B-1B Carries Hypersonic Missile for the First Time
A two-second Instagram clip from Edwards Air Force Base has confirmed what the Pentagon kept quiet for months: the B-1B Lancer is now carrying the AGM-183A ARRW hypersonic missile externally. It is the first time the weapon — cancelled in 2023, quietly resurrected in...
Project Freedom Paused: One Day In, Hormuz On Hold
On Monday morning, President Trump ordered the largest U.S. naval escort operation since the Tanker War of the 1980s. By Tuesday evening, he paused it — citing “great progress” toward a deal with Tehran. In between, helicopters sank Iranian boats,...
Apaches and Seahawks Sink Six Iranian Boats in Hormuz
Six Iranian attack boats lie at the bottom of the Strait of Hormuz this morning. U.S. Army AH-64 Apache and Navy MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopters destroyed them in a burst of coordinated firepower on May 4, 2026 — the opening act of “Project Freedom,”...
$54.6 Billion in One Year: The Pentagon’s Drone Surge
The Defense Autonomous Warfare Group received $225.9 million in fiscal year 2026. For fiscal year 2027, the Pentagon is requesting $54.6 billion. That’s a 24,000% increase in a single budget cycle — the largest proportional funding surge for any weapons category...
Starlink Goes Live on the Emirates A380
SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet is now flying on the world’s largest passenger aircraft. Emirates has installed the system on its first Airbus A380 superjumbo and is accelerating deployment across the fleet. For passengers accustomed to painfully slow...
Frecce Tricolori Launch Their 2026 Season
Les Frecce Tricolori — the Italian Air Force’s legendary aerobatic display team — have unveiled their 2026 season programme, and it reads like a love letter to the Mediterranean. Eleven full displays and nine flypasts across three countries, beginning this week...
Humanoid Robots Now Handle Bags at Tokyo Haneda
Japan Airlines has deployed humanoid robots at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport to handle baggage — the first time humanoid machines have worked alongside aircraft at any commercial airport in the world. The four-foot-tall robots, built by Chinese manufacturer Unitree...
Both Engines Shut Off: NTSB Data on China Eastern MU5735
Flight data recorder information released by the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board confirms what many aviation investigators long suspected: someone in the cockpit of China Eastern Flight MU5735 deliberately shut off both engines before the aircraft plunged...
Painted and Ready: America’s New Air Force One Arrives This Summer
The U.S. Air Force announced on 1 May that the VC-25B “Bridge” aircraft has completed all modifications and flight testing. It’s now being painted in its new red, white, gold, and blue presidential livery — and delivery to the Presidential Airlift...
UAE Orders 20 C-390s: Embraer’s Biggest Military Deal
Embraer just landed its biggest military deal ever — and it came from a country nobody expected. The United Arab Emirates signed a contract on 4 May for up to 20 C-390 Millennium airlifters, marking the Brazilian aircraft’s first sale in the Middle East and the...
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