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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Jan 11 2025

Kratos Signs $1.5 Billion Deal for DoD Low-Cost Hypersonic Testbed Posted by RSS Feed

American Defense firm Kratos has signed a $1.5 billion contract, its largest ever, with the

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Jan 12 2025

Finnish Air Force to Participate in Icelandic Air Policing for the First Time Posted by RSS Feed

The Finnish Air Force will secure NATO skies by deploying four F/A-18 Hornets to Keflavik Air Base

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Jan 12 2025

Delivery of the First F-35Bs to Japan Delayed Posted by RSS Feed

The planned delivery of the first six F-35B Lightning II fighters for Japan in FY2024 has now been

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Jan 12 2025

‘The Chinese Military is the Largest and Most Modern It’s Ever Been,’ Edwards AFB Commander Warns Posted by RSS Feed

By 2027, in areas west of the international dateline where U.S. assets are deployed, China will

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Jan 12 2025

An F-16 Dropped a Fuel Tank on a Florida Neighborhood Posted by RSS Feed

An F-16 from the 96th Test Wing dropped a fuel tank on a Florida neighborhood Jan 7 near Eglin AFB.

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Jan 10 2025

2024 SC FAASTeam Aircraft Maintenace Technician of the Year Posted by RSS Feed

2024 SC FAASTeam Aircraft Maintenace Technician of the Year is Jacob Doster.  Congratulations Jacob

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Jan 10 2025

2024 SC FAASTeam Designated Mechanic Examiner of the Year Posted by RSS Feed

The 2024 SC FAASTeam Designated Mechanic Examiner of the Year is James Crocker.  Congratulations and

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Jan 13 2025

VIP Movement Notification – Charleston, SC Posted by RSS Feed

19 JAN, 2025Charleston, SC30/10 NMR – 17,999 FT MSL Specific instructions and restrictions are

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Jan 13 2025

FLIGHT ADVISORY - 2025 Presidential Inauguration, Washington, DC Posted by RSS Feed

FLIGHT ADVISORY National Special Security Event 2025 Presidential Inauguration Events Washington,

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Jan 13 2025

Turkey’s ANKA III UCAV Drops TOLUN Guided Bomb from Internal Bays for the First Time Posted by RSS Feed

The internal launch, the first ever by a Turkish aircraft, demonstrated the ANKA III’s ‘ability to

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Jan 13 2025

French Army Tests FPV Drone Controlled from Gazelle Light Attack Helicopter Posted by RSS Feed

The goal of the experimentation with FPV drones is to ‘accelerate cooperation between nano drones

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