Related: Countdown to the Moon: Artemis II Launches Today On April 1, 2026, NASA lit a rocket that sent two former Navy fighter pilots toward the Moon. Fifty years after Apollo, the first crewed orbit of the lunar surface since 1972 will be piloted by men who spent...
In January 2026, two sleek silhouettes pierced a Chinese sky in perfect formation. The J-35A, Shenyang Aircraft Corporation’s answer to the F-35, had taken to the air. What appeared on video footage was a signal: China’s stealth program had moved from theoretical to...
At 11:30 p.m. on February 10, the FAA did something it hadn’t done since 9/11: locked down an American city’s airspace with zero public warning. No press release. No email to local authorities. No heads-up to the airport. Just a NOTAM that went live and suddenly El...
On February 27, 2026, a Bolivian Air Force C-130H Hercules loaded with freshly printed banknotes touched down at El Alto International Airport — one of the highest commercial airports on Earth at 4,061 meters above sea level. It never stopped. The aircraft overran the...
The Bab el-Mandeb Strait is 20 miles wide. That’s it. Twenty miles of water separating Yemen from Djibouti, Africa from the Arabian Peninsula, and roughly 12% of global trade from total chaos. The Houthis just threatened to shut it down. Mohammed Mansour, the...
On June 3, 2026, a Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier will lift off from the runway at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina, hover for a moment in that unmistakable way only a Harrier can, and then touch down for the very last time. After more than four decades of service, the...
A standard T-43A — the base airframe from which the heavily modified NT-43A was created. The secret version looks very different. (Photo: U.S. Air Force / Wikimedia Commons) It’s a Boeing 737. Sort of. It has a bulging nose radome that makes it look like a...
U.S. bombers and tankers have been rerouted after European allies shut their airspace and bases to Iran-linked operations. (Photo: U.S. Air Force / Wikimedia Commons) The United States has spent decades building a network of air bases, refuelling stops, and overflight...
A Cessna 152 trainer — the type of aircraft most commonly found in the traffic pattern at uncontrolled airports. (Wikimedia Commons) Two aircraft, same altitude, converging at a combined closing speed that left neither pilot with time to react. One was flying the...
An F-35A Lightning II — the same variant involved in the Nevada crash. (Photo: U.S. Air Force / Wikimedia Commons) The pilot reported trouble maneuvering. Seconds later, the canopy blew off, the Martin-Baker US16E ejection seat fired, and a $100-million stealth...
The engine goes silent. One moment you have 180 horsepower pulling you through the sky; the next, you have a very expensive glider and a finite amount of altitude to spend. Every pilot trains for this moment. Most learn the same mantra: pitch for best glide speed. But...
On March 13, 2026, a sound not heard since September 1945 echoed across Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport in Queensland. A Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasp radial engine — 14 cylinders, 1,200 horsepower — roared to life, and a stubby, pugnacious little fighter rolled down the...
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