- + Swiss Hotel In Espionage Row: U.S. Fears Chinese Spy Plot Near F-35 Base—A century-old hotel in Unterbach, Switzerland, has become the focus of American intelligence due to its proximity to Meiringen airfield, where the Swi...
- + Russia Claims It Destroyed 25 Ukrainian USVs In Black Sea In Last 24 Hours—The drone vessels, or USVs (Unmanned Surface Vehicles), were headed towards Crimea, the Russian MOD said. Ukraine appears to have again intensified it...
- + Final Delivery of Polish Bayraktar TB2 Drones Completed—Poland now operates all of its new TB2 drones previously ordered from Turkey. Polish MOD studying the possibility of establishing a new branch of the ...
- + Danish Prime Minister Declares F-16s Reaching Ukraine ‘Within Months’—As per plans, Denmark is supposed to transfer 19 F-16s to Ukraine. Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederisken has announced that F-16 fighters the cou...
- + Danish Prime Minister Declares F-16s Reaching Ukraine ‘Within a Month’—As per plans, Denmark is supposed to transfer 19 F-16s to Ukraine. Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederisken has announced that F-16 fighters the cou...
- + Back Into The Cockpit: 70-Year Old Instructor Pilot Flies Again In The B-52 After 28 Years—The last time William “Bill” Pedeaux had flown in the B-52 was when he was on active-duty at now defunct Castle Air Force Base, California...
- + Let’s Talk About Ukraine’s Attack On Russian Radar Station, Air Base in Crimea with Storm Shadow, ATACMS—The attacks on Russia-held Crimea reflect a wider US strategy to make the peninsula undefendable for Russia, in a way that impacts its operations on l...
- + End Of An Era: MCAS Cherry Point Hosts Final USMC AV-8B Harrier II Demo—“It’s bittersweet, all the good things have to come to an end; it’s our turn soon, but not yet” a Jump Jet pilot told us at MCAS Cherry Po...
- + U.S. Navy EA-18G Growler Sports Mysterious Mi-24 Kill Mark—The kill mark can be seen in a recent photo of an EA-18G assigned to VAQ-130, currently deployed in the Red Sea aboard the USS Eisenhower aircraft car...
- + China’s Mystery Stealth Warship Now Sailing—The ship has emerged at a time when navies are exploring ways to unburden bigger capital warships like destroyers of routine tasks. Photos of what app...
- + The F-16 Viper Demonstration Team Unveils New Retro 50th Anniversary Paint Scheme—The red, white and blue paint scheme was the original livery worn by the YF-16 prototype first flown in 1974. On May 15, 2024, the U.S. Air Force F-16...
- + Belgian Air Force F-35A Flies For The First Time—Here are the first images of the first Belgian Air Force F-35A during its maiden flight. On May 14, 2024, AY-03, the third of a total order of 34 F-35...
- + US And Taiwan Navies Unofficially Conducted Joint Pacific Drills Amid Rising Threats from China—About half a dozen vessels from both sides, including frigates and supply and support vessels participated in the days-long exercises that, officially...
- + Air Force Instructor Pilot Dies From Injuries Caused By Ejection Seat Activation On The Ground—The incident involved a T-6A Texan II at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas. A US Air Force instructor pilot from the 80th Flying Training Wing passed awa...
- + Aurora Flight Sciences to Continue Design Liberty Lifter Experimental Heavy Cargo Seaplane—If Aurora’s concept passes the Preliminary Design Review by 2025, it will be expected to float, fly and then demonstrate the Liberty Lifter by late-20...
- + Renovated Focus On A/MH-6R Little Bird Upgrade After FARA Cancellation—As the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft was cancelled earlier this year, the Little Bird is set to continue playing an important role in the 160t...
- + Croatian Air Force Bids Farewell To The Iconic MiG-21, Welcomes The Rafale—Last weekend, the Croatian Air Force organized an airshow at Zagreb airport to celebrate the retirement of the MiG-21 Fishbed and the arrival of its r...
- + Skunk Works Releases New KC-Z Stealth Tanker Rendering—Lockheed Martin’s secretive division released the rendering of a notional stealth tanker for the Next-Generation Air Refueling System program which ai...
- + The U.S. Air Force Is Divesting A Damaged B-2A Spirit Stealth Bomber—The damaged aircraft, possibly the one involved in the 2022 mishap, has been considered uneconomical to repair and will be divested in 2025. In a tota...
- + ROKAF’s Last F-4E’s Carry Out Formation Flight Over South Korea—Republic of Korea Air Force Phantom II with special liveries flew in formation with its replacement, KF-21, across the Korean peninsula. On May 9, 202...
- + Rare Video Shows A Russian Tu-22M3 Firing A Kh-32 Supersonic Air-Launched Cruise Missile—The footage shows, from a Tu-22M3 aircraft, the release of a Kh-32 ALCM during an air strike on Ukraine. An interesting clip was shared online by the ...
- + MQ-9 Reaper Gets New Capabilities Against Cyber And Anti-Aircraft Threats—The MQ-9s of USSOCOM and AFSOC will get cyber anomaly detection and predictive maintenance capabilities, as well as a podded Airborne Battlespace Awar...
- + US Navy SEALs Want their CCM Boats to Launch Loitering Munitions, Surveillance Drones—The Special Operations Forces (SOF) Week conference displayed a graphic illustration of the launcher, showing a multi-pod system with eight or more po...
- + Flight Testing Of The B-21 Raider Stealth Bomber Is On Track—The secretive test campaign is proceeding well, according to the Air Force acquisition chief, and working its way through test objectives. As we often...
- + Final Six F-15Es Return From Jordan With Nose Arts And Drone Kill Markings—The final six F-15E Strike Eagles of the 494th Fighter Squadron have returned to RAF Lakenheath. They all wear nose arts and AIM-9X kill markings. On ...
- + Taiwan Air Force F-16 Fires An AGM-65 Maverick On Island Target During Firing Drills—The missile is used for close-range precision strikes on tactical targets like combat vehicles, fortified bunkers and artillery positions. Amid rising...
- + Watch A KC-135 Stratotanker Fly Low Level In The Mach Loop For The First Time—A crazy cool video shows something you don’t see too often: a KC-135 tanker in the famous “Mach Loop” low flying area. Certain scarc...
- + U.S. Navy Rehearses Deployment Of MRC Typhon Missile System In The Baltics—The MRC Typhon missile system comprises the SM-6 air defense missile tweaked for anti-shipping roles and Tomahawk subsonic cruise missiles for land ta...
- + Italian Air Force F-35s Flew In Full “Stealth Mode” During Red Flag Alaska 24-1—Italy deployed Typhoons, F-35s, a KC-767, and a G550 CAEW to Alaska for the first time to take part in the two-week exercise with other U.S. assets. I...
- + F-15E Strike Eagles Return From Middle East Deployment With AIM-9X Kill Markings And Nose Art—The first six F-15E Strike Eagles of the 494th Fighter Squadron sport some really interesting markings earned shooting down Iranian drones. The first ...
- + Sierra Nevada Corp. Buys Five B-747-8s After Winning ‘Doomsday’ Plane Replacement Contract—The five former Korean Air B-747-8s are likely going to be converted for the replacement of the U.S. Air Force E-4B Nightwatch “Doomsday” plane. Korea...
- + US Air Force’s 80-Hour Endurance ULTRA Surveillance Drone Deployed To The Middle East—The ULTRA can fly for days on end with continuous eyes on the surface, allowing Air Force planners massive tactical flexibility. The U.S. Air Force’s ...
- + A Rare Look At The New Portuguese Firefighting-Capable Black Hawk Helicopters—The two former-U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters were delivered to the Força Aérea Portuguesa at the end of last year. Last month, for a week, fi...
- + Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s P-3C Orion Aircraft Skids Off Runway During Landing—Aircraft’s front landing gear possibly retracted after touchdown, causing it to veer off course. A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) P-3C Orio...
- + First High-Resolution Images of China’s Third Carrier Fujian During Sea Trials Released—Chinese media estimates that the supercarrier’s weapons and flight tests of aircraft too will be conducted over the next year, possibly alongside the ...
- + German F-35s Will Be Produced In The U.S. At Fort Worth’s Production Facility—While initially a portion of the F-35s was expected to be built at the Final Assembly Check Out facility in Cameri, Italy, Germany has now opted to bu...
- + How The RNLAF Prepared And Executed The Chinook’s Flag Flight on Dutch Liberation Day—We talked to the crew of ‘Kantoor Testvliegen’ (Test Flying Office Dutch Helicopter Commando) who flew the Flag Mission during the Dutch L...
- + Chinese J-10 Drops Flares In front Of Australian MH-60R During ‘Unprofessional’ Intercept—The incident occurred in international waters in the Yellow Sea. The Australian helicopter was forced to take evasive action after the Chinese jet rel...
- + A Closer Look At Northrop Grumman’s APR-39E(V)2 Digital Radar Warning Receiver—The new system is set to replace the legacy APR-39C(V)1 currently fielded on U.S. Army aviation assets. The U.S. Army awarded Northrop Grumman a five-...
- + F/A-18E Super Hornets Carrying 9 Air-to-Air Missiles To Counter Houthi Drones In Red Sea—The configuration speaks volume about the type of mission flown by the F/A-18E Super Hornets in the Red Sea, where the U.S. Navy aircraft are often ca...
- + First Prototype Of Turkish KAAN National Combat Aircraft Conducts Second Test Flight—The development of the Turkish 5th generation aircraft, slated to replace the F-16 in 2030s, continues. The prototype of the Turkish Kaan National Com...
- + F-22 Raptor Involved In A ‘Mishap’ At The Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport – Reports—The stealth aircraft was taking part in exercise Sentry Savannah when the incident occurred. A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor was involved in an unspecifi...
- + Ukrainian JDAM-ERs Will Be Equipped With Home-On GPS Jam Seekers—The upgrade is meant to counter the proliferation of Russian EW systems that caused the effectiveness of Ukrainian Excalibur GPS-guided artillery roun...
- + Crazy Footage Shows Russian Helicopter Destroying Ukrainian Drone Vessel Carrying R-73 Missile—A Russian Kamov Ka-27 Helix helicopter destroyed a Ukrainian USV (Unmanned Surface Vehicle) that was carrying an R-73 air-to-air missile. Ukrainian un...
- + Watch A U.S. AC-130J Gunship Destroy A ‘Fishing Boat’ During Drills In South China Sea—The U.S. AC-130J gunship was involved in a maritime littoral strike during Balikatan 24 exercise. A video recently released by the U.S. DoD shows an A...
- + Chinese Aircraft Carrier Fujian Begins Sea Trials—China’s first supercarrier, equipped with electromagnetic catapults and arrestor gear, will operate a new carrier air wing which includes the J-...
- + All You Need To Know About The B-52 Stratofortress Bomber’s Unique Swiveling Landing Gear—The U.S. Air Force’s iconic B-52 bomber was ingeniously designed with landing gear that can be positioned up to 20 degrees left or right of the ...
- + USS Theodore Roosevelt Aircraft Carrier Completes Its 250,000th Trap Landing—An F/A-18F Super Hornet of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11 set the accomplishment with a successful trap landing during routine operations in the South Chin...
- + 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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