Quick Facts AgreementTwo-week ceasefire between the United States, Israel, and Iran — announced April 7, 2026 Key ConditionIran must immediately reopen the Strait of Hormuz for safe commercial passage MediatorPakistan — credited by Trump for brokering the deal...
Two missiles slammed into the Karaj B1 bridge on April 2 and turned Iran’s tallest road structure into rubble. Five days later, on April 7, strikes hit a highway bridge west of Qom and the Yahyaabad railway bridge near Kashan, killing at least two more people...
Quick Facts Company Vertical Aerospace (Bristol, UK) Aircraft Full-scale VX4 demonstrator (piloted) Milestone First piloted thrustborne-to-wingborne transition flight Test Pilot Paul Stone Location Cotswold Airport, southwest England Date April 2, 2026 Production...
Quick Facts Airport San Francisco International Airport (SFO) What Changed FAA permanently banned simultaneous side-by-side landings on parallel runways 28L and 28R Runway Separation 750 feet — closer than any other major U.S. hub Capacity Impact Arrival rate cut from...
Related: Mystery in the Sky: RQ-180 Stealth Drone Photographed Over Greece Quick Facts Aircraft Northrop Grumman RQ-180 (classified stealth reconnaissance UAV) Nickname “Lady of Larissa” (informal, from spotting community) Sighting Date April 6, 2026 —...
Quick Facts Agreement Memorandum of Understanding signed April 1, 2026 Partners United Kingdom and France Purpose 12-month joint study into a successor to the MBDA Meteor BVRAAM Current Missile MBDA Meteor — ramjet-powered, 100+ km range, in service on Typhoon,...
Quick Facts What Was Found Infrared seeker head from a THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) interceptor kill vehicle Location Near Suwayda, southwestern Syria Condition Largely intact — seeker and kill vehicle shroud recovered close together System Lockheed...
Quick Facts Aircraft L3Harris EA-37B Compass Call (electronic attack variant of Gulfstream G550) Replaces EC-130H Compass Call (only 4 remain in service) Deployed From Davis-Monthan AFB via RAF Mildenhall to the Middle East Aircraft Serials 17-5579 and 19-1587 (55th...
Quick Facts Aircraft General Atomics YFQ-42A (Gambit family CCA prototype) Incident Date April 6, 2026 Location Company-owned airfield, California desert Cause Under investigation — no injuries reported Programme USAF Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) — unmanned...
Related: Behind Enemy Lines: The Most Daring Rescue Since Bosnia Quick FactsEventUS forces destroy own aircraft during F-15E crew rescue inside IranDateApril 4–5, 2026Aircraft Destroyed2 × MC-130J Commando II, 4 × MH-6/AH-6 Little Bird helicoptersEstimated Loss$200+...
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