Militärische Luftfahrt, Nachricht
On April 8, at Korean Air’s Tech Centre in Busan, a drone with a 26-metre wingspan rolled out of the hangar to polite applause, official speeches, and a significance that went far beyond the ceremony. South Korea has just unveiled its first indigenous strategic-class...
Militärische Luftfahrt, Nachricht
On April 2, two sleek business jets took off from RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk, England, and turned southeast toward the Middle East. They looked like executive transports — smooth fuselages, swept wings, the unmistakable silhouette of a Gulfstream G550. But serial...
Militärische Luftfahrt, Nachricht
On the night of March 27, a group of American military aircraft was already airborne, heading east across the Atlantic toward the Mediterranean, when word came through from Rome: they could not land at Sigonella. Italy’s Defence Minister Guido Crosetto had...
Militärische Luftfahrt, Nachricht
Somewhere in southwestern Syria, near the ancient city of Suwayda, a piece of technology that was never supposed to touch the ground in one piece is sitting in someone’s hands. Videos circulating on social media since April 6 show what appears to be the infrared...
Militärische Luftfahrt, Nachricht
At approximately 1 PM Pacific Time on April 6, the first Collaborative Combat Aircraft prototype to crash did so in the Californian desert — and the entire programme felt the shockwave. General Atomics’ YFQ-42A “Dark Merlin,” a jet-powered drone...
Geschichte & Legenden, Militärische Luftfahrt
There is no fighter in the history of aerial combat that can match the F-15 Eagle’s record. One hundred and four confirmed air-to-air kills. Zero losses to enemy fighters. Not a single combat loss in air-to-air engagements across more than 50 years of operations...
Geschichte & Legenden, Militärische Luftfahrt
On April 8, 2026, a ghost emerged from the waters off Japan’s Kagoshima Prefecture. In just three meters of shallow sea, searchers recovered the Kawanishi N1K2-J Shiden-Kai—”Violet Lightning”—a Japanese fighter that had been lost to the waves for 81...
Militärische Luftfahrt, Nachricht
The Trump administration’s FY2027 defence budget is a masterclass in strategic betting. At $1.5 trillion—with the base budget breaching $1 trillion for the first time ever—it’s less about growth and more about ruthless prioritization. While some weapons...
Militärische Luftfahrt, Nachricht
The sixth-generation fighter race is no longer theoretical. It’s real, it’s global, and three competing visions are crystallizing as the world’s major defense industries commit extraordinary sums to aircraft that may not fly for another decade....
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