Share this story For four months, one of Europe’s larger air forces was fighting a quiet air-defence campaign over the Arabian Peninsula — and almost nobody noticed. Since the second half of March 2026, Italy has kept Eurofighter Typhoons, an early-warning...
Share this story Singapore has a habit of buying the best fighter it can find, years before it strictly needs it — and doing so quietly. So when reports emerged on 30 July that the city-state has opened exploratory talks around the Global Combat Air Programme,...
Share this story Canada is heading into its August long weekend with a familiar knot in its stomach: another airline, another strike clock ticking. On 30 July, the flight attendants who staff WestJet’s cabins served the airline with 72 hours’ strike...
Share this story A stealth aircraft that hangs its bombs under the wings is not really a stealth aircraft. The whole point of a low-observable shape is undone the moment you bolt angular metal to the outside of it. That is why the milestone Baykar announced on 30 July...
Share this story For years, flying Allegiant meant paying for everything that was not the seat itself — the carry-on, the boarding pass at the airport, and yes, the cup of soda. That is the whole point of an ultra-low-cost carrier: a rock-bottom fare, then a...
Share this story The cheapest weapon on a modern battlefield is a drone you can buy online. The U.S. Air Force has just answered it in Europe with one of the most futuristic: a laser. Quietly, and at locations it will not name, U.S. Air Forces in Europe has fielded...
Share this story On Friday, the flags came down at Ämari. Portuguese airmen who had spent months guarding the Baltic sky handed the watch to a new crew, and for the first time the pilots taking over spoke Turkish. Five Turkish F-16 Fighting Falcons are now sitting...
Share this story Black smoke over San Diego is never a good sign. On Friday morning, it meant a stealth fighter was down. A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II crashed in the vicinity of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar shortly before 10 a.m. Pacific time, sending a...
Share this story A modest airbase in southeastern Bulgaria has become the newest point of friction between Tehran and the West — and the cause is not a bomber or a stealth fighter, but a fleet of ageing flying petrol stations.In late July 2026, Bulgaria’s...
Comparte esta historia Hace un mes, la Fuerza Aérea de EE. UU. autorizó la producción de sus dos primeros "drones de combate". Esta semana, las fábricas comenzaron a construirlos, y a uno de ellos le quitaron una letra de su nombre. El 27 de julio de 2026, el primer Fury fabricado en Ohio...
Comparte esta historia Portugal ha vuelto a poner a la venta su aerolínea nacional, y el 29 de julio de 2026 dos de los tres megagrupos aéreos europeos mostraron sus cartas. Air France-KLM y Lufthansa Group presentaron ofertas vinculantes para adquirir una participación en TAP Air Portugal. El...
Comparte esta historia. El 29 de julio de 2026, la Fuerza Aérea Ucraniana informó de la pérdida de un F-16 durante una misión de combate para interceptar objetivos aéreos rusos. El piloto se eyectó y sobrevivió. Según la Fuerza Aérea, los controladores perdieron contacto con la aeronave mientras estaba en combate...
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