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August 18, 2026

Defense authorities want to know whether Washington will in the future allow Israel access to the sixth-generation fighter
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Ocean Software has been selected by SkyAlyne to provide the Resource Management and Scheduling (RM&S) capability as part of the training system supporting Canada’s Future Aircrew Training (FAcT)…

The multinational exercise Pitch Black 26, organized by the Royal Australian Air Force, came to an end after two weeks of intense operations involving more than 20 countries…

US President Donald Trump signed a national security presidential memorandum on August 13, 2026, requiring the Department of Defense to remove the Electromagnetic…

The Air Force’s Experimental Operations Unit hosted a change of command ceremony recently, another sign of how the CCA concept is maturing and becoming entrenched in the Air Force’s structure, to…

The Air Force is looking for a new family of drones to serve as aerial targets for test missions, ranging from cheap, expendable quadcopters to large, reusable aircraft that can mimic…

Anduril Industries on Tuesday said that its YFQ-44A Fury prototype for the Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program flew multiple daily sorties during a second exercise last month…
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The incident temporarily closed one of the two runways servicing commercial traffic at the island’s Naha airport. A Boeing F-15J fighter jet operated by the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF)…

The first F-35 for the German Luftwaffe left final assembly yesterday. Lockheed Martin has now allowed a video showing…

Over the course of yesterday and today, the governments of the United States and Argentina took a series of measures aimed at the Argentine Air Force's Peace Condor Program that affect the…

An AH-64 squadron is moving from Ramon to Ramat David as Israel shifts more attack helicopter capacity toward the northern front. The post Israel Moves AH-64 Apaches Closer To Critical Northern…

As announced by Paraguayan president Santiago Peña last July, the Paraguayan Air Force (FAP) is negotiating with its Taiwanese counterpart the possible donation by the latter of a batch…

The 90th Missile Security Operations Squadron (MSOS) at F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo., plans to buy Chinese DJI unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) from a small business or businesses to conduct counter […]

Defense officials reportedly want to determine whether Washington could eventually allow Israel access to the sixth-generation fighter

Spirit The B-2 Spirit is a multi-role bomber capable of delivering both conventional and nuclear munitions. A dramatic leap forward in technology, the B-2 brings massive firepower to bear, in a…

In November 2020, through the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA), four NATO member states — France, Italy, Germany and Greece — launched the Next Generation…

A photo taken in China shows a J-10 with its markings covered, but the authenticity and end customer remain unconfirmed

Two US Air Force HH-60W Jolly Green II helicopters recovered five US Navy personnel from mountainous terrain near… The post USAF Jolly Green IIs rescue five after Navy MH-60S Seahawk hard landing…
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Testing the most effective battlefield counter-UAS technology has been the key focus of Exercise Baltic Trust, which brought together approximately 650 participants from 24 countries The post…

KAI and Hyundai Rotem signed an agreement to develop and integrate into the KF-21 Boramae a new…

French fighter was conducting an air-defense training mission when the problem was discovered.

After years of fighting in Ukraine and rapid technological adaptation on the battlefield, the former commander-in-chief of Ukraine's Armed Forces, Valerii Zaluzhny, stated that…

08/18/2026 Nueva Rioja – Article – General News – p. 2 The Argentine government is coordinating the dispatch of an Air Force Hercules aircraft with humanitarian aid to Colombia, following the…

Red Cat's entire $2.49 million Air Force Black Widow order is built and waiting, Divisional CEO Mitch McDonald told DroneXL, as the Army assesses the company's new Palantir-equipped AiN payload on…

The Tomcat Produced from 1969 to 1992 for the US Navy, the F-14 Tomcat was one of the last specialized fighters to reach production before the US military transitioned to using cost-saving multirole…
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Boeing has announced new seven-year framework agreements with the U.S. Department of War (DoW) and Raytheon, an RTX group company, to increase production…
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A Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) F-15 fighter suffered an incident while landing at Naha Airport, in Okinawa, this Tuesday, August 18. The aircraft tilted toward one of…

German Eurofighter and Tornado crews trained alongside virtual allies and against computer-generated threats during the Luftwaffe’s Timber Express… The post Airbus puts synthetic aircraft into live…

As final assembly progresses at Lockheed Martin's Fort Worth, Texas facility, the first F-35A fighter for Germany entered the finishing phase…

The aim of the EMD contract is to establish the GEK800 turbofan as a second-source propulsion system for the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM).