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August 15, 2026
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Turkish Airlines TK3 declared a medical emergency after a passenger suffered a suspected heart attack before landing at JFK safely. The post Turkish Airlines Boeing 777 Pilots Makes Emergency…
A Vietnam Airlines Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner was forced to enter a holding pattern shortly after taking off from Munich Airport, following an abnormally late rotation during the…
After remaining deployed for nearly nine months, the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln of the US Navy is preparing to return to its base as part of a rotation of…
In wait-a-minute style, forget the competition between the U.S. and China to newly place human footprints on the Moon. Also, you can overlook any one-upmanship about dispatching astronauts to Mars…
A Dreamliner took off unusually late in Munich, raising a large cloud of dust. The Vietnam Airlines Boeing 787 then flew holding patterns before returning to…
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A Dreamliner took off unusually late in Munich, kicking up a large cloud of dust during the takeoff…
The D.C. Circuit reversed part of DJI's Pentagon blacklist loss, ruling a judge upheld a fully redacted justification without reading the classified record.
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A Vietnam Airlines Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner suffered a serious incident during take-off from Munich Airport on Saturday, August 15, after the aircraft rotated unusually late and reportedly overran…
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Pratt & Whitney has been working relentlessly on its HS+ retrofit kit, but will it finally see an end to the A320neo's engine durability issues?
It was at Boeing's Saint Louis plant, in the state of Missouri, that this maiden flight took place. On Tuesday, August 15, 2006, the US Navy's new active electronic warfare aircraft, the…
Iran may have used drones as advanced sensors to locate and track a US Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle before the fighter was shot down during combat…
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Losses could exceed $1.3 billion and expose the vulnerability of one of the unmanned… The post US lost at least 45 MQ-9 Reaper drones in the war against Iran, about 25% of the fleet…
MUNICH — A Vietnam Airlines Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner was forced to enter a holding pattern shortly after departure from Munich Airport following an unusually late takeoff rotation that kicked up…
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Air France introduced its renovated La Première cabin on 14 August on daily Paris-Charles de Gaulle–San Francisco flights, operated with Boeing 777-300ER aircraft.
Air France introduced its renovated La Première cabin on the daily Paris-Charles de Gaulle–San Francisco flights, operated with Boeing 777-300ERs, as of August 14.
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In the United States, President Donald Trump signed a national security memorandum to improve the shipbuilding and repair programs of the US Navy and…
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A Ryanair Boeing 737 800 suffered a serious in flight incident on July 10 after a fan blade broke away from its right engine and sent debris into the aircraft fuselage. The post Ryanair 737 Window…
Special Forces operators from the Chilean and United States armed forces concluded the second edition of the joint combined exercise Pacific Dagger 2026 on Friday, August 14…
The US president has criticized EMALS since 2017, claiming its complexity and maintenance demands outweigh its advantages, and calls for a return to steam mechanisms
Air India (AI) plans to retrofit 16 additional Boeing 787-8 aircraft in 2027 as Tata Group’s airline continues a major fleet transformation programme. The post Air India to Modernize 16 More Boeing…
· Emirates operates 14 weekly flights between London Stansted and Dubai with its Boeing 777s, connecting customers to its network of over 135 destinations worldwide. Emirates has welcomed its…
Fram2's 90-degree orbit was a genuine human-spaceflight first. NASA came close with a polar shuttle plan at Vandenberg, but no government crew ever flew the route. The post In April 2025, four…
Defense Minister Fernando Barros responded to the speech by US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth before regional defense ministers, distancing himself…
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"Panamax 2026 demonstrated what we can achieve when the United States, Panama and our partners train toward a common goal and act in a coordinated manner," he added. A responsibility of…
The US Army is temporarily suspending training flights with Boeing AH-64 Apache attack helicopters. The reason is a crash near Fort Hood, Texas…
Deuce First manufactured in 1956, the F-102 Delta Dagger was the first supersonic, all-weather jet interceptor of the US Air Force (USAF). This aircraft served as an interim weapons system during…
Lockheed Martin has for the first time successfully launched a missile from the new containerized Kodiak launcher. As the company announced on … more...
Five Pentagon UAP file releases expand the public record, while AARO's own figures show why unresolved cases are evidence gaps rather than verified extraterrestrial technology. The post The Pentagon…
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Today, August 15, 2026 at 21:36, there will be a bright pass of SpaceX's Starlink satellites visible across Italy Often, looking up... The article Tonight the Starlink satellite…
Emirates has temporarily removed its Airbus A380 from Washington Dulles and Houston routes, replacing the aircraft with Boeing 777s as it continues adjusting operations amid the ongoing Iran…
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