Bent Wing Beauty: How the F4U Corsair got its Distinctive Look
Despite the ability to create a more streamlined and aerodynamic design with inline engines, the U.S. Navy stayed with the radial engine design, asking Pratt & Whitney to develop the…
KC-135 Damaged In Fatal Mid Air Collision Transits Home with Donor Tail
The surviving KC-135R Stratotanker from the incident over Iraq in March which saw another Stratotanker lost with six fatalities has been repaired with a replacement vertical stabilizer taken from another…
France Receives First NH90 Special Operations Helicopter
Airbus delivered to the French military the first NH90 Caïman Standard 2, a specifically modified variant of the helicopter for special operations. France received its first NH90 Standard 2 helicopter,…
Second Prototype of Turkey’s Kaan Begins Taxi Trials
The Kaan’s second prototype is undergoing taxi testing, with Turkish officials indicating that the aircraft may begin flight testing before the end of 2026. One of the two new prototypes…
U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Crashes at MCAS Miramar
The U.S. Marine Corps has confirmed an 'aircraft mishap' occurred at MCAS Miramar on Jul. 31 after footage appeared on social media showing an F-35B Lightning II off the runway…
Japanese Warship Launches First Ever Tomahawk Missile
JS Chōkai, a Kōngo class destroyer, is the first Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ship to be equipped with the BGM-109 Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM). Though an extensive operator of…
