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Dec 24 2025

First Royal Navy F-35Bs are Undergoing Corrosion Repair at the U.S. Navy’s FRCSE Posted by RSS Feed

The three Royal Navy F-35Bs will be put through an extensive inspection of airframe and substructure

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Dec 24 2025

John Wayne Airport “Fly Friendly” Program Proves Airports Can Be Good Neighbors Posted by RSS Feed

The John Wayne Airport Fly Friendly Program helps reduce general aviation jet noise at John Wayne

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Dec 24 2025

Boeing Awarded $2 Billion Contract to Continue Work on B-52’s New Engines Posted by RSS Feed

The new contract covers the Post-Critical Design Review phase of the B-52 Commercial Engine

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Dec 24 2025

USS Nimitz Decommissioning in Sight as HII Awarded Contract Modification Posted by RSS Feed

The 50 year old nuclear-powered aircraft carrier returned to Bremerton, Washington on Dec. 16, 2025

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Dec 24 2025

Ukrainian Drone Strike Reportedly Destroys Rare Russian Il-38N ASW Aircraft Posted by RSS Feed

Rare Il-38N ASW aircraft reportedly destroyed as Kyiv targets high-value enablers behind the front

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Dec 25 2025

No MELs, No Delays: How Santa’s Sleigh Keeps Flying Year After Magical Year Posted by RSS Feed

Is Santa’s Sleigh the Most Reliable Airframe Ever Built? Spoiler: Yes. Yes, it is. And it’s not even

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Dec 25 2025

Coulson Aviation 767 Set to Join Fleet as Wildfire Airtanker Fleets Face a Reckoning Posted by RSS Feed

Coulson Aviation 767 is set to reshape Very Large Airtanker (VLAT) operations as legacy firefighting

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Dec 26 2025

U.S. Navy Awards Leonardo UK Contract to Equip F-35 with BriteCloud Active Expendable Decoys Posted by RSS Feed

The U.S. Navy is acquiring and undisclosed number of BriteCloud Active Expendable Decoys

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Dec 26 2025

Supposed Third Prototype of China’s J-36 Next-Generation Jet has Flown Posted by RSS Feed

The supposed third J-36 prototype emerged exactly a year after the first one was spotted in December

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Dec 26 2025

Flying Tiger Shot Down in 1943 Finally Returns Home Posted by RSS Feed

After more than 80 years, a P-40 fighter pilot shot down in China in 1943 has finally returned home

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Dec 26 2025

Sky X full-service FBO to open in Louisiana and join Avfuel network Posted by RSS Feed

Avfuel announced on Tuesday that Sky X will become a member of its FBO network when it opens in

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Dec 26 2025

Pipistrel receives South Korea's first safety certificate for electric aircraft Posted by RSS Feed

Pipistrel announced on Tuesday that it has received the first safety certificate for a Pipistrel

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Dec 26 2025

2025 in review: The top aircraft developments we saw in 2025 Posted by RSS Feed

2025 has been an important year of aircraft developments, with new aircraft being announced and

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Dec 26 2025

Boeing to increase 737 MAX production to 47 per month in 2026 Posted by RSS Feed

Boeing plans to increase the production of its 737 MAX aircraft to 47 per month by late spring or

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Dec 27 2025

China’s J-10C Allegedly Seen Carrying YJ-21E Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile for the First Time Posted by RSS Feed

The YJ-21E spotted on the J-10C is a smaller variant of the larger YJ-21/KD-21 predominantly spotted

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Dec 28 2025

Poland Plans €2 Billion Counter-Drone Network for Eastern Border Posted by RSS Feed

The first capabilities will be activated in the next six months, with the full system in place

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Dec 27 2025

South Korea Starts KF-21 Pit Drop Trials with Air-to-Ground Weapons Posted by RSS Feed

South Korea is working on the introduction of an air-to-ground capability for the KF-21 Boramae, as

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Dec 28 2025

The Crash of Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 Posted by RSS Feed

Pilot error, complacency, and distraction, coupled with obscuring fog at the most critical point of

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Dec 30 2025

The UK Armed Forces’ 2025 in Pictures Posted by RSS Feed

The UK’s Ministry of Defence has unveiled an image gallery showcasing some of their best photographs

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Dec 29 2025

USAF MQ-9A Reapers are Carrying Up to Ten AGM-114 Hellfire Missiles in the Caribbean Posted by RSS Feed

At least nine MQ-9s are deployed to Puerto Rico’s Rafael Hernández Airport, each carrying between

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Dec 29 2025

2 pilots killed after Enstrom helicopters collide midair in New Jersey Posted by RSS Feed

(Image courtesy 6ABC Action News/Facebook/Dan Dameshek)Two pilots were killed after an Enstrom F-28A

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Dec 29 2025

History of the Bombardier Challenger 3500 Posted by RSS Feed

On January 8, 2004, a Sikorsky UH-60A Black Hawk helicopter operated by the US Army, one that was

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Dec 29 2025

Pilot was not incapacitated during first Garmin Autoland use Posted by RSS Feed

The pilot was not incapacitated when a Super King Air 200 used Garmin Aviation's Emergency Descent

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Dec 29 2025

Cirrus delivers its 11,000th SR series aircraft with exclusive design Posted by RSS Feed

Cirrus announced on Dec. 17 that it has delivered its 11,000th SR Series aircraft.The 11,000

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Dec 30 2025

Spain Signs Contract for 30 Hürjets Posted by RSS Feed

Spain signed a €2.4 billion contract to acquire Turkish Aerospace Industries’ Hürjets, with Airbus

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Dec 30 2025

Jet It files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy two years after closing Posted by RSS Feed

The private jet operator, Jet It, has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy over 2 and a half years after

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Dec 30 2025

EAA announces Young Eagles program growth in 2025 Posted by RSS Feed

EAA has announced that its Young Eagles program has provided flight experiences for over 50,000

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Dec 30 2025

Gogo completes flight testing and validation of 5G ATG connectivity network Posted by RSS Feed

Gogo announced on Monday that it has completed flight testing and validation of its 5G air-to-ground

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Dec 30 2025

Textron Systems awarded $41M purchase order for U.S. Air Force T-7A advanced pilot training program maintenance training system Posted by RSS Feed

GOOSE CREEK, S.C, Dec. 30, 2025 - Textron Systems Corporation, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company,

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