Gaining Air Superiority Over Iran vs. Ukraine
Why one was won in days and the other drags into year four Two ongoing conflicts. Two air forces attempting to dominate enemy skies. Two very different outcomes. The contrast between how Israel and the United States established air superiority over Iran — and how...
Japan’s EC-2 Electronic Warfare Jet — Nicknamed the ‘Platypus’ — Takes Its First Flight
Japan’s newest and most unusual-looking military aircraft — the Kawasaki EC-2 stand-off jammer, nicknamed the “Platypus” for its ungainly but purpose-built shape — completed its maiden flight on March 17, 2026, lifting off from Gifu Air Base at 11:30...
B-52 Spotted Testing America’s Next Nuclear Cruise Missile — The AGM-181 LRSO
A B-52H Stratofortress has been photographed in flight over California carrying two inert examples of the AGM-181 Long-Range Standoff (LRSO) missile — the nuclear-armed weapon system designed to replace the United States’ aging AGM-86 Air Launched Cruise Missile...
The Captain Dangling at 17,000 Feet: How a Crew of Heroes Saved British Airways Flight 5390
At 7:33 in the morning on June 10, 1990, British Airways Captain Tim Lancaster was sitting in his seat at 17,300 feet over Oxfordshire when his windscreen exploded outward — and he went with it.What followed in the next twenty minutes is one of the most extraordinary...
Mystery in the Sky: RQ-180 Stealth Drone Photographed Over Greece
What appears to be the United States’ most secretive unmanned aircraft — the classified Northrop Grumman RQ-180 — was photographed over the city of Larissa, Greece on March 18, 2026, providing what analysts are calling the clearest public imagery of the...
Half a Plane, Whole Crew: The True Story of WWII’s B-17 “All American”
On February 1, 1943, a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress flew home from Tunisia with its tail section barely attached — connected to the rest of the plane by little more than a few metal longerons and a strip of aluminum skin. The ten men inside didn’t know if the...
Closest Look Yet: F-22 Raptor Flies with Stealth Tanks and IRST Sensor Pods
Aviation photographer Jarod Hamilton captured the sharpest images yet of an F-22A Raptor flying with both stealthy external fuel tanks and specialised sensor pods at Edwards Air Force Base on March 21, 2026 — providing the clearest look to date at a significant...
The Ghost Plane of WWII: How a Crewless Bomber Flew 1,300 Miles Alone
On February 9, 1943, a fully fueled American military cargo aircraft took off from Florida with a crew of eight — and landed in Mexico four and a half hours later with a crew of zero. No hijacking. No remote control. Just the most incredible solo flight of the Second...
The WWI Gunner Who Fell Out of His Plane — and Landed Right Back In
Imagine falling out of an airplane at 15,000 feet with no parachute. Now imagine landing back inside it. For one Royal Flying Corps gunner in 1918, this wasn’t a nightmare — it was just another Tuesday.Aviation has always been a realm where the extraordinary...
South Korea Rolls Out First Mass-Production KF-21 Boramae Fighter Jet
South Korea reached a landmark milestone on March 25, 2026, when the first series-production KF-21 Boramae fighter jet rolled out of the Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) factory in Sacheon under its own power — marking the birth of a new chapter in the nation’s...
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