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Netherlands GlobalEye
Military Aviation

Netherlands Chooses Saab GlobalEye for its First National AEW&C Capability

The Swedish and Dutch defense ministers signed a Letter of Intent for the GlobalEye AEW&C aircraft, with a formal contract yet to be signed. The Netherlands will acquire a Saab…

Parth Satam Parth Satam
September 10, 2026
Iranian Missile Strike Damages U.S. Aircraft
Iran

Iranian Missile Strike Damages U.S. Aircraft at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base

An A-10 Thunderbolt II reportedly lost a wing while around eight F-15s suffered lighter damage during an Iranian missile attack on the U.S. base in Jordan. Multiple U.S. military aircraft…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
September 10, 2026
Oregon ANG F-15EX Live Bombs
Military Aviation

Oregon ANG’s F-15EXs Drop Live Bombs For The First Time

The Oregon ANG’s 142nd Wing deployed to Nellis AFB for three weeks in support of the U.S. Air Force’s Weapons Instructor Course (WIC), dropping live bombs from operational F-15EXs for…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
September 10, 2026
New Italian MQ-9 Block 5
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Italy Orders Two More MQ-9A Block 5 Drones

The Italian Air Force has ordered two additional MQ-9A Block 5 Remotely Piloted Aircraft, which will be delivered by the end of 2027 together with new Ground Control Stations. General…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
September 9, 2026
German F-35 first flight
F-35

Germany’s First F-35 Has Flown

The German Air Force’s first F-35A Lightning II conducted its maiden flight from Lockheed Martin’s Fort Worth facilities, ahead of the official rollout later this month. Germany’s F-35 Lightning II…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
September 8, 2026
Su-57 munitions
Russia

Russia Unveils Stealthy Munitions for the Su-57 at El Alamein Airshow

The new munitions blur the line between low-cost attack drones and cruise missiles, with some apparently derived from the S-71 family. At the El Alamein Airshow in Egypt, which kicked…

Parth Satam Parth Satam
September 8, 2026
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