First German F-35 Lands at Ebbing to Start Luftwaffe Training
Share this story Shortly after lunchtime on Monday, 5 October 2026, an F-35A wearing the Iron Cross of the German Air Force touched down at Ebbing Air National Guard Base in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and taxied under a ceremonial water arch. The flight from Lockheed...
L-39 Skyfox Drone Hunter Gets Thales Laser-Guided Rockets
Share this story The jet trainer most famous for teaching pilots to fly fast is learning a new trade: hunting drones. Czech manufacturer Aero Vodochody and Thales Belgium announced on 5 October 2026 that they have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop the...
Power Bank Flight Rules: ICAO’s Two-Bank Limit and mAh vs Wh
Share this story The gate agent turns the power bank over in her hand, looking for a number. The passenger already knows the one printed on the case in the largest type: 20,000 mAh. It is the number the shop advertised, the number on the box, the number in the Amazon...
Ukraine’s AI Gun Turrets Shoot Down Jet-Powered Geran-5 Drones
Share this story Russia’s newest attack drones are fast enough to outrun most of the interceptor drones Ukraine sends up against them. On Monday, 5 October 2026, the Ukrainian Air Force said it had found an answer that does not need to fly at all: automated...
HACM Hypersonic Missile Flies for the First Time Over Australia
Share this story After a year of delays, America’s first scramjet-powered strike weapon has finally left an aircraft. The US Air Force confirmed on 5 October 2026 that the Royal Australian Air Force has released a Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile, or HACM,...
British Airways BA295: 777 Drops 27,000 Feet Over Irish Sea
Share this story About half an hour after leaving Heathrow on Monday, 5 October 2026, British Airways flight BA295 to Chicago was cruising at around 36,000 feet over the Irish Sea when the oxygen masks dropped. Minutes later the Boeing 777 was at 9,000 feet, squawking...
Nigerian Air Force ATR-42 Crash in Ondo Kills All 32 on Board
Share this story At 9:13 on Monday morning, 5 October 2026, air traffic controllers in southern Nigeria lost contact with a Nigerian Air Force ATR 42 flying from Benin City to Lagos. Repeated calls on the radio went unanswered. Hours later, search teams found the...
Iran War Losses: Congress Counts 81 US Aircraft Lost or Damaged
Share this story Eighty-one. That is how many American aircraft have now been destroyed, lost or damaged in the war with Iran, according to an updated tally from the Congressional Research Service, Congress’s in-house think tank. The report was revised on 5...
Morocco’s First F-16 Block 72 Takes Flight in Greenville
Share this story A two-seat F-16 in desert camouflage climbed away from Lockheed Martin’s plant in Greenville, South Carolina, on Tuesday, 6 October 2026, carrying red Moroccan roundels on its wings. It was the first flight of the first F-16 Block 72 ever built,...
Lockheed CL-1201: The Nuclear Flying Aircraft Carrier That Stayed on Paper
Share this story In September 1969, three Lockheed engineers put their names to a report with a dry title: A Study of Very Large Nuclear-Powered Aircraft in a Potential Mission Application. Inside was one of the largest flying machines ever drawn. Its wings would have...
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