French Mirage 2000 fighter crashes, pilot ejects
A French Air & Space Force Mirage 2000-5 fighter crashed near Luxeuil – Saint-Sauveur Air Base in Haute-Saone,…
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South Korea scrambles 80 fighters after spotting North Korean warplanes
South Korea has scrambled dozens of fighter jets after spotting hundreds of North Korean warplanes on November 4,…
The end of Cobra: Bell delivers final AH-1Z to the United States Marine Corps
Bell delivered the 189th AH-1Z Viper helicopter to the United States Marine Corps (USMC) during a ceremony at…
US lawmakers concerned about F-15 withdrawal from Japan
A rotation of US Air Force F-22 Raptor fighters will be temporarily deployed to Japan in order to…
Will Finland and Sweden house NATO nuclear weapons?
Finland and Sweden are not ruling out the possibility of housing nuclear bombs as part of the NATO nuclear sharing…
Australian Air Force secures US approval for C-130J Super Hercules deal
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has been given the green light from the US government to move…
US Air Force carries out KC-46 tanker flights without a co-pilot
Are single-pilot tanker operations coming to the US Air Force? The McConnell Air Force Base in Kansas announced…
USAF to withdraw F-15 presence from Japan starting November 2022
The United States Department of Defense confirmed that the permanent presence of F-15 fighters in Japan will be…
Is it real? Meet MF-212, an odd modern Hungarian-Belarusian prop fighter
The history of aviation is full of projects that lead to the question: what were they thinking? Such projects might…
Baykar drone factory in Ukraine to be complete in two years: CEO
Turkey’s Baykar is pushing ahead with plans to build a drone factory in Ukraine, with construction set to…
India’s Tata starts setting up production of the Airbus C-295
Construction is about to start of Tata Group’s factory to manufacture Airbus C-295 light transport aircraft in India,…
Did Lockheed Martin tease a new image of the NGAD fighter?
Several pictures released by Lockheed Martin appear to show an as yet-unseen rendering of a sixth-generation fighter jet. The…
Upgraded B-52 bombers to forgo gunpowder cartridges for engine kickstart
Boeing selected a new auxiliary power unit (APU) manufactured by Honeywell to upgrade the B-52 strategic bomber. Honeywell…
Former US Marine pilot faces extradition over work in China: Reuters
A former United States Marine Corps (USMC) pilot and flight instructor who worked several years in China faces…
Embraer agrees to shrink Brazilian Air Force KC-390 order
Brazilian aerospace manufacturer Embraer has agreed a cut to the final amount of KC-390 medium-size jet-powered military transport…
Israel bombed Iranian drone factory in Syria: report
A manufacturing site that produces Iranian-designed drones in Syria has been struck by Israeli airstrikes, the Syrian Observatory…
Were Sukhoi fighter pilots unconscious before crash into a house in Russia?
A Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jet crashed into a residential house in a Siberian town of Irkutsk, killing both…
Northrop Grumman schedules B-21 rollout for December 2
Northrop Grumman revealed that the B-21 Raider, the United States Air Force’s (USAF) upcoming strategic bomber, will be…