Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
The Pentagon just did something it almost never does: it took power away from the Army, Navy and Air Force all at once. In a memo dated 29 June and made public this week, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth created a single office with authority over virtually every drone...
Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
Somewhere over the Philippine Sea on 27 June, a B-2 Spirit opened its weapons bay and released something the world had never officially seen it carry: an AGM-158C LRASM, the US military’s stealthiest anti-ship missile. The target, more than 200 nautical miles...
Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
Depuis 44 ans, le grondement profond des Boeing E-3A Sentrie basés à Geilenkirchen accompagne la surveillance aérienne de l'OTAN. Or, selon un article de Reuters publié le 2 juillet, l'Alliance s'apprête à confier cette mission à un avion d'un pays qui a rejoint l'Alliance il y a seulement….
Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
China’s People’s Liberation Army has released the first official footage of its sixth-generation fighter jet — believed to be the Chengdu J-36 — in a military video published on 28 June 2026. The brief but unmistakable appearance marks the first time...
Monde de l'aviation, Nouvelles
La Chine a immobilisé au sol toute l'aviation générale sur l'ensemble du territoire national — avions légers privés, jets d'affaires, écoles de pilotage, clubs de parachutisme et vols à voile — après qu'un petit avion monomoteur s'est écrasé contre la tour CITIC, dans le centre de Pékin, le 26 juin 2026. Cette interdiction, qui a….
Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
The United States Air Force Thunderbirds will perform over the National Mall on July 4th for the first time in the team’s 73-year history. The flyover anchors what organisers are calling the most ambitious aviation spectacle in American history — a formation...
Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
A naval drone that costs roughly $200,000 can now launch its own swarm of first-person-view attack drones while underway at sea. The Sea Baby unmanned surface vessel — a remotely piloted maritime platform with a 1,500-kilometre range — has evolved from a...
Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
A $17.9 million armed overwatch aircraft is a total loss because a trainee pilot turned the wrong valve during a training sortie. The Air Force Special Operations Command investigation into the October 2025 crash of an OA-1K Skyraider II has revealed a chain of errors...
Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
An F-15EX Eagle II has touched down at Kadena Air Base. The newest variant of Boeing’s legendary air superiority fighter landed on Okinawa’s most strategically important airfield on June 29, returning to the Pacific’s frontline base a year after the...
Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
The engines Turkey needs for its fifth-generation fighter are on the way — and Washington just wrote the permission slip. The Trump administration has notified Congress of a more than $700 million sale of General Electric F110 turbofan engines for Ankara’s TAI...
Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
The world’s most ambitious sixth-generation fighter programme just survived its biggest political test. The United Kingdom has committed £8.6 billion over the next four years to the Global Combat Air Programme, as part of its new £298 billion Defence Investment...
Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
A C-130J Super Hercules at a forward operating location. The Hercules has served as the backbone of tactical airlift for seven decades, but the Air Force is now planning its eventual replacement. (U.S. Air Force / Wikimedia Commons) Somewhere in the western Pacific,...
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