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F-22 pods
Military Aviation

F-22 Raptor Spotted Again With Stealth Pods and Unusually Colored Underside

New photos provide another look at an F-22A Raptor carrying the external sensor pods, while also revealing distinctive light-colored panels on the aircraft's underside. Newly emerged photos provide another look…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
September 21, 2026
A-10 Final Weapons School Sortie
Military Aviation

A-10 Thunderbolt II Flies Final Weapons School Training Sortie at Nellis AFB

The A-10C completed its final training sortie with the 66th Weapons Squadron at Nellis AFB, marking the end of the aircraft's operations with the U.S. Air Force Weapons School. The…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
September 20, 2026
Treetop Thunderchiefs
Military History

Treetop Thunderchiefs: How the F-105 Became a Low-Level Threat in Vietnam

Fast and agile at low altitudes, the F-105 gained new respect for the amount of punishment it could dish out as well as absorb. Designed as a Cold War fighter-bomber…

Darrick Leiker Darrick Leiker
September 20, 2026
F-35

Finland’s F-35s Touch Down on Home Soil for the First Time

The first two F-35A Lightning IIs of the Finnish Air Force, which has signed on for 64 aircraft, arrived at the Lapland Air Wing. The Finnish Air Force’s (Ilmavoimat) first…

Parth Satam Parth Satam
September 19, 2026
New Image J-XDS
China

New Image of China’s J-XDS Stealth Jet Reveal Interesting Features

While the J-XDS was recently seen with a painted radome, an exhibition poster also appears to depict a laser-related system associated with China’s other next-generation aircraft, the J-36. New unofficial…

Parth Satam Parth Satam
September 19, 2026
Finland joins France Forward Deterrence
Military Aviation

Finland Joins France’s Expanding Forward Deterrence Initiative

Finland has joined France’s Forward Deterrence initiative, a framework intended to deepen European cooperation on nuclear deterrence and strategic signalling. Announced on Sept. 14, 2026, in a joint Finnish and…

James Gray James Gray
September 18, 2026
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