The Last Surviving X-15 Pilot, Space Shuttle Test Pilot Joe Engle Dies at 91
Joe Engle’s Remarkable Career Bridged Gap Between Air and Space, Broke Records. Astronaut, X-15 test pilot and space shuttle pilot Joe Engle has died at home in Houston, Texas. He…
B-52’s Upgraded AN/ALQ-172 Self-Protection System Tested During Recent Flight
Advanced EW Upgrades Keep B-52 Stratofortress Combat-Ready. The upgraded B-52’s AN/ALQ-172 electronic warfare (EW) self-protection system was successfully tested recently, L3Harris has announced. The ALQ-172 self-protection integrated RF subsystem is…
Polish Air Force M-346 Demo Aircraft Crashes in Gdynia
Footage circulated online shows the M-346 Bielik crashing into the ground during its display rehearsal. Today, during a rehearsals for the Gdynia Naval Aviation Brigade's 30th Anniversary event, Polish Air…
Russia Claims It Foiled Ukrainian Attempt To Steal Tu-22M3 Strategic Bomber
Russian pilot allegedly offered $2 million and Italian citizenship to land the bomber in Ukraine. But several details don't add up. Claims have emerged of Russia foiling a Ukrainian intelligence…
U.S. Senate Directs Pentagon to Explore Transferring Retired A-10s to Royal Jordanian Air Force
The legendary “Warthog” may find a new home in the Middle East. The United States Senate Committee on Armed Services has directed the Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin III, to…
U.S. Navy Tests VTOL Drones For Ship-to-Ship Small Cargo Delivery During RIMPAC
The responsibility of ferrying small cargo between ships falls on large aircraft like the MH-60 helicopter or the V-22 Osprey The RIMPAC (Rim of the Pacific) exercise this year saw…
