First Images Emerge Of U.S. Navy Super Hornet Carrying Two Air-Launched SM-6 Missiles
The two missiles sport the designation XAIM-174B (or NAIM-174B) and were carried by Super Hornets belonging to the VFA-2 and VFA-192 taking part in RIMPAC 2024 exercise. On Jul. 2,…
Italian Air Force’s 156th Squadron Reactivated At Luke AFB
The 156° Gruppo (Squadron) at Luke AFB, Arizona, will be the F-35 OCU (Operational Conversion Unit) of the Italian Air Force. On July 2, 2024, alongside the celebration of the…
Report: ‘Incident’ Between U.S. KC-46 Pegasus And F-16C Off Netherlands
Airband listeners heard an F-16 pilot report 'a chunk taken out of its spine due to a too close breakaway incident' during refueling operations with a KC-46. On June 27,…
North Korean ‘Poop Balloons’ Close Seoul Airport in Another Harassment Raid
Whether the escalation of balloon activity is a precursor to additional military activity or the emergence of a new normal for surveillance, testing and propaganda operations remains to be seen.…
New F-22 Pods Spotted Up Close On Sabreliner Test Bed
The pod has reportedly undergone testing in the NTTR with the NT-43 aircraft used to validate low observable technology. Few months after the first sighting of the new stealth external…
U.S. Navy Releases New T-45 Replacement’s Request For Information, Pushing Program To 2028
The next generation Undergraduate Jet Training System will replace the aging T-45 Goshawk, with the candidates being the Leonardo-Textron M-346N, the Boeing-Saab T-7 and the Lockheed Martin-KAI T-50. The U.S.…
