UK Announces Retirement of Watchkeeper UAV, 14 Chinooks, 17 Pumas and 3 Royal Navy Ships

Defence Secretary John Healey announced in Parliament that several ‘outdated’ capabilities will be withdrawn from service to address a defence budget ‘black hole’ The entire British Army Watchkeeper UAV fleet…

F-15D Eagle Spotted with Unusual Infrared Measurement Pod

The pod appears to be previously unseen but closely resembles the Airborne Turret Infrared Measurement System III (ATIMS III), which is used to perform airborne IR signature measurements. A U.S.…

McDonnell Douglas (Boeing) F-15E Strike Eagle

The McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) F-15E Strike Eagle is a supersonic all-weather multirole twin-seat strike fighter derived from a supersonic twin-engined air superiority fighter, the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle. The…

Royal Air Force Typhoon Test-fires latest SPEAR 3 Cruise Missile in Sweden

A Typhoon operated jointly by BAE Systems and the RAF’s 41 Test and Evaluation squadron has successfully demonstrated the future of the Royal Air Force’s and Royal Navy’s F-35B weapons…

F-16 Cockpit Collapsible ACE Ladder Wins Air Force Innovation Competition

F-16 pilot developed a cockpit stowable collapsible ladder to aid Agile Combat Employment operations. At a time when the U.S. Air Force is heavily pressing forward with ACE (Agile Combat…

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UK Announces Retirement of Watchkeeper UAV, 14 Chinooks, 17 Pumas and 3 Royal Navy Ships

Defence Secretary John Healey announced in Parliament that several ‘outdated’ capabilities will…

F-15D Eagle Spotted with Unusual Infrared Measurement Pod

The pod appears to be previously unseen but closely resembles the Airborne…

McDonnell Douglas (Boeing) F-15E Strike Eagle

The McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) F-15E Strike Eagle is a supersonic all-weather…

Royal Air Force Typhoon Test-fires latest SPEAR 3 Cruise Missile in Sweden

A Typhoon operated jointly by BAE Systems and the RAF’s 41 Test…

F-16 Cockpit Collapsible ACE Ladder Wins Air Force Innovation Competition

F-16 pilot developed a cockpit stowable collapsible ladder to aid Agile Combat…

Northrop Grumman Delivers First SiAW Test Missile to the U.S. Air Force

The delivery of the first test missile to the Air Force marks…

All the Highlights of the 2024 China Airshow

The J-35A, Su-57 and many Flanker variants were all on the menu…

Italian Typhoons Deployed for NATO BAP Mission Perform First Air-to-Ground Activity

The Italian Air Force Eurofighter Typhoons flew a training mission at a…

Military Aviation

Drunk British Soldiers Caught Engaging in Sexual Acts Inside Apache Helicopter Cockpit

A newly released report has revealed a 2016 incident where two soldiers…

Airbus Plans Eurofighter Manned-Unmanned Teaming Testbed

The STAR demonstrator will be used to test MUM-T capabilities with the…

U.S. Air Force Introduces KC-46 Tanker Demo Team

The 56th Air Refueling Squadron conducted the first KC-46 air display at…

U.S. Navy’s Fleet Readiness Center East Inducts First CMV-22B Osprey for Planned Maintenance

With the start of the first Planned Maintenance Interval 1 service to…

Drones

For the First Time, a General Atomics Gray Eagle STOL UAV Took Off from a South Korean Amphibious Assault Ship

The Gray Eagle STOL was transported onto the Dokdo disassembled a week…

USV and UUV Maritime Drones Tested at AUKUS’s Autonomous Warrior 24 in Australia

AUKUS countries are advancing their undersea warfare capabilities by expanding the ability…

U.S. Air Force Chief Weighs In on Drone Employment in Ukraine, Middle East and Western Pacific

General David Allvin advised against directly replicating the drones used in Ukraine…

Aviation Safety / Air Crashes

Everything You Need To Know About Last Year’s Bizarre ‘Unmanned’ F-35 Crash

The 2023 crash of the F-35B, which continued flying for 64 miles…

F-35 Joint Program Office Hosts First-Ever International Crash Recovery Training

The U.S. Air Force’s F-35 Joint Program Office recently hosted the first-ever…

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All the Highlights of the 2024 China Airshow

The J-35A, Su-57 and many Flanker variants were all on the menu…

F-15E Crews Recall Mission to Repel Iranian Attack on Israel

The 494th Fighter Squadron pilots were recognized for downing several Iranian drones…

China Officially Unveils The J-20S, The World’s First Two-Seat Stealth Fighter

After it first broke cover in 2021, the J-20S two-seat stealth fighter…

F-35C Makes its Combat Debut In Latest U.S. Air Strikes On Houthis in Yemen

Baptism of fire for the F-35C during U.S. operations targeting Houthi threats…

Weapons

Royal Air Force Typhoon Test-fires latest SPEAR 3 Cruise Missile in Sweden

A Typhoon operated jointly by BAE Systems and the RAF’s 41 Test…

Northrop Grumman Delivers First SiAW Test Missile to the U.S. Air Force

The delivery of the first test missile to the Air Force marks…

VX-9 ‘Vampires’ F/A-18F Super Hornet Brandishes Heavy Air-to-Air Loadout During Gray Flag 2024

The heavy loadout, featuring four AIM-174s, three AIM-120s and two AIM-9s, first…

Israel to Operationalize Iron Beam Laser-Based Directed Energy Weapon Within a Year

Israeli officials describe the Iron Beam system as being designed to work…