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Lockheed Martin just turned in its worst quarterly earnings surprise in years, and the culprits are two of the most iconic names in military aviation. The F-16 Fighting Falcon and the C-130 Hercules — workhorses that have defined American air power for decades —...
Military Aviation, News
Four J-20 stealth fighters in tight formation, flanking a massive grey transport aircraft over the East China Sea. The image, released by Chinese state media on April 22, was staged for maximum impact — and it worked. China’s Y-20B strategic airlifter, powered...
Military Aviation, News
Am 25. März 2026 rollte bei Korea Aerospace Industries in Sacheon das erste Serienexemplar der KF-21 Boramae aus der Montagehalle. Nicht ein weiterer Prototyp. Nicht eine Vorserienmaschine. Das erste Exemplar einer geplanten Bauserie von 120 Maschinen, bestimmt für...
Military Aviation, News
Twelve companies. $3.2 billion. Interceptors that kill missiles from orbit. The U.S. Space Force just awarded the first major contracts for Golden Dome’s space-based interceptor layer, and the list of winners reads like a who’s who of Silicon Valley...
Military Aviation, News
No crew quarters. No mess hall. No bridge watch. Just 170 feet of autonomous warship carrying Tomahawk cruise missiles in a hidden deck compartment, capable of crossing an ocean without a single human aboard. Saildrone’s Spectre is the kind of vessel that sounds...
Military Aviation, News
Am 24. April 2026 formalisierten das Department of the Air Force und das niederländische Verteidigungsministerium — but this story belongs in English because its implications are transatlantic. The Netherlands has become the first European nation to join the United...
Military Aviation, News
If Washington goes dark — nuclear strike, decapitation attack, catastrophic disaster — the first aircraft in the sky won’t be Air Force One. It will be a helicopter lifting VIPs from the Pentagon, the Capitol, and secure locations across the National Capital...
Military Aviation, News
A Soviet-designed passenger turboprop, built to ferry 17 commuters between regional airports, now hunts kamikaze drones at night over Ukraine. The Antonov An-28 — a boxy, twin-engine workhorse that first flew in 1969 — has been converted into an airborne interceptor...
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The order dropped on Truth Social like a depth charge. On April 23, President Trump told the U.S. Navy to “shoot and kill any boat” caught laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz — “no hesitation.” It is the most direct threat of lethal force...
Aviation World, News
Boeing says the 737-7 and 737-10 will be certified this year. After a saga of groundings, door plug failures, production freezes, and congressional investigations, the two remaining MAX variants are in their final certification phases — with deliveries expected to...
Aviation World, News
Southwest Airlines just posted a $227 million net profit for the first quarter of 2026. Across the Atlantic, Lufthansa is slashing 20,000 flights. Air Transat, WestJet, and Air Canada are cutting capacity. The European Commission is scrambling to guarantee jet fuel...
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Finland wants the legal authority to host nuclear weapons on its soil. Three years after joining NATO, Helsinki has submitted a proposal that would allow the import and storage of nuclear warheads — a radical departure for a country that spent seven decades as a...
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