Dec 31 2024

China Launches ‘40,000 Ton’ Catapult-Equipped Amphibious Assault Ship Sichuan in a Bid to Rival the U.S. Posted by RSS Feed

The Chinese naval build up continues with the launch of Sichuan amphibious assault ship, the lead

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Dec 31 2024

Ukrainian Surface Drone Equipped with R-73 Air-to-Air Missiles Shot Down Russian Mi-8 Helicopter Posted by RSS Feed

Ukraine’s Military Intelligence equipped a Magura V5 Unmanned Surface Vessel with R-73 air-to-air

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Dec 31 2024

Exclusive: Interviews With Senior Leaders from MCAS Iwakuni, Home of the Indo-Pacific’s Largest Concentration of Combat Airpower Posted by RSS Feed

We recently visited Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, in Japan, to witness an ordinary day of

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Jan 01 2025

Top Aces Continues to Support Royal Canadian Air Force’s Training with Upgraded A-4 Skyhawks Posted by RSS Feed

The Skyhawks supporting the RCAF have been upgraded by Top Aces to the A-4 Advanced Aggressor

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Jan 01 2025

Ukrainian Su-25 Seen Armed with AASM Hammer Bombs in Video for the First Time Posted by RSS Feed

The Ukrainian Su-25s started using the French-made AASM Hammer guided bombs in June 2024, as the

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Jan 01 2025

Boeing’s B-47 Stratojet Goes Cold War Spying: The story of the RB-47 Posted by RSS Feed

Originally designed as a medium bomber, the B-47 also had a lesser known and more secretive role in

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Jan 02 2025

Jared Isaacman’s Tornado F2’s Assembly Progresses, as Jet Awaits Certification and First Flight Posted by RSS Feed

The former Royal Air Force Tornado F2, acquired by the future NASA chief, is the specially equipped

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Jan 02 2025

Royal New Zealand Air Force Wants 737s or A321s to Replace Aging Boeing 757s Posted by RSS Feed

The Royal New Zealand Air Force has begun a tender process for the replacement of its two Boeing 757

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Jan 03 2025

U.S. Approves Massive Foreign Military Sale of 1,200 AIM-120D-3 and AIM-120C-8 AMRAAM Missiles to Japan Posted by RSS Feed

The State Department has approved the possible FMS, worth a staggering $3.64 billion, which will

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Jan 03 2025

Ukrainian Pilots Reportedly Completed Training on Mirage 2000-5F Posted by RSS Feed

Ukraine is expected to receive a first batch of three Mirage 2000-5F fighters in the first quarter

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Jan 03 2025

Israel Reveals Daring Raid on Iranian Missile Factory Deep Inside Syria Posted by RSS Feed

On Sept. 8, 2024, months before the final collapse of the Assad regime, elite Israeli Air Force

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Jan 04 2025

Philippines Air Force Retires OV-10 Bronco and AH-1S Cobra After Long Service in Counter-Insurgency Operations Posted by RSS Feed

While the Cobras served in the PAF for a short period of just five years, the Broncos were used in

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Jan 04 2025

Turkey’s New Hürkuş-II Primary Flight Trainer Takes to the Skies Posted by RSS Feed

The Hürkuş-II will replace the TAF’s current Hürkuş-B trainers, with the first 15 aircraft expected

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Jan 05 2025

U.S. E-11A ‘Flying Gateway’ Takes Part In Counter-Drone And Integrated Missile Defense Exercise In Middle East Posted by RSS Feed

U.S. Air Force E-11A aircraft equipped with the BACN (Battlefield Airborne Communications Node)

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Jan 05 2025

U.S. Air Force Tests “Pathfinder” Subscale Model of Blended-Wing Body Jet Posted by RSS Feed

JetZero is working on the subscale BWB aircraft demonstrator, named “Pathfinder,” while Northrop

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Jan 06 2025

Saudi Arabia Reportedly Eyeing Purchase of 100 TAI Kaan Fighters from Turkey Posted by RSS Feed

According to unconfirmed Turkish reports, Saudi Arabia has discussed a possible purchase of over 100

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Jan 06 2025

Watch this WWII P-51 Pilot Climb Onboard a Mustang Again Posted by RSS Feed

As time goes on, there are fewer and fewer veterans still alive from WWII. In a few years, none will

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Jan 07 2025

Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band Achieves Initial Operational Capability Posted by RSS Feed

The achievement of the IOC follows the first combat deployment of NGJ-MB with VAQ-133’s EA-18Gs

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Jan 07 2025

F-15’s Eagle Passive Active Warning Survivability System Moves to Full Rate Production Posted by RSS Feed

The AN/ALQ-250 EPAWSS achieved the Initial Operational Capability in early 2024 and is currently

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Jan 07 2025

Frontier Airlines Debuts 3 Popular Routes From NYC Starting at $19 Posted by RSS Feed

Frontier Airlines has announced it will start three popular domestic routes from New York City (NYC)

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Jan 08 2025

Further Detail Emerges On Leonardo’s Proteus Rotary Wing UAS Demonstrator Posted by RSS Feed

Scheduled to fly in mid 2025, Leonardo has unveiled an updated design of its Proteus rotary wing

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Jan 08 2025

U.S. Navy Officially Adopts ‘Murder Hornet’ Moniker for F/A-18E/F Equipped with Nine Air-to-Air Missiles Posted by RSS Feed

Super Hornets, which have been armed with five AIM-120s and four AIM-9Xs since April 2024, were

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Jan 09 2025

U.S. Completes Upgrade of B61-12 Nuclear Weapons and Prepares Production of B61-13 Warheads Posted by RSS Feed

The U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration has announced the completion of the upgrade

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Jan 09 2025

F-15E and F-15EX Set to Be Armed with AGM-158C LRASM Posted by RSS Feed

NAVAIR is working to integrate the AGM-158C-1 LRASM (Long Range Anti-Ship Missile) on the U.S. Air

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Jan 10 2025

SUPER BOWL LIX FLIGHT ADVISORY - New Orleans, LA Posted by RSS Feed

FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON, DCSUPER BOWL LIX FLIGHT ADVISORY At the

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Jan 10 2025

Some of the Old, Some of the New: Boeing’s P-26 “Peashooter” Posted by RSS Feed

The first all-metal low-wing monoplane pursuit aircraft of the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC)

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Jan 10 2025

FAAST Blast —Funding for Future Pilots & Mechanics, How to Avoid Med Certificate Delay from Name Error, How to Talk Like a Pilot Posted by RSS Feed

FAAST Blast — Week of January 06 - 12, 2025 Biweekly FAA Safety Briefing News Update  FAA Offers

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Jan 10 2025

Firefighting Plane Grounded After Hitting Drone over LA Fires Posted by RSS Feed

A firefighting plane is grounded today in California, after hitting a drone in restricted airspace

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Jan 10 2025

MAFFS-Equipped C-130s Join the Fight Against Raging Los Angeles Fires Posted by RSS Feed

The Modular Aerial Fire Fighting Systems program was instituted in 1971 as a collaboration between

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Jan 11 2025

A Rare Look Inside Israel’s Secretive KC-707 Re’em Tanker Posted by RSS Feed

Footage from inside an Israeli Air Force KC-707 Re’em tanker aircraft was recently published on the

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