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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
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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
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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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