A Chinese Missile May Have Downed a US Jet
When an American F-15E Strike Eagle went down over Iran this spring, the obvious question was what shot it. A new answer is now circulating in Washington — and it points east, to China. According to NBC News, citing sources familiar with the investigation, U.S....
The $13 Billion Helicopter That Never Flew a President
There is expensive, and then there is “costs more than Air Force One.” The VH-71 Kestrel, the helicopter that was supposed to become the next Marine One, somehow managed the second one. By the time anyone added it all up, the bill for 28 of them had passed...
The Navy’s Robot Wingman Is Coming to the Carrier
The future carrier air wing will not be all pilots. The U.S. Navy is pressing ahead on a carrier-based “loyal wingman” — an uncrewed combat aircraft built to fly alongside crewed fighters, carry sensors and weapons, and go first into the places...
1,300 F-35s, a Pipeline Built for 800
The Marine general who runs the F-35 program walked into a Senate hearing this week and said the quiet part out loud: the most expensive weapons program in history has outgrown the system built to keep it flying.It landed weeks after a Government Accountability Office...
America Just Wrote a $35 Billion Missile-Defense Check
On 24 June 2026, the U.S. government signed one of the largest missile-defense checks in its history and handed it to a single company for a single job: build interceptors, and build them faster than America has ever built them before. The award to Lockheed Martin is...
From a Bar in Russia to the Drone Wars: The L-39 Story — and How It Built MiGFlug
There is no jet trainer on earth with a longer shadow than the Aero L-39 Albatros. More than 3,000 built. Flown by over 30 air forces on five continents. The backbone of Warsaw Pact pilot training for two decades, and still — in 2026 — the aircraft that introduces...
Edwards Resumes Flying After Deadliest B-52 Crash in 44 Years
Edwards Air Force Base is flying again. The question everyone at the desert test centre is still asking is why it had to stop. On 15 June, B-52H tail number 60-0061 — call sign Torch 11 — crashed moments after takeoff from Edwards, killing all eight people aboard. It...
Iran Strikes Back: IRGC Hits US Bases Across the Gulf
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps struck American military installations across the Persian Gulf on Sunday, launching ballistic missiles and armed drones at bases in Kuwait and Bahrain in what Tehran called a direct response to US strikes on Iranian targets near...
Russia and China Fly Largest Joint Bomber Patrol Yet
Fifteen warplanes. Two nuclear powers. One very pointed message. On 27 June, Russia and China flew their largest joint strategic bomber patrol to date — a six-hour formation sweep through the Sea of Japan, East China Sea, and into the western Pacific. The 11th such...
NATO Offers €250K to Kill a Russian Airfield
NATO just put a bounty on Russian airfields — and the price tag is surprisingly modest. Allied Command Transformation and the NATO-Ukraine Joint Analysis, Training and Education Centre have launched “Persistent Airfield Denial,” an innovation challenge...
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