The UK's £20M Project Bowline funds a Mach 5 target drone so British air defenses can practice intercepting real hypersonic threats.
TowerFrance has fitted an A400M Atlas with an experimental retardant kit and deployed it against the Gironde wildfire, testing a new firefighting surge capability.
TowerRussia's improved UMPK glide-bomb kit adds a turbojet engine, extending standoff range for Su-34 bombers and reshaping the modern air war.
TowerA bipartisan bill, the BRRRRT Act, aims to halt the A-10 Warthog's retirement until a certified replacement is operational.
TowerA Ukrainian F-16 scored its first confirmed air-to-air kill against a Russian jet in early July, per Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine.
TowerPoland's first F-35, built in Italy at the Cameri FACO, completed its first flight - signaling Europe's growing role in fighter production and sustainment.
TowerLeonardo's July 2026 deal with Indonesia for 12 M-346F jets, plus AW149 helicopter and Ukrainian drone talks, signals where airpower is heading.
TowerAnduril unveiled Thunder, an autonomous tiltrotor, as a full-scale model at the 2026 Farnborough Airshow - here's what pilots should know.
TowerAmerica's 250th anniversary flight display over Washington D.C. on July 4, 2026 put 123 years of powered flight history in the sky at once.
TowerThe LC-130 Skibird, flown exclusively by a New York Air National Guard wing, is the sole aircraft capable of sustaining U.S. science at the South Pole.
TowerQatar's donated Boeing 747-8 has now carried President Trump, serving as a bridge aircraft while Boeing completes the long-delayed VC-25B replacement.
TowerBoeing's T-7A Red Hawk has generated over $2 billion in losses and is still not in service - but the Air Force's aging T-38 fleet means delay is not an option.
TowerThe C-5M Super Galaxy uses 28 wheels and a hydraulic kneeling system that lets it load tanks and helicopters at austere airfields with no ground support infrastructure.
TowerThe SR-71 Blackbird's preflight wasn't just about the aircraft - it was a full physiological preparation protocol that treated the pilot as mission-critical hardware.
TowerOn July 21, 1921, Army Air Service bombers sank the German battleship Ostfriesland in 21 minutes, validating Billy Mitchell's controversial claim that airpower had made the battleship obsolete.
TaildraggerOnly the United States and China have the industrial depth and defense budgets to build a sixth-generation fighter without partners - here's why.
TowerCanada's 30-year pursuit of the F-35 Lightning II ended in a signed deal for 88 aircraft - here's why NORAD made any other choice nearly impossible.
TowerThe C-17 Globemaster III's distinctive approach roar is a direct consequence of the externally blown flap system that gives it unmatched short-field capability at heavy weight.
TowerThe KC-135 Stratotanker, flying since 1957, will refuel the B-21 Raider stealth bomber well into the 2040s - a story about institutional knowledge outlasting technological ambition.
TowerThe U.S. Air Force is keeping the C-5M Super Galaxy flying until 2050 - because nothing else can carry what it carries, and the math on a replacement never works out.
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