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On April 8, 2026, the French Air and Space Force announced a milestone that had been years in the making: its first-ever launch of an AGM-114 Hellfire missile from a fixed-wing aircraft. The test, conducted over a French military range, marks France’s entry into...
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In a classified wargame room, Air Force planners just finished one of the most consequential simulations in recent memory. The question on the table: if the United States goes to war with China over Taiwan, what mix of aircraft gives the Air Force the best chance of...
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The U.S. Air Force just opened its biggest pilot retention bonus program in history. Starting April 1, 2026, eligible aviators can apply for annual bonuses up to $50,000 — with total payouts reaching $600,000 over a 12-year commitment. The Air Force estimates 10,314...
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Deep in California’s Mojave Desert, a KC-135R Stratotanker sits on the Edwards Air Force Base flightline bristling with sensors, cameras, and telemetry equipment that no ordinary tanker carries. This is the Ghost Tanker — the U.S. Air Force’s only...
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Somewhere in the CENTCOM operating area, a low-cost drone lifts off a catapult rail and heads toward an Iranian target. It looks almost identical to the Shahed-136 — the kamikaze drone Iran has been mass-producing and exporting for years. But this one carries American...
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At 52,000 feet over the Persian Gulf, a U.S. Navy MQ-4C Triton surveillance drone squawked 7700 — the universal distress signal. Then it began falling. Within fifteen minutes, the $200 million aircraft dropped to 9,500 feet and vanished from every tracking system on...
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Aviation is undergoing a quiet revolution, and one of its most promising frontiers involves replacing fossil fuels with clean energy. ZeroAvia, a British-American aerospace company, is leading this charge with hydrogen-electric powertrains designed specifically for...
Aviation World, News
On April 2, at Cotswold Airport in the English countryside, test pilot Paul Stone climbed into a machine that looked like nothing that had ever taken off from a runway before. It had wings like an aeroplane, rotors like a helicopter, and the quiet hum of electric...
Military Aviation, News
On April 8, at Korean Air’s Tech Centre in Busan, a drone with a 26-metre wingspan rolled out of the hangar to polite applause, official speeches, and a significance that went far beyond the ceremony. South Korea has just unveiled its first indigenous strategic-class...
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On April 2, two sleek business jets took off from RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk, England, and turned southeast toward the Middle East. They looked like executive transports — smooth fuselages, swept wings, the unmistakable silhouette of a Gulfstream G550. But serial...
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On the night of March 27, a group of American military aircraft was already airborne, heading east across the Atlantic toward the Mediterranean, when word came through from Rome: they could not land at Sigonella. Italy’s Defence Minister Guido Crosetto had...
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Somewhere in southwestern Syria, near the ancient city of Suwayda, a piece of technology that was never supposed to touch the ground in one piece is sitting in someone’s hands. Videos circulating on social media since April 6 show what appears to be the infrared...
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