A Royal Australian Air Force electronic warfare plane has caught fire on takeoff during an exercise in the United States but there were no serious injuries, the military said. Australia’s Department of Defence confirmed “an incident involving an EA-18G Growler at Nellis Air Force Base during Exercise Red Flag” on Saturday. A statement from Nellis Air Force Base said the “incident during takeoff” occurred at about 10:45 am (1845 GMT) Saturday. However, all personnel are safe,” the Nellis statement said without identifying the plane as being from Australia. Exercise Red Flag is an air-to-air combat training exercise involving the United States, Australia and Britain.

Source: Hindustan Times January 28, 2018 08:37 UTC