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Mi-24 threat replication
Helicopters

Mi-24 Hind Plays ‘Adversary’ in U.S. Marine Corps Exercise

Since 2020, two Mi-24D Hind helicopter gunships have provided invaluable threat replication to the U.S. Marine Corps, Army and Air Force. The participation of a Russian-made Mi-24D Hind attack helicopter…

Parth Satam Parth Satam
August 12, 2026
BRRRT Act
Military Aviation

BRRRRT Act’s Text Reveals New Details About Plan to Save the A-10s

New details in the BRRRRT Act’s full text reveal plans to keep selected Warthogs recoverable, examine potential foreign transfers and test emerging autonomous systems. Weeks after it was first introduced…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
August 12, 2026
Ukraine MiG-29 Crash
Aviation Safety

Ukrainian MiG-29 Crashes After Air to Air Missile Misfire

A Ukrainian Air Force pilot was forced to eject from a MiG-29 after an air to air missile malfunction caused the aircraft to catch fire in midair.  While flying a…

Kai Greet Kai Greet
August 11, 2026
Air Force One Trump Decoy
Military Aviation

Trump Secretly Took C-32A Home from NATO Summit in an Elaborate Decoy Operation

After President Trump boarded the legacy VC-25A - instead of the VC-25B Bridge - for his flight home from Ankara he was secretly transferred inside a catering truck to a…

Kai Greet Kai Greet
August 11, 2026
NASA WB-57 solar eclipse
Military Aviation

NASA WB-57 Heads to Iceland to Observe Solar Eclipse

A NASA WB-57F Canberra arrived in Iceland, from where it will depart on Aug. 12 to fly in the path of the solar eclipse. A NASA WB-57F Canberra arrived at…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
August 10, 2026
Damaged C-17 Repaired
Military Aviation

Damaged USAF C-17 Flies Again After First-of-its-Kind Repair

A C-17 of the 445th Airlift Wing extensively damaged in March 2025 was repaired by using new technologies of the Rapid Sustainment Office, after no vendors were able to provide…

Parth Satam Parth Satam
August 8, 2026
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