GA-ASI Expands CCA Testing with Second YFQ-42A
GA-ASI has flown a second YFQ-42A Collaborative Combat Aircraft, following the type’s first flight in August. Two months after the type’s first flight on Aug. 27, 2025, General Atomics Aeronautical…
Japan Starts F-35B Training Flights
As deliveries continue, the JASDF has now started training operations with the F-35B Lightning II at Nyutabaru Air Base. The JASDF (Japan Air-Self Defense Force) officially began its training operations…
RAAF to Upgrade P-8 Poseidon to Increment 3 Block 2 Configuration
Australia will be the first global P-8A operator to receive Increment 3 Block 2 modifications, few months after the U.S. Navy started testing the upgraded jet. Boeing has announced the…
Indonesian Air Force Receives its First Airbus A400M
Indonesia has ordered two A400Ms, which will potentially receive a fire-fighting kit, and the government is planning to soon begin negotiations to buy four more aircraft. The Indonesian Air Force…
JP-7: A Look at the Special Fuel of the SR-71
Flying at altitudes and speeds unheard of for contemporary jet aircraft, the Blackbird family required a fuel with unique properties to perform in the extremes the aircraft would be subject…
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GA-ASI Expands CCA Testing with Second YFQ-42A
GA-ASI has flown a second YFQ-42A Collaborative Combat Aircraft, following the type’s…
Japan Starts F-35B Training Flights
As deliveries continue, the JASDF has now started training operations with the…
RAAF to Upgrade P-8 Poseidon to Increment 3 Block 2 Configuration
Australia will be the first global P-8A operator to receive Increment 3…
Indonesian Air Force Receives its First Airbus A400M
Indonesia has ordered two A400Ms, which will potentially receive a fire-fighting kit,…
JP-7: A Look at the Special Fuel of the SR-71
Flying at altitudes and speeds unheard of for contemporary jet aircraft, the…
B-29 Strategic Operations against Japan Part 2: Island Operations
Originally struggling to achieve success in the China Burma India Theater, the…
China’s GJ-21 Naval UCAV Captured in Clearest Image Yet
Believed to be a naval variant of the GJ-11, the GJ-21 is…
UK Police Deploying Drones over London Streets
The UK’s Metropolitan Police Service is deploying UAS to London in a…
Military Aviation
GA-ASI Expands CCA Testing with Second YFQ-42A
GA-ASI has flown a second YFQ-42A Collaborative Combat Aircraft, following the type’s…
USAF F-35As and F-16s Conduct ‘Dynamic Operational’ Deployment to Greenland
The mission was supported by the Royal Danish Air Force, underscoring Denmark’s…
USAF Aims for 1,558 Combat Jets by Ten Years, Eyes Higher F-35 and F-15EX Output
An unclassified U.S. Air Force report, mandated by the 2025 NDAA, included…
BBMF’s Avro Lancaster Begins Major Maintenance Overhaul
The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight's Avro Lancaster has flown to Duxford…
New Chinese Advanced Jet Trainer Flies for the First Time
China’s next-generation trainer, built by HAIG, finally emerged and performed its maiden…
Drones
GA-ASI Expands CCA Testing with Second YFQ-42A
GA-ASI has flown a second YFQ-42A Collaborative Combat Aircraft, following the type’s…
GA-ASI Expands CCA Testing with Second YFQ-42A
GA-ASI has flown a second YFQ-42A Collaborative Combat Aircraft, following the type’s…
China’s GJ-21 Naval UCAV Captured in Clearest Image Yet
Believed to be a naval variant of the GJ-11, the GJ-21 is…
UK Police Deploying Drones over London Streets
The UK’s Metropolitan Police Service is deploying UAS to London in a…
Anduril’s YFQ-44A Collaborative Combat Aircraft Flies for the First Time
With the YFQ-44 now flying, both of the U.S. Air Force’s new…
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Crews Safe After USS Nimitz Loses Sea Hawk and Super Hornet
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OA-1K Skyraider II Crash Lands in Oklahoma, Crew Safe
The light attack aircraft went down in a field for unknown reasons…
Exclusive Details: Hawker Hunter Crashes Off California, Pilot Recovered
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Russia’s New Jet-Powered Glide Bomb Emerges in Ukraine
Russia’s UMPK guidance kits installed on the FAB-series drop bombs now have…
China’s GJ-21 Naval UCAV Captured in Clearest Image Yet
Believed to be a naval variant of the GJ-11, the GJ-21 is…
New Chinese Advanced Jet Trainer Flies for the First Time
China’s next-generation trainer, built by HAIG, finally emerged and performed its maiden…
UAC Rolls Out Second Prototype of Upgraded Yak-130M
The Yak-130M sports a host of upgrades, including an advanced AESA radar,…
China’s Mysterious Aircraft at Gaobeidian Possibly Linked to ‘High-Supersonic’ Crew Escape Paper
A Chinese research paper on an ejectable cockpit for high-supersonic flight has…
Weapons
Russia Claims Burevestnik Nuclear-Powered Missile Flew 14,000 Km in 15 Hours
The existence of the 9M730 Burevestnik was first made official in early…
Russia Claims Burevestnik Nuclear-Powered Missile Flew 14,000 Km in 15 Hours
The existence of the 9M730 Burevestnik was first made official in early…
Russia’s New Jet-Powered Glide Bomb Emerges in Ukraine
Russia’s UMPK guidance kits installed on the FAB-series drop bombs now have…
Turkey Test Fires Gökdoğan and Bozdoğan Air-to-Air Missiles
Both missiles are developed by TÜBİTAK-SAGE, and would arm Turkey’s F-16 and…
Anduril and Raytheon Test Highly Loaded Grain Solid Rocket Motor for Air-to-Air Missiles
Highly Loaded Grain (HLG) Solid Rocket Motors allow extended range and customized…
