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August 21, 2026
Second Lieutenant José Ángel Fernández, of the Air and Space Force's 43rd Group, died while deployed in Santiago de Compostela with…
Air Arabia is expanding its fleet with new Airbus deliveries and today announces two new routes from Sharjah. The new flights, starting in mid-December, will serve Frankfurt and…
Some microorganisms carried to the Moon by future crewed missions could remain viable in the most sheltered areas of the south pole…
Russia unveils its new aerial refueling aircraft for the world market. While China reportedly negotiates over 20 units, Algeria could become the first buyer of the Il-78MK-90A…
Like other European countries, Serbia is being hit by massive wildfires this year. The Serbs asked Russia for help – and the Russians sent an Ilyushin Il-76 as…
MACH OE, an open-ended aircraft fund, took delivery of two new Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft on July 29 and 30, 2026, placing both on long-term leases with United Airlines. The aircraft are the first of…
If you’ve been looking for an excuse to take your FPV flying skills to the next level, DJI just gave creators a pretty compelling reason. The company has launched its new #AllForPassion Challenge…
On August 19, 2026, Switzerland’s Federal Council announced that it is to ask parliament for an additional 970 million Swiss francs (about $1.2 billion) to secure delivery slots… The post…
Russian cargo carrier Volga-Dnepr has lost its lawsuit before Canada's Federal Court against the government sanctions imposed on it. The court ruled that the airline…
Icelandair completed the acquisition of 49% of Fly Play Europe on August 20, giving it access to its Maltese air operator certificate. The project […]…
Struck barrier during landing, East Fortune Airfield, East Lothian, 21 August 2025
Google has emerged as the winning bidder in a bankruptcy auction to buy a large package of Spirit Airlines’ internal business data for $10 million, with the transaction structured so the data is…
easyJet announces a new partnership with aviation technology provider i6 Group to roll out its eHandshake digital fuelling platform across its entire network…
Barnes Aerospace has completed the acquisition of Jet AirWerks LLC, expanding its commercial aeroengine component repair and overhaul (CRO) capabilities. Based in Arkansas City, Kansas, Jet AirWerks…
The Romanian Gendarmerie has awarded a contract to Neramo Distribution for counter-uncrewed aerial systems (C-UAS). The Gendarmerie is responsible for high-risk law enforcement, crowd control The…
2027 will bring a bigger Alaska Airlines presence in Italy, not only through the reconfirmed Seattle–Rome Fiumicino flight but also its resumption five weeks earlier than planned. The…
MCF argues that close contacts should be examined and treated at the same time as the cases and requests to know the protocol applied by Military Health. The association also requests…
In a ceremony held this Thursday, August 20, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Andrés Bello Diplomatic Academy and the Chilean Navy signed an agreement…
Portugal's oldest airline is marking its 85th anniversary. The Sociedade Açoreana de Estudos Aéreos, Lda., was founded on 21 August 1941 in Ponta Delgada by José Bensaúde…
On the morning of August 18, a U.S. Air Force C-17A Globemaster III took off from Christchurch, New Zealand,... The article C-17 bound for Antarctica turns back: why did it…
The takeoff incident involving a Vietnam Airlines Boeing 787-9 on 15 August in Munich has repercussions in Vietnam. Alongside the ongoing technical investigation by Germany's BFU, Vietnam…
In waters near Hawaii, the Pacific Dragon 2026 exercise was held, a biennial US Navy exercise dedicated to ballistic missile defense and the exchange of…
It succeeds a Convair C-131 Samaritan, a Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker and, most recently, a Douglas C-9 Skytrain II; no small feat! Earlier this week NASA officially unveiled its Boeing…
F-18M jets from Wing 12 shot down an attack drone in Romanian airspace, marking the first aerial victory by a Spanish fighter in a real operation in more than 83…
by Giuseppe Tarallo * Seemingly unforeseeable crises often arise from a failure to interpret a series of signals that, in hindsight, would seem impossible to ignore. The arrival…
Russian attacks have damaged about 4,000 of Kyiv’s roughly 12,000 buildings, or nearly one in three, since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in February… The post Russian attacks damaged…
Morocco is changing pace. And it is doing so with determination, the fruit of growing ambitions, fueled by solid economic fundamentals and a gradual liberalization of the exchange rate…
US carrier Alaska Airlines will expand its international network from its Seattle-Tacoma hub in spring 2027 to include two European capitals. The…
Europe’s Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission has captured a dramatic change at Petermann Glacier in northwest Greenland, where a 76 sq km section of the glacier’s floating ice tongue broke away on 4…
The deal, which still must clear several procedures before becoming a firm purchase, is estimated at a total cost of $4.5 billion, equivalent to nearly €3.85 billion…
