F-16 Next-Generation Mission Compute: the USAF holds an Industry Day to replace the 25-year-old mission computer on Block 40/42 and 50/52 F-16s.
Mysuru Dasara Air Show: Surya Kiran Beats the Rain on Day Two
The IAF’s Surya Kiran team flew about 18 manoeuvres in Hawk Mk132 jets at the Mysuru Dasara air show after rain cut short the first day.
Cessna Citation Gen3 Jets Pass 1,220 Test Hours on Road to Autoland
Textron’s Citation Gen3 light jets, the CJ4, CJ3 and M2 Gen3, pass 1,220 flight-test hours toward FAA certification, all with Garmin Emergency Autoland.
Gotha Raids 1917: The Daylight Bombers That Hit London
The Gotha raids of 1917: how Germany’s England Squadron bombed London in daylight, killed 18 children in Poplar and led to the creation of the RAF.
Taraia Object Was Trees, Not Earhart’s Electra
The Taraia Object on Nikumaroro was likely a pile of large trees, not Amelia Earhart’s Lockheed Electra, the Purdue-backed expedition announced.
USAF Test Pilot School Brings Back Water Landings in Amphibians
The USAF Test Pilot School has brought water landings back, with Class 26A flying the Icon A5 and Lake Buccaneer amphibians in its QE program.
LATAM A320 Engine Fire in Lima: Passengers Off Before Take-off
LATAM A320 engine fire at Lima: flight LA2302 to Piura stopped before take-off, passengers unhurt. What we know and how A320 fire protection works.
Ukraine Drone Evacuation: Wounded Soldier Flown Off the Front Line
Ukraine drone evacuation: the 92nd Assault Brigade says a Gurzuf hexacopter flew a wounded soldier off the front line. The world-first claim is unverified.
APKWS Kits: Pentagon Locks In Up to 25,000 a Year
The Pentagon and BAE Systems agree a framework to buy up to 25,000 APKWS kits a year for seven years, the cheap laser-guided rocket now hunting drones.
Patriot Interceptor Shortage: How Many Missiles the Iran War Used
The war with Iran burned through more than half of America’s Patriot interceptors, according to estimates by the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Rebuilding will take years. Here are the real numbers, and why the “19 years of purchases” figure going round does not add up.
North Atlantic Tracks: How Airliners Actually Cross the Ocean
Share this story Somewhere over the middle of the North Atlantic, a few hundred airliners are flying through airspace where nobody can see them. There is no radar out there. For most of the crossing there is no VHF radio either. The nearest controller is in Prestwick...
Airline Fuel Reserves: What the FAA and EASA Actually Demand
Share this story A Boeing 747-8 holds 238,610 litres of fuel. Boeing prints the figure in its own airport planning document, to the litre, alongside the 63,034 US gallons and 191,565 kilogrammes that are the same quantity in other clothes. It is the number search...
SyberJet SJ36 Mockup Unveiled: A Mach 0.88 Light Jet Promise
Share this story In Las Vegas today, on the eve of NBAA-BACE, SyberJet Aircraft is pulling the covers off a full-scale mockup of the SJ36 at Henderson Executive Airport. It is a nine-seat light jet that, on paper, would fly faster and farther than anything else in its...
Sonobuoys and MAD: How Patrol Aircraft Hunt Submarines
Share this story A submarine's whole purpose is to disappear. It hides beneath hundreds of metres of dark, noisy water, moving slowly and quietly. Finding one from an aircraft flying overhead sounds almost impossible. Yet maritime patrol crews have been doing it since...
Four-Engine Airliners: Why the 747, A380 and A340 Are Vanishing
Share this story On Monday morning, Lufthansa flew its last Airbus A340-600 passenger service into Frankfurt. The Boeing 747 has been out of production since 2022. The last Airbus A380 was delivered in 2021. In barely five years, the four-engined long-haul airliner...
Bomb Threat on a Plane: What Pilots and Crews Actually Do
Share this story On Sunday night, an Austrian Airlines A320 flying from Tel Aviv to Vienna received a bomb threat, diverted to Sofia under a Bulgarian MiG-29 escort, and landed safely. Nothing was found. That is how almost all of these end. But the crew could not know...
Lavochkin La-5: The Soviet Fighter Saved by a Radial Engine
Share this story In the spring of 1942, Semyon Lavochkin was in trouble. His LaGG-3 fighter had a poor reputation at the front, it had cost him Stalin's favour, and the factories building it were being switched over to Yakovlev fighters. His design bureau was working...