The U.S. military on Saturday shot down the CCP spy balloon that had spent days floating across the continental United States. The surveillance balloon was shot down from 58,000 feet by F-22s over the coast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, after the FAA shut down numerous airports and closed the airspace around the area. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin issued a statement patting Biden on the back for... 

According to Taiwan Defense Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng, Taipei has cautioned Beijing against conducting any military aircraft into Taiwanese airspace and has vowed to respond to any such intrusions with a “first strike.” Chiu warned legislators that Taipei will respond if any Chinese fighter planes or drones entered Taiwan’s airspace on Wednesday during a hearing of the Legislature’s... 

Taiwan was quick to issue official statement vehemently condemning Russia’s early morning launch of war on Ukraine. Foreign ministry spokeswoman Joanne Ou denounced the attack on Ukraine’s sovereignty, at a tense moment that Beijing continues to eye Taiwan as its own territory. “Ukrainian cities like Kyiv has been attacked by gunfire, leading to fears of a full-scale war between Russia and Ukraine,”... 

Tensions between the two countries rose dramatically last week after an Iranian air defence missile shot down a US drone in what Iran said was its airspace. Washington claimed the drone was downed over international waters, with President Trump later saying that he nearly ordered a ‘retaliatory’ strike which would have killed 150 Iranians. The US military will get an even “stronger”... 

As the troubled Boeing 737 MAX jets are being diverted in European skies, with nations shutting airspace over the deadly crash in Ethiopia one by one, an Israeli-bound Norwegian Airlines plane was forced to return to Stockholm. Data from tracker website Flightradar24 shows that Norwegian flight DY4545 got as far as Romania before the plane was diverted back to Stockholm Arlanda Airport. The U-turn... 

Israeli warplanes have repeatedly violated Syrian airspace and bombed targets inside the country which is fighting foreign-backed militants. Russian forces in Syria have fired at least twice on Israeli military aircraft, Israel’s top-selling newspaper says. The Yedioth Ahronoth daily on Friday gave no dates or locations for the incidents nor any indication Israeli planes were hit. Separately,... 

Social media pages across California exploded early Saturday evening after hundreds of witnesses reported seeing mysterious objects over the California sky. The lights, somewhat resembling a meteor in the images that have been made available on social media, appeared simultaneously, yet over 500 miles apart in both Southern and Northern California. It is not clear whether the lights were the same... 

Deployment will effectively provide military support for ISIS and al-Nusra. NATO boss Jens Stoltenberg said during a meeting of defense ministers in Brussels on Thursday the alliance is prepared to send ground troops to protect Turkey’s border with Syria. “Nato is ready and able to defend all allies, including Turkey against any threats,” Stoltenberg said. The move is in response to a claim... 

Ankara has placed a ban on Syrian Airlines flying into Turkish airspace, after a diplomatic row that began when Turkey seized cargo from a Syrian civilian plane it forced to land in Ankara. Earlier, Damascus closed its airspace to Turkish airlines. ­Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said his country had made the decision because the Syrian regime, which is battling an insurgency, was “abusing”... 

The South Korean government has threatened to shoot down a North Korean rocket due for launch in April. The rocket mission has sparked international controversy, the US labeling it a test for a long-range missile that could carry nuclear warheads. “We are studying measures such as tracking and shooting down [parts] of a North Korean missile in case it strays out of its normal trajectory”... 

The US Congress has passed a bill which approves government’s deployment of up to 30,000 spy drones in the country’s airspace by 2020, raising serious concerns about the ensuing privacy infringement. The bill, which facilitates the government use of unmanned spy planes in US airspace, requires the Federal Aviation Administration to rush a plan to get as many drones in the air as possible within... 

Lawmaker Kazem Jalali A senior Iranian lawmaker calls on the Foreign Ministry to lodge a complaint against the US over the recent violation of Iran’s airspace by an American reconnaissance drone. Member of the Majlis (parliament) National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Kazem Jalali said Sunday that the US has a long history of violating the sovereignty of other countries, ICANA news agency...