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F-35 Canada
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Canada Reconsidering $13.2 Billion F-35 Purchase Amid Growing Tensions With The U.S.

The news comes just one day after Portugal announced it was abandoning its plans to purchase the F-35. "Canada is actively looking at potential alternatives to the U.S.-built F-35 stealth…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 15, 2025
Major Buang-Ly's Great Escape
Military History

Major Buang-Ly’s Great Escape

As South Vietnam collapsed under the onslaught of communist forces, one South Vietnamese pilot made a brave and daring escape in a tiny aircraft, miraculously finding a place to land…

Darrick Leiker Darrick Leiker
March 14, 2025
Mitchell Trophy Air Race 2025
Military Aviation

F-22 Pilots Compete for Revived Mitchell Trophy Air Race, with a Focus on ACE

Revived after nearly 89 years, the historic Mitchell Trophy Air Race returned with a modern twist as the U.S. Air Force incorporated Agile Combat Employment. Pilots not only raced, refueled…

Parth Satam Parth Satam
March 14, 2025
F-35 Portugal
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Portugal Drops Plans for F-35 Citing U.S. Political Uncertainty

The recent shift in U.S. policy toward NATO has led the Portuguese Defense Minister to deem a potential F-35 procurement unlikely. In an interview with Portuguese media outlet Público published…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 13, 2025
Military History

Why Did a South Vietnamese Fighter Bomb the South Vietnamese Presidential Palace?

Near the end of the war in Vietnam, an American-built Northrop F-5 fighter in South Vietnamese markings dropped bombs on the South Vietnamese Independence Palace shortly before the fall of…

Darrick Leiker Darrick Leiker
March 13, 2025
Military Aviation

USAF Testing Angry Kitten EW Pod on C-130 as F-16 Integration Progresses

The F-16 has completed the test phase for the integration of the AN/ALQ-167 Angry Kitten electronic warfare pod, as the USAF considers the platform for other aircraft types like the…

Kai Greet Kai Greet
March 13, 2025
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