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…
B-29 Strategic Operations against Japan Part 2: Island Operations
Originally struggling to achieve success in the China Burma India Theater, the Boeing B-29 Superfortress made its mark once tactics were changed and incendiaries were used. Originally operating out of…
