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Breaking: U.S. Navy’s MQ-25 Stingray Completes First Flight

The U.S. Navy’s first production representative MQ-25 Stingray has completed its first flight, marking a key step toward carrier-based unmanned aerial refueling. The U.S. Navy’s production representative MQ-25 Stingray unmanned…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
April 25, 2026
RAF Typhoon Romania
Russia

British Eurofighter Typhoons Scrambled to Engage Russian Drones Near the Romania–Ukraine Border

The Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft established radar contact with a target located above the Ukrainian territory. The pilots were authorized to engage the drones, but they did not fire on the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 25, 2026
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Military Aviation

Senators Fight For More Boosts to U.S. Airpower After Increase to F-15EX Order

As the USAF confirms its intent to buy more F-15EX Eagle IIs, Senators Budd and Shaheen have launched three new bills designed to expand the U.S. fighter inventory and retain…

Kai Greet Kai Greet
April 24, 2026
China

China’s Y-20B Airlifter’s First Trip to South Korea Repatriates Korean War Soldiers’ Remains

The new Y-20B variant conducted its first flight abroad, repatriating from South Korea the remains of Chinese soldiers who fought in the Korean War and replacing the earlier Y-20A in…

Parth Satam Parth Satam
April 23, 2026
F-35

Pentagon’s Record Breaking $1.5 Trillion Budget Request Includes Boosts for F-35, F-15EX, and More

The largest defence budget request in U.S. history, coming in at almost $500 billion more than 2026, would see accelerated procurement of key platforms and increased funding for headline projects…

Kai Greet Kai Greet
April 22, 2026
Tu-22M3 Kh-22N Baltic
Russia

Russian Tu-22M3 Bombers Carrying Long-Range Supersonic Missile Intercepted Again Over the Baltic

Swedish, Romanian and French fighters intercepted Russian Tu-22M3 ‘Backfire’ strategic bombers, carrying Kh-22N/Kh-32 supersonic cruise missiles, on two consecutive days over the Baltic Sea. For the third time in just…

Parth Satam Parth Satam
April 22, 2026
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