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On April 28, a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner in Alaska Airlines livery will push back from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, point its nose east, and do something the airline has never done in its 94-year history: cross the Atlantic Ocean. The destination is Rome...
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The Air Force just doubled down on its most controversial procurement decision — and the reason is written in the wreckage of four F-15Es lost over the Middle East. The planned F-15EX Eagle II fleet will grow from 129 aircraft to 267, a jump so large it represents a...
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On March 3, 2026, a video surfaced showing a drone approaching the port of Fujairah — one of the UAE’s most critical energy hubs — and detonating against infrastructure. The drone appeared intact on approach. There was no visible sign of interception. The...
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A single Ukrainian land robot armed with a machine gun held off a Russian infantry advance for 45 days. It needed a battery recharge every two days and light maintenance. No food. No sleep. No fear. No casualty evacuation when hit by shrapnel. It just kept firing....
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When Iranian ballistic missiles and one-way attack drones slammed into Al Udeid, Al Dhafra, and Ali Al Salem during the opening hours of Operation Epic Fury, the Air Force discovered a truth it had known but never fully addressed: its air bases were largely undefended...
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Northrop Grumman has delivered the first production unit of a navigation system designed to solve one of modern air combat’s most dangerous problems: what happens when the enemy jams your GPS. The Embedded GPS/Inertial Navigation System Modernisation, designated...
Military Aviation, News
The Air Force just admitted what critics have been saying for years: the B-21 Raider is not coming fast enough. In its latest budget submission, the service revealed plans to spend nearly $1.7 billion over the next five years modernising the B-1B Lancer and B-2 Spirit...
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On the night of April 25–26, Ukraine’s Security Service launched one of its most coordinated single-night operations of the entire war. SBU Special Operations Centre Alpha sent waves of attack drones against two of Russia’s most critical military...
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For the first time in 23 years, three American supercarriers are operating simultaneously in the Middle East. USS Gerald R. Ford holds station in the Red Sea. USS Abraham Lincoln patrols the Arabian Sea. USS George H.W. Bush has joined them in the Gulf region....
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Boeing’s best-selling jet is finally accelerating. CEO Kelly Ortberg confirmed during the company’s Q1 2026 earnings call that 737 MAX production will reach 47 aircraft per month this summer — up from 42 — with a target of 53 per month by year’s end....
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The war in Iran is reaching Canadian travellers at the departure gate. Air Transat, Canada’s leisure airline of choice for sun-seekers headed to Europe and the Caribbean, has announced a six percent capacity reduction for summer 2026 — cancelling 129 flights...
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The airline industry has a maths problem it cannot solve fast enough. In 2026, the United States is short approximately 24,000 pilots — the widest gap between supply and demand since the post-pandemic travel boom began. Airlines are hiring aggressively, flight schools...
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