Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
Share this story In the harsh Arctic dawn, two F-16 Fighting Falcons screamed down the runway at King Salmon Airport, a windswept strip on Alaska’s southwestern coast overlooking the Bering Sea, 750 kilometers from their home base at Eielson. This wasn’t a...
Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
Share this story The Eurofighter Typhoon just proved what air forces have suspected all year: you don’t need a $1 million missile to swat a $30,000 drone out of the sky. Last month, a RAF Typhoon test aircraft streaked across the range at Warton, Lancashire, and...
Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
Share this story Both sides are claiming victory. Neither side got what it wanted. That is the diplomatic reality of the two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran, announced April 7, 2026, after 38 days of the most intense American air campaign since the...
Monde de l'aviation, Aviation militaire
Share this story You have seen the photographs: a fighter jet trailing twin streams of white mist from its wingtips, the spray catching sunlight like a veil behind the aircraft. It looks dramatic, wasteful, and slightly insane. Why would anyone dump thousands of...
Histoire et légendes, Aviation militaire
Share this story On the afternoon of March 5, 1936, Captain Joseph “Mutt” Summers climbed into the cockpit of a prototype designated K5054 at Eastleigh Aerodrome near Southampton. Eight minutes later, he landed, climbed out, and reportedly said:...
Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
Share this story The United States Space Force is six years old, has fewer personnel than the New York City Police Department, and just asked Congress for $71 billion. If approved, the 2027 budget request would nearly double the service’s funding in a single...
Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
Share this story Palmer Luckey sold virtual reality headsets to Facebook for two billion dollars, then used the proceeds to build a defence company that makes autonomous weapons. Now that company — Anduril Industries — is quietly hiring engineers to design missiles...
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