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.

The plane that crashed in western Minnesota, killing one person aboard, was a jet fighter training aircraft, federal regulators said Tuesday. The crash occurred about 5:30 p.m. Monday near Hwy. 23 and the Granite Falls Municipal Airport,

Aviation photographer Javier Alonso de Medina Salguero shared photos of the moment a seagull busted the canopy of the $98 million jet just as it was reaching Mach One, around 767 miles per hour, at an airshow.

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.

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

A Bangladesh Air Force fighter jet crashed into a school in Dhaka, killing at least 27 people and injuring over 170. The incident has raised concerns about the safety of Chinese-made Chengdu F-7 jets,

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 British F-35B fighter jet, which made an emergency landing in India over a month ago, has returned to service following extensive maintenance. A UK engineering team completed repairs, and the aircraft has now flown to Darwin,