Switzerland’s F-35 Nightmare: Fewer Jets, Costlier Patriots, and a Doomed Initiative
Switzerland’s ambitious defence modernisation programme is unravelling on multiple fronts simultaneously. The Patriot missile system may cost double what Parliament approved. The F-35A fleet is shrinking before a single Swiss jet has been assembled. Germany —...
What the EA-37B Compass Call Actually Does
The EA-37B Compass Call may be the most important aircraft most people have never heard of. While stealth fighters and strategic bombers capture public imagination, this modified Gulfstream G550 business jet quietly represents one of the most critical capabilities in...
B-1B ‘Apocalypse II’ Returns from the Dead
At Dyess Air Force Base in Abilene, Texas, a B-1B Lancer that had spent years in the Arizona boneyard rolled back onto the flight line in May 2026, freshly repainted and bearing a name that reads like a sequel nobody expected: “Apocalypse II.” Serial...
eVTOL Air Taxis: What You Need to Know Before 2026 Ends
The future of urban air mobility is no longer a PowerPoint fantasy. In April 2026, Joby Aviation completed a landmark demonstration flight from JFK Airport to Manhattan in just seven minutes — a journey that can take over an hour by car during rush hour. With the FAA...
The Passenger Who Flew to the Wrong Santiago
In the grand tradition of aviation blunders that make you simultaneously cringe and laugh until your sides hurt, we present the tale of one unlucky traveler who learned the hard way that not all Santiagos are created equal. What was supposed to be a journey to the...
Boeing Lands a Chinook Without Anyone at the Controls
On April 16, 2026, Boeing announced that a U.S. Army CH-47F Chinook helicopter had executed a fully automated landing in a recent flight test. No hands on the controls. No feet on the pedals. The 64-year-old design descended, flared, and touched down under the...
LOT Polish Airlines Sues Boeing Over Hidden MAX Risks
The 737 MAX crisis produced some of the most consequential aviation litigation in history. There were settlements with the families of the 346 victims. There were billion-dollar government penalties. There were executive depositions, congressional hearings, and a...
Lithuania Shuts Airport Over Smuggler Balloons
Vilnius Airport is being shut down by balloons. Not military balloons. Not weather balloons. Cigarette balloons — launched from Belarus, loaded with contraband, and drifting at altitudes that put them in direct conflict with commercial aircraft on final approach....
Pentagon Seeks $1 Billion for First CCA Drone Production
The Pentagon wants $1 billion to stop building drone wingman prototypes and start building drone wingman weapons. The difference matters — and the price tag signals just how seriously the Air Force is taking it. The FY2027 budget request, submitted to Congress this...
Russia’s Sarmat ICBM: Operational Deployment This Year
At 11:15 Moscow time on 12 May 2026, a plume of exhaust boiled out of a silo at Plesetsk Cosmodrome and the RS-28 Sarmat lifted from Russian soil in what Russian officials described as a fully successful test. It was a moment that had been delayed, interrupted, and...
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