Operation Vengeance: 16 P-38s, 400 Miles, One Admiral
On the morning of April 18, 1943, sixteen P-38 Lightning fighters took off from Fighter Two airstrip on Guadalcanal and turned west over the Solomon Sea. Their mission was not to engage enemy formations or escort bombers. It was to kill one man: Admiral Isoroku...
S7’s Boeing 737 Slides Into Siberian Mud — Days After Banning Co-Pilots From Landing
An S7 Airlines Boeing 737-800 slid off the end of the runway at Mirny Airport in Russia’s Sakha Republic on June 30, coming to rest in mud beyond the paved surface. All 173 passengers and six crew members walked away without injury. But the incident — classified...
RIMPAC 2026: 30 Nations and 200 Aircraft Converge on Hawaii for the World’s Largest Naval Exercise
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...
India Unveils Its First AI-Piloted Fighter Concept
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...
T-7A Red Hawk: The Data Fight Boeing Doesn’t Want Public
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...
Ukrainian Mirages Will Lead Bastille Day Over Paris
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 Drops KF-21 Co-Production, Will Buy Direct from South Korea
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...
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