accuse each other's military of airspace violations The two NATO countries have long-standing sea and air boundary disputes. 29/04/2022
Now playing Next Biztech news #buymeafighterjet: Ukraine’s viral fundraiser in Russia’s war The social media hashtag appears to be part of a Ukrainian air force campaign to get hold of fighter jets to defend its skies from Russian invaders. 18/04/2022
Now playing Next Sweden Sweden summons Russian officials over violation of airspace The incident comes amid renewed tensions over Russia's invasion of Ukraine. 03/03/2022
Now playing Next Romania Eight people die in two separate military aircraft crashes in Romania A missing fighter jet and a military helicopter sent on the search and rescue mission both went down, the defence ministry has confirmed. 03/03/2022
Now playing Next China Taiwan condemns China after fighter jets enter defence zone On Saturday Taiwan reported the largest ever number of Chinese military jets to cross into its defence zone. 02/10/2021
Now playing Next Serbia Serbia denies any involvement in Bulgaria military plane crash Serbia's Defense Ministry has said allegations they were involved in the crash of a Bulgarian military plane MiG-29 earlier this month are "inaccurate and malicious". 24/06/2021
Now playing Next Turkey Turkey accuses Greece of 'harassing' vessel in the Aegean Sea Turkey's Minister of Defence said that four Greek fighter jets had flown close to the ship TCG Cesme, but Athens has denied the allegations. 23/02/2021
Now playing Next United Kingdom Pilot dies after U.S. fighter jet crashes in North Sea The jet took off from RAF Lakenheath, an American base in the UK. 15/06/2020
Now playing Next United Kingdom Loud bang that woke London was sonic boom caused by fighter jets Fighter jets scrambled to intercept an aircraft that lost communications while in UK airspace. 01/12/2019
Now playing Next United Kingdom Airline fines woman €94,000 for abusive in-flight behaviour Her catalogue of aggressive, abusive and dangerous behaviour included trying to open the aircraft's doors during the flight, the airline claimed. 18/07/2019
Now playing Next Germany Eurofighter collision kills one pilot, leaves other in tree The Luftwaffe said both pilots were able to operate their ejector seat. One was found alive by rescue teams in a treetop. 24/06/2019
Now playing Next World Raw Politics in full: Iran threatens to exceed uranium limit Watch Tuesday's episode of Raw Politics 20/06/2019
Now playing Next France Europe's next fighter jet: what you need to know Spain has joined a French-German project to build a next-generation warplane and boost European defence, in a ceremony at the Paris Air Show. 18/06/2019
Now playing Next United Kingdom Fighter jets scrambled 'to monitor Russian bombers near UK airspace' The two Russian Tupolev Tu-160 long-range bombers remained in international airspace off Britain's north-east coast. 03/04/2019
Now playing Next China China shows off stealth planes that could knock out America’s best China have publically debuted two new stealth fighter jets on Monday as part of their largest biennial air show, according to the Beijing-based Global Times newspaper. 12/11/2018
Now playing Next USA US F-35 military fighter jet crashes during training missing US F-35 military fighter jet crashes during training missing 29/09/2018
