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August 17, 2026
The Pentagon's recent spate of UFO releases represent a big shift and are of great benefit to the country, according to disclosure advocate Mike Gold.
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As Blue Origin continues to repair its New Glenn launch pad following the rocket's explosion in May, the company has announced plans to build a second pad at the same complex to support the bigger…
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Cabo Verde Airlines will temporarily reduce flights between Cabo Verde and Providence, on the US East Coast, to once a week between 11 and 16 September…
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Archer, maker of the Midnight eVTOL, has just struck a deal with Boeing to acquire three of its subsidiaries. These are Wisk Aero, specialized in autonomous eVTOLs…
The delay to 2030 would extend that transition period.The F-16 Block 70 replaces the MiG-29The acquisition of the F-16 Block 70 is the main modernization program for the aviation of…
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Turkish holiday airline Corendon Airlines has withdrawn its first Turkish-registered Boeing 737 Max 8 from active service and returned it to lessor BOC Aviation…
NASA is converting a Boeing 737 to test equipment for lunar missions. The mysterious jet previously served with the US Air Force.
A Vietnam Airlines long-haul flight turned back shortly after takeoff from Munich Airport on 15 August 2026 due to a technical problem. The Boeing 787-9 aircraft was…
It had not had such a small training helicopter since the Hughes TH-55 Osage of the 1960s. As part of the Flight School Next initiative, the Pentagon has chosen to select the…
Plane spotting is generally not a problem in the US. Photographing military infrastructure, however, can be. A Chinese citizen must now answer for photos and videos…
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DAE has signed a purchase-leaseback deal with Saudia for four new Boeing 777F freighters, with deliveries scheduled between October 2026 and May 2027. The aircraft will support Saudia’s expanding…
Amazon Air has introduced Odyssey, its first factory-built Boeing 767-300F in Amazon Air Cargo colours, signalling a further shift towards a dedicated freighter fleet and the expansion of its…
Four aircraft-owning companies linked to Norwegian want to sue Boeing in the dispute over the 737 Max. The companies, registered in the Cayman Islands, own twelve aircraft and…
Date: August 17, 2026 - August 21, 2026 Location: Liege, Belgium The post IAUS 408: Unraveling the joint lives of Stars and Exoplanets appeared first on NASA Science .
Aviación Digital, Sp.- In the early hours of August 16, 2026 (Spanish peninsular time), SpaceX's launch cadence reached a new milestone: the company launched two Falcon 9 rockets with…
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Aviación Digital, Sp.- On August 13, 2026, a proposed airworthiness directive was published in the United States Federal Register, once again putting the focus on an element as…
Aeroméxico now has its tenth Boeing 787 Dreamliner delivered by lessor AerCap in its fleet. With this aircraft, the Mexican airline now has 25 of this family (eight 787-8 and…
US Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy announced the installation of a new Surface Movement Radar (SMR) at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)…
A Vietnam Airlines Boeing 787-9 caused a runway incident at Munich Airport over the weekend that could have ended in disaster.
AerCap Holdings N.V. has delivered its 10th Boeing 787 aircraft on lease to Grupo Aeroméxico, marking two significant milestones for the lessor and airline. The latest delivery represents AerCap’s…
ESA launched seven CubeSat missions aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-16 to test laser communications, inter-satellite networks and in-orbit artificial intelligence, aiming for a… The post…
MDA Space has confirmed the first eight Globalstar replenishment satellites reached orbit, launched Saturday 15 August on a Falcon 9 and built in Montréal, now entering in-orbit commissioning.
A U.S. Space Domain Awareness payload hosted on Japan's Quasi-Zenith Satellite 7 successfully launched aboard Japan's H3 launch vehicle on August 10, 2026. The mission marked the H3 vehicle's second…
US airline group American Airlines is restructuring its leadership team. Amid ongoing pressure from investors…
The U.S. Central Command announced efforts to establish the first multidomain, multinational attack drone task force on August 13. The unit, called Task Force Falcon Strike, will employ one-way…
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Boeing named Celso Ferrer as its new president for Latin America and the Caribbean, a position from which the former GOL CEO will be responsible for strengthening operations, strategy and…
As the threat of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) continues to evolve on the modern battlefield, the U.S. Army is looking to its future leaders for innovative solutions. In a unique collaborative…
New footage shows the full extent of the incident involving a Vietnam Airlines Boeing 787 in Munich. The aircraft rolled around 120 metres past the end of the runway before taking off. Also…
The post APOD: 2026 August 17 – A Golden Corona Eclipse appeared first on NASA Science .
NASA aircraft are sampling smoke lofted high into the atmosphere by one of the most formidable cloud types in the sky—towering, smoke-infused pyrocumulonimbus. The post Chasing Fire Clouds in Utah…
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