Quick Facts Aircraft SelectedPilatus PC-24 “Super Versatile Jet” — twin-engine light jet built in Stans, Switzerland ReplacesSpain’s fleet of Cessna Citation liaison and transport aircraft OperatorsSpanish Air and Space Force (Ejército del Aire y del...
Quick Facts ProgrammeStandoff Attack Weapon (SoAW) — a new air-launched cruise missile designed for affordability and mass production Target Fielding2030–2033 Industry DayJune 17, 2026 — Eglin Air Force Base, Florida Managed ByAir Force Life Cycle Management Center...
Quick Facts AircraftKAI KF-21 Boramae (“Young Hawk”) — South Korea’s first indigenous 4.5-generation fighter TransferPrototype No. 5, valued at 350 billion won ($260 million), to be shipped to Indonesia Total Package600 billion won ($445 million) —...
Related: Warthog’s Last War: A-10s Deploy Before Retirement Quick Facts AircraftFairchild Republic A-10C Thunderbolt II (“Warthog”) New CapabilityProbe Refueling Adapter — converts the A-10’s boom receptacle to accept probe-and-drogue refueling...
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...
Share this story 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...
On the afternoon of August 9, 1896, Otto Lilienthal took off from a hillside near Stölln, Germany, in his standard monoplane glider — the same machine he had flown hundreds of times before. A sudden gust caught him wrong. The glider stalled. He fell from about 15...
Share this story Quick Facts Pilot Sub-Lieutenant Ian “Soapy” Watson, Royal Navy Aircraft British Aerospace Sea Harrier FRS.1 (serial ZA176) Date June 1, 1983 Ship MV Alraigo — a Spanish container vessel Location Atlantic Ocean, approximately 50 miles...
Share this story Quick Facts Operation Black Buck 1 (first of seven missions, April 30 – May 1, 1982) Aircraft Avro Vulcan B.2 (XM607, 101 Squadron RAF) Crew Captain Flight Lieutenant Martin Withers Distance ~8,000 miles round trip (Ascension Island to Port Stanley...
Share this story Quick Facts Aircraft Mikoyan MiG-29 (NATO: Fulcrum) First Flight October 6, 1977 Operators 30+ nations across four continents — one of the most widely exported fighters in history Role Air superiority fighter with secondary ground attack capability...
Share this story Quick Facts What Happened An incorrect traffic pattern entry at a non-towered airport led to a near mid-air collision Where Non-towered (uncontrolled) airport — the most common type of airport in the United States Standard Pattern Left-hand traffic...
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