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B-52 Crash Edwards
Aviation Safety

Breaking: B-52 Stratofortress Bomber Crashed at Edwards AFB

Images posted online show a massive plume of black smoke rising from Edwards Air Force Base, before the base confirmed an ongoing B-52H Stratofortress mishap. A U.S. Air Force B-52H…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 15, 2026
Tu-22M3 Crash Irkutsk
Aviation Safety

Video Captures Russian Tu-22M3 Bomber’s Nosedive Before Crash

Footage captured the Tu-22M3's steep descent moments before the crash in the Irkutsk region, with Russian officials reporting that the crew ejected safely. A Russian Aerospace Forces (RuAF) Tupolev Tu-22M3…

Parth Satam Parth Satam
June 15, 2026
MV-75 wing structures
Tiltrotors

MV-75 Cheyenne II Progresses As Bell Completes First Wing Structures

Bell completed the wing structures for the first two MV-75 Cheyenne II tiltrotors, which will soon join fuselage and engine nacelles currently progressing through assembly. Bell has announced that it…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
June 15, 2026
F/A-18 crash
Aviation Safety

U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18D Crashes Near Rimrock Lake, Washington. Pilot Ejects Safely

An F/A-18D Legacy Hornet belonging to VMFA-323 crashed while flying the VR-1355 low-level route in Washington State, with the pilot’s ejection caught on camera. On Jun. 13, 2026, at approximately…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 14, 2026
UK Seizes Russian Tanker
Military Aviation

UK Seizes Russian Shadow Fleet Tanker in the English Channel

A joint operation by the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Royal Air Force, and the National Crime Agency saw the 244 metre oil tanker Smyrtos boarded and seized off the UK's…

Kai Greet Kai Greet
June 14, 2026
ASN4G hypersonic missile
Weapons

France Begins Work on ASN4G Hypersonic Nuclear Missile

The new ASN4G hypersonic missile would replace the ASMPA-R currently carried by the Rafale, strengthening France’s nuclear deterrent. France has given the go-ahead to defense major MBDA to proceed with…

Parth Satam Parth Satam
June 13, 2026
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B-52 Crash Edwards
Aviation Safety
Breaking: B-52 Stratofortress Bomber Crashed at Edwards AFB
Tu-22M3 Crash Irkutsk
Aviation Safety
Video Captures Russian Tu-22M3 Bomber’s Nosedive Before Crash
MV-75 wing structures
Tiltrotors
MV-75 Cheyenne II Progresses As Bell Completes First Wing Structures
F/A-18 crash
Aviation Safety
U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18D Crashes Near Rimrock Lake, Washington. Pilot Ejects Safely

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