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Argentina Retires A-4
Military Aviation

Argentina Retires Last A-4 Skyhawks as F-16s Enter Service

The withdrawal of Argentina's last A-4AR Fightinghawks was officially announced on May 14, 2026, ending 60 years of Argentinian A-4 operations.  Beginning in 1966 with the delivery of 25 A-4B…

Kai Greet Kai Greet
May 15, 2026
Venezuela Nuclear Fuel Removed
Venezuela

Highly Enriched Uranium Removed from Venezuela by Joint U.S., UK, and IAEA Effort

13.5 kilograms of excess uranium nuclear fuel, originally supplied by the U.S. and UK, was extracted from the dormant RV-1 research reactor site in Altos Mirandinos and transported by a…

Kai Greet Kai Greet
May 15, 2026
AIM-260
Military Aviation

First Photo Emerges Of AIM-260A JATM Missile Carried By A U.S. Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet

The new AIM-260 JATM was photographed during a test flight out of Eglin Air Force Base, offering the first public look at the highly secretive air-to-air missile. After years of…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
May 15, 2026
UK Approves SDB Order
F-35

UK MoD Approves Plan to Acquire GBU-53/B SDB II for F-35B Fleet

To mitigate delays to the integration of the SPEAR 3 missile, the Ministry of Defence confirmed plans to procure SDB II munitions from the U.S. through a Foreign Military Sales…

Kai Greet Kai Greet
May 14, 2026
F-35B Hangar Pantelleria
Italian Air Force

Interesting Photo Shows Two Italian Air Force F-35Bs Inside Pantelleria’s Historic “Nervi Hangar”

The image shows Italy’s STOVL stealth fighters inside Pantelleria’s cavernous wartime aircraft shelter, a massive reinforced-concrete structure built into the island’s volcanic landscape before World War II. Two F-35B aircraft,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 14, 2026
F-35 tanks
F-35

Israel Signs Deal To Develop External Fuel Tanks For F-35I ‘Adir’

The Israel Ministry of Defense has signed a contract worth more than $34 million with Cyclone, a wholly owned subsidiary of Elbit Systems, to develop and integrate an extended-range capability…

James Gray James Gray
May 14, 2026
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