Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works has released teaser imagery consistent with 'Vectis,' a Group 5 loyal wingman targeting the Air Force's next Collaborative Combat Aircraft competition.
TowerOperation Vittles proved a blockaded city of 2.5 million could be sustained entirely by air - and produced one of aviation's most unlikely heroes.
TaildraggerA Hellenic Air Force F-4 Phantom II crashed in Greece on a transit flight connected to an air show event, killing both crew members aboard.
TowerCommercial satellite imagery from September 4, 2026 appears to show two Russian attack helicopters destroyed on the ramp at Sochi's civilian international airport after a Ukrainian drone strike.
TowerThe U.S. Air Force has retired the EC-130H Compass Call after 44 years, passing its electronic warfare mission to the Gulfstream G550-based EA-37B.
TowerA Hellenic Air Force F-4 Phantom crashed during an airshow near Athens on September 5, 2026, killing both crew members aboard.
TowerA Hellenic Air Force F-4AUP Phantom crashed at Tanagra Air Base during Athens Flying Week - here's what investigators look for and why it matters for all pilots.
TowerEight of twelve Vermont Air National Guard F-35As have landed at RAF Lakenheath en route home from a combat deployment in the CENTCOM theater.
TowerL3Harris delivered the first production-standard Viper Shield EW pod for the F-16, with 233 units on order across eight allied nations as of September 2026.
TowerThe Pentagon's Defense Innovation Unit has contracted GE Aerospace to develop Derecho, an air-launched hypersonic test vehicle designed to reach Mach 5.
TowerThe U.S. Navy has formally asked defense contractors to propose autonomous carrier-based strike aircraft capable of carrying up to 10,000 pounds of ordnance - a landmark step toward unmanned combat aviation.
TowerTurkey's TAI has flown the first production-standard Hürjet supersonic jet trainer, entering the competitive global race to replace aging Cold War-era training fleets.
TowerUzbekistan officially confirmed it operates China's J-10CE fighter jet on August 28, 2026, marking a significant shift in Central Asian military aviation alignment.
TowerThe US military confirmed the first operational use of a high-energy laser to destroy cartel drones near the southern border - a development every pilot flying that airspace needs to understand.
TowerAn MH-60 Black Hawk from the elite 160th SOAR crashed in wooded Colorado terrain on August 25, 2026 - crew walked away, and here's what that means for every pilot flying high country.
TowerOn August 25, 2026, planespotters tracking callsign REACH 4555 spotted a USAF C-17 in Russian airspace hours before the diplomatic story broke.
TowerSaab unveiled an uncrewed combat air system on Aug 22, 2026, joining the loyal wingman race that will shape civil airspace within years.
TowerSaab unveiled the A3-001 unmanned fighter and aims to fly a demonstrator within 18 months - here's what it means for pilots.
TowerNorthrop Grumman's E-2D Hawkeye Block II upgrade cleared Critical Design Review, signaling the open-architecture future shaping all of aviation.
TowerHow race driver Eddie Rickenbacker became WWI's top American ace, then survived 24 days on a Pacific raft in 1942.
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