Spain’s First Kill Over Romania

Spain’s First Kill Over Romania

Share this story At 04:44 on Sunday morning, a Romanian radar operator watched a small, slow-moving return cross the Prut and slide into national airspace from Moldova, roughly 24 kilometres north of Galați. Seventeen minutes later it no longer existed.The...
La photo publicitaire qui a tué la Valkyrie

La photo publicitaire qui a tué la Valkyrie

Share this story It was supposed to be a photograph. Five gleaming aircraft, all powered by the same company’s engines, tucked into tight formation over the California desert for a publicity shot. Twenty minutes later, two of them were falling out of the sky,...
Colonel Toon: The Ace Who Never Was

Colonel Toon: The Ace Who Never Was

Share this story He had thirteen American kills, a colonel’s rank, and a name that made young U.S. pilots go quiet: Colonel Toon. He was North Vietnam’s deadliest ace, the ghost every Navy flier feared meeting over Haiphong. There was only one problem with...
Le Pentagone veut des lasers volants

Le Pentagone veut des lasers volants

Share this story Cheap drones have humbled expensive air defenses for years now. The Pentagon’s answer keeps coming back to the same idea: a weapon that fires light, costs pennies a shot, and never runs out of magazine. This week a senior Defense Department...
The Huey’s Last Days Over Washington

The Huey’s Last Days Over Washington

Share this story For 55 years, the same stubby twin-engine helicopter has clattered over Washington, ferrying VIPs and standing ready to whisk officials out of the capital in a crisis. The UH-1N Huey’s watch is finally ending. On 12 August 2026, the Air Force...