Nel settembre del 1967, un goffo aereo turboelica quadrimotore decollò dalla pista della base aerea di Nha Trang, nel Vietnam del Sud. Sembrava un qualsiasi altro C-130 Hercules, il robusto aereo da trasporto che aveva trasportato truppe, munizioni e jeep in tutto il teatro operativo sin dagli inizi della guerra...
L'Argentina entrò in guerra nelle Falkland nell'aprile del 1982 con cinque missili Exocet lanciati dall'aria. Cinque. Quella era l'intera scorta: la Francia aveva consegnato la variante AM39 insieme a una manciata di caccia Super Étendard pochi mesi prima dell'inizio del conflitto, e...
La mattina del 18 aprile 1943, sedici caccia P-38 Lightning decollarono dalla pista di atterraggio Fighter Two a Guadalcanal e si diressero verso ovest sul Mar delle Salomone. La loro missione non era quella di ingaggiare formazioni nemiche o scortare bombardieri. Era quella di uccidere un uomo: l'ammiraglio Isoroku...
The world’s largest international maritime exercise is underway. Rim of the Pacific 2026 — the 30th iteration of a series that began in 1971 — kicked off on June 24 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. It will run through July 31, and the numbers alone...
A Bengaluru startup has just thrown India’s hat into the ring of autonomous combat aviation. Flying Wedge Defence & Aerospace (FWDA) has unveiled the FWD Supreme — an AI-piloted fighter concept designed to fly, fight, and make tactical decisions without a...
The Boeing T-7A Red Hawk was supposed to be the Air Force’s feel-good story — a sleek, digitally-designed trainer built to replace the geriatric T-38 Talon and modernize pilot training for a generation. It still might be. But a three-part investigation by...
When the Patrouille de France’s nine blue-and-white Alphajets sweep over the Champs-Élysées on July 14, they won’t be alone. Flanking them will be two Mirage 2000Bs crewed by Franco-Ukrainian teams — the opening act of the largest Bastille Day aerial...
Indonesia has officially abandoned its plan to co-produce South Korea’s KF-21 Boramae fighter jet, ending a partnership that was supposed to give Jakarta its own production line and a seat at the table of advanced fighter manufacturing. Instead, Indonesia will...
The United States Air Force is about to pour $4.2 billion into its three main operating bases in the United Kingdom — the single largest American basing investment in Britain in decades. A presentation by the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center, obtained...
Share this story It is now firm. Saab has signed a contract for 16 Gripen E fighters destined for Ukraine — turning the spring’s letter of intent into a binding deal and committing one of the West’s most capable light fighters to the Ukrainian Air...
Share this story At 1:54pm on June 30, a Bulgarian MiG-29 lit its afterburners and clawed off the runway at Graf Ignatievo. Three minutes later it had formed up on the wing of a civilian Airbus A320 that had just transmitted the four digits every air-defence...
Share this story Somewhere over the Great Plains on Wednesday, a 14-year-old Boeing 747 that nobody could sell will become the most politically radioactive aircraft in American skies. President Donald Trump is taking his first flight aboard the Qatari-gifted Air Force...
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