Military aviation news
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August 13, 2026
A new report on modernizing Air Force training and education suggests borrowing a method from the civilian technology industry to help Airmen and Guardians build skills in key new areas like…
Attacks suffered at facilities in various Persian Gulf countries from which the United States Air Force operates have driven advances in the fight…
HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Aug. 14, 2026 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] has signed new seven-year framework agreements with the U.S. Department of War (DoW) and Raytheon, an RTX business, to increase production of...
Top news from the final day of the 2026 Space and Missile Defense Symposium.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine, Air Force Secretary Troy Meink, and Chief Master Sergeant of the Space Force John F. Bentivegna paid tribute to Gen. B. Chance Saltzman at the…
The head of U.S. Space Command said Aug. 12 that operations in Iran have shown just how vulnerable ground-based space assets—particularly missile defense systems—are to attack and called for a more…
The French Air and Space Force closed out an era in French Guiana by retiring its SA330 Puma helicopters after 47 years of operations in the territory. The veteran model, which arrived in…
After Colombia requested assistance to deal with the emergency caused by the magnitude 7.4 earthquake recorded on Monday, the Mexican Air Force deployed two C-130 Hercules aircraft…
The Indian Air Force’s announcement to acquire 150 new advanced jet trainers to replace its BAE Hawk Mk.132 fleet drew attention to a major shift in the…
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A final round of photos from around the show floor in Huntsville, Ala.
Japan and the Philippines took another step in integrating their air forces with an operation involving a Japanese E-2D Advanced Hawkeye and Philippine Air Force FA-50 fighters. The activity…
The Indian Air Force has launched one of the largest overhauls of its fighter pilot training capacity by opening a tender for approximately 150 new training aircraft…
As part of Ukraine's ongoing work to identify foreign components used in Russian weaponry, with the aim of establishing sanctions that hinder their…
Gen. Glen VanHerck says three Iranian fighters flew at very low altitude and dropped bombs... The post General warns of failures that let Iranian F-5s breach U.S. defenses and…
Peru has not abandoned its ambitious combat aviation modernization project and is holding to its goal of acquiring 24 F-16 Block 70 fighters for the Peruvian Air Force (FAP). Defense Minister Rafael…
Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) and Hyundai Rotem have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) aimed at cooperation in the development and integration of advanced airborne weaponry.
Saab recently announced that it seeks to increase its current industrial capacity to expand Gripen E/F production to thirty (30) fighters a year, in order to meet current…
The Chinese and Indonesian navies completed new joint maneuvers in waters east of Taiwan, in an exercise that involved the Chinese guided-missile frigate Honghe (523) and the…
Without artificial intelligence (AI), future armed forces will be unable to act militarily or organize their administration. The Ministry of Defence had already presented its…
VFA-22 The Fighting Redcocks of Strike Fighter Squadron TWO TWO (VFA-22) have been a mainstay of Naval Aviation for over 70 years, originally commissioned as Fighter Squadron 63 at Naval Air Station…
India and Malaysia are practicing interoperability between technically very different fighter jets: four Rafales, two Su-30MKMs and two F/A-18Ds train side by side at Subang Air Base.
Following a new Russian offensive against several Ukrainian cities, the Ukrainian Armed Forces carried out an attack on the Russian naval base at Novorossiysk, located on the coast of the…
The 1986 classic became famous for its real footage of U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcats,... The post When Top Gun used model aircraft to put F-14 fighters into combat on screen first appeared on Poder…
Rheinmetall launched its FV-014 loitering munition from its Containerized Missile Launcher for the first time. The demonstration took… The post Rheinmetall launches FV-014 loitering munition from…
After reaching Full Operational Capability (FOC), aircraft from the Spanish Air and Space Force's "Paznic" DAT, deployed in Romania as part of the enhanced Air Policing mission…
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The Peruvian Air Force alerted the Regional Government of Lambayeque (GORE Lambayeque) to the possible presence of explosive remnants and military ordnance on the site chosen for…
The Supply Division of the Chilean Air Force (FACh) commemorated its 23rd anniversary with a ceremony presenting the progress and projects aimed at modernizing the…
India has announced it has restarted local production of the Russian-origin Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighter-bombers for the needs of the Indian Air Force (IAF). Specifically, Hindustan Aeronautics…
STS Aviation Group has been selected as a prime contractor for the US Air Force’s KC-46 Commercial Common Repairable Support (CASPER) programme. The multi-award…
Belaúnde noted that this lack of liquidity also affects the payment of pensions for retired military personnel and the resources needed to address the effects of the El Niño phenomenon.The…
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