- + Let’s Have A Look At India’s ‘First Indigenous Bomber UAV’—Compared to other MALE (Medium Altitude Long Endurance) drones, the FWD-200B features a pretty unusual shape, so to speak. On May 3, 2024, Flying Wedg...
- + Let’s Have A Look At India’s First Indigenous Bomber UAV—Compared to other MALE (Medium Altitude Long Endurance) drones, the FWD-200B features a pretty unusual shape, so to speak. On May 3, 2024, Flying Wedg...
- + AF Secretary Kendall Flies In AI-Controlled X-62 VISTA at Edwards AFB—Secretary of the Air Force flew aboard the X-62A VISTA to gain a firsthand experience of this unique aircraft. The X-62A VISTA integrates machine lear...
- + Boeing Tests Software That Allows Super Hornet Pilot To Command MQ-25 During Refueling—Boeing advances Manned-Unmanned Teaming for Naval Aviation through aerial refueling operations in simulator environment. Boeing has made significant s...
- + F-16 Of The 18th Fighter Interceptor Squadron Escorts Russian Tu-95, Su-35 and Su-30 Off Alaska—A video taken from inside one of the Tu-95MS bombers shows one of the F-16s of the 18th FIS (sporting an Aggressor paint scheme) escorting the Bear bo...
- + U.S. Air Force Tests Vapor Purge Times For The B-52 In The Event Of A Chemical Attack—Vapor purge testing provides critical information on how long it takes an aircraft operating in areas at risk of chemical attacks to purge hazardous c...
- + Italian Vipers: The Story Of The F-16 Fighting Falcon In Italian Air Force Service—Under Peace Caesar program, the Italian Air Force operated a fleet of F-16A Block 15 ADF (Air Defense Fighter) jets upgraded with the “Falcon Up” and ...
- + Amid Uncertainty, U.S. Air Force Orders Additional MH-139 Grey Wolf Helicopters—A total of 26 MH-139 helicopters are now on order, although it’s not known if the service will complete the 74-helicopter fleet or stop at 36 he...
- + Spotter Climbs Hill To Shoot F-117s And Get Unprecedented View Of Secretive Tonopah Airport—Aviation spotter and photographer Michał Rokita reached a yet undisclosed spotting point near Tonopah Test Range from where he shot the local-based F-...
- + DARPA Releases First Images Of Manta Ray Underwater Drone During In-Water Testing—We get a closer look a the Northrop Grumman Manta Ray UUV prototype during in-water testing off the coast of Southern California. As we have already r...
- + Ukraine Considering Underground Bunkers To Protect F-16s When They Are Delivered—Ukraine is preparing a set of measures to protect the F-16 fighters when they arrive at Ukrainian airfields, including underground bunkers and dispers...
- + F-16 Crashes In White Sands Area Near Holloman AFB, New Mexico – Reports—Developing Story: Local News Updating Reports of “Jet Crash”. Reports that an “F-16” has crashed in the White Sands area near Holloman AFB in New Mexi...
- + Pharewell Phantom: ROKAF F-4E’s Last Public Appearance Before Retirement—Republic of Korea Air Force Phantoms made their last public appearance at the 2024 Suwon Space Challenge event. On April 27, 2024, the Republic of Kor...
- + Netherlands And Poland Will Get The AGM-88G AARGM-ER—With the acquisition of their first anti-radiation weapon, both countries are improving their capability to perform Suppression/Destruction of Enemy A...
- + Polish F-35s To Use Low Visibility Checkerboard—The low-visibility checkerboard (the Polish equivalent of a roundel) will replace the traditional white-red one on the Polish Air Force F-35 jets. Acc...
- + New Advanced Travel Pod Designed For the F-35A Delivered To Eielson AFB—The MXU-1072/A 5th generation travel pod is carried inside the F-35A Lightning II’s weapons bays. A travel pod is usually an external fuel tank ...
- + UK Secretary of Defence Reveals Italian Supply of Storm Shadow Missiles to Ukraine—UK’s Secretary of Defence unveiled that Italy, along with France and the UK, has supplied Storm Shadow/SCALP EG cruise missiles to Kyiv, and urg...
- + Ukrainian Yak-52 Equipped With Machine Gun Shoots Down Russian UAV – Reports—In an engagement reminiscent of WWII dogfights, a Ukrainian training aircraft reportedly shot down a Russian drone. On Apr. 27, 2024, a Ukrainian Yak-...
- + General Atomics Mojave UAS Tested With Minugun Pods—The drone strafed targets on the ground during a live fire event earlier this month. General Atomics announced the successful testing of the Mojave Un...
- + Sierra Nevada Corporation Will Build E-4B ‘Doomsday’ Plane Replacement—The new commercial derivative aircraft will replace the 1970s’ E-4B Nightwatch in the National Emergency Airborne Command Post role. Sierra Nevada Cor...
- + USMC CH-53K Transports F-35C And Refuels From KC-130 En Route—CF-1 will be used in future emergency recovery systems testing by the Prototype, Manufacturing and Test Department of the Naval Air Warfare Center Air...
- + Here’s Our First Close Look At A Ukrainian Light Aircraft Turned Long-Range Kamikaze Drone—Images shared on social media provide an unprecedented look at one of the light aircraft turned into one-way drones by Ukraine. On Apr. 26, 2024, imag...
- + First Six Dassault Rafale Fighter Jets Delivered To Croatia—The six Rafale multirole combat aircraft were welcomed at the Zagreb operational base by the President of the Republic of Croatia Zoran Milanović, the...
- + Air Force Picks Anduril And General Atomics To Build And Test Collaborative Combat Aircraft—The U.S. Air Force has awarded the two companies the funding for detailed designs, manufacture, and testing of production representative test articles...
- + UAE And China Eye Military Cooperation With J-20 (Literally) In The Background—The two countries are actively discussing the possibility of increasing their military collaboration. Interestingly, the photos shared by the UAE MoD ...
- + 65 Years Ago Today: The Man Who Flew A B-47 Under The Mighty Mackinaw Bridge—Bomber Bridge Buzz Tops Maverick’s Tower Blast By A Bunch- But Is It Baloney? We’ve all seen the fictional tower buzz scene from Top Gun. And, of cou...
- + US Officials Doubt China’s Stealth Bomber Can Rival American Designs—US intel confident that China’s forthcoming long-range stealth bomber, the Xian H-20, will not match up to American B-2 or B-21 designs. Accordi...
- + Ten Dead After Horrific Mid-Air Collision Between Royal Malaysian Navy Helicopters—An AW139 and an AS555 crashed after they collided during the rehearsal of the parade for the 90th anniversary of the Royal Malaysian Navy. Two helicop...
- + One Country Expressed Interest In Buying The A-10, Air Force Secretary Says—The U.S. Air Force might find a buyer for its A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft once they are retired from active service. The U.S. Air Force is in the pro...
- + The RAF Typhoon Display Team Reveals New Livery For 2024 Display Season—The new special colored aircraft is painted in a 1944 era ‘Day Fighter’ scheme that remembers a Hawker Typhoon of 257 Squadron, FM-G. On Apr. 22, 2024...
- + Modified Chinese H-6 Bomber Spotted Carrying Mysterious Drone—The bomber is possibly carrying the WZ-8 high altitude supersonic reconnaissance drone or the MD-22 reusable hypersonic drone. A low-res photo, possib...
- + South Korea’s Last F-4E Phantoms Fire Final AGM-142 Popeye Missiles Prior To Retirement—ROKAF (Republic Of Korea Air Force) F-4E Phantoms carried out the final live firing of AGM-142 Popeye missiles. On Apr. 18, 2024, the ROKAF bid farewe...
- + Claims Swirl About Imminent Delivery Of First Batch Of Su-35 Flankers To Iran—According to some media reports, the long-awaited delivery of the Su-35S Flankers to Iran would be imminent. There are reasons to take these claims wi...
- + ‘Portugal Has Already Begun Transition To The F-35’ Portuguese Air Force Chief Says—The Portuguese Air Force will eventually replace the F-16s with the F-35. In a long interview with Portuguese newspaper Diário de Notícias published o...
- + Russian Tu-22M3 Crashes In Southwestern Russia, Ukraine Claims It Was Shot Down—A Russian Tu-22M3 crashed outside of Stavropol, Russia, earlier today. Russians say it experienced a technical failure whereas Ukrainian sources say i...
- + 509th Bomb Wing Executes Mass Fly-Off Of 12 B-2A Spirit Bombers—The mass departure of the stealth bombers was the capstone event of exercise Spirit Vigilance at Whiteman AFB. The U.S. Air Force just released photos...
- + AI Flew X-62 VISTA During Simulated Dogfight Against Manned F-16—While safety pilots were onboard at all times, the AI agent successfully demonstrated it could safely conduct AI versus human within-visual-range enga...
- + Check Out This Photo of Capt. Marc Mitscher Holding the Orders for the Doolittle Raid, 82 Years Ago Today—82 years ago today Lieutenant Colonel James H. Doolittle led the audacious first U.S. airstrike on mainland Japan from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet...
- + B-52s Land At Civilian Airport To Test Their Ability To Operate From Unfamiliar Airfields—During exercise Bayou Vigilance, two B-52 Stratofortress bombers tested their capabilities by landing at Chennault International Airport in Lake Charl...
- + USAF Confirms Plans For 100 B-21s While Already Looking To The Future—The service expects something better to be available to augment the Raider fleet by the time all 100 bombers are built. In a hearing of the Senate Arm...
- + Iniochos 2024 In Full Swing In Greece—Here’s everything you need to know about this year’s edition of exercise Iniochos, underway at Andravida Air Base, Greece. Iniochos was he...
- + Argentina’s First F-16 Breaks Cover—Argentina Signed Deal to acquire 24 F-16s from Denmark. The F-16 will replace the obsolete A-4R Fightinghawk, with first deliveries expected later thi...
- + Two U.S. B-1B Bombers Forward Deploy to Incirlik Air Base Turkey—The deployment is part of a long-planned, routine training mission conducted under Bomber Task Force 24-2 and is not related to the Iranian attack on ...
- + Italian Air Force Deploys F-35s, Typhoons, CAEW and KC-767 To Eielson AFB For Red Flag—Six Typhoons, six F-35s, a KC-767, and a G550 CAEW will take part in the two-week exercise Red Flag-Alaska 24-1. As we reported on the occasion of the...
- + Lockheed Wins Next Generation Interceptor Contract Worth 17 Billion USD – Reports—NGI (Next Generation Interceptor) is designed to counter long range ballistic missile threats from rogue nations to the U.S. homeland. Lockheed Martin...
- + Biden Praises F-15E Aircrews Who Took Down Several Iranian Drones During Attack On Israel—F-15E Strike Eagles from the 494th and 335th Fighter Squadrons downed several Iranian drones during the recent attack on Israel. As reported, the Isra...
- + Commercial Tanker Refuels B-52 And MC-130 For The First Time—An Omega KDC-10 refueled the two aircraft over the Pacific Ocean in March. The U.S. Air Force’s Pacific Air Forces command recently disclosed that com...
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