Ottawa Arms Its F-35s With a Norwegian Missile
Ottawa has made a choice that says as much about politics as it does about firepower. Canada will arm its future F-35A fleet with the Joint Strike Missile, the Norwegian-built cruise weapon that tucks inside the Lightning II’s belly without spoiling its stealth. Prime...
Farnborough 2026 Sold Out — Twice Over
Every couple of years a former RAF airfield in Hampshire becomes the centre of the aviation universe for five days. From July 20, it happens again — and the 2026 edition of the Farnborough International Airshow is shaping up to be the biggest in the event’s 78-year...
Ten Battered Raptors Come Home From Iran
Just after first light on July 10, ten F-22 Raptors dropped out of the English sky and rolled onto the runway at RAF Fairford under the callsign TREND. They looked like they had been to war. That is because they had. These were the 1st Fighter Wing’s jets from Joint...
A $7.6 Billion Bidding War for easyJet
Europe’s most recognisable low-cost airline has become the object of a transatlantic tug-of-war. On 10 July 2026, the board of easyJet told the market it was no longer minded to recommend a takeover proposal from the American investment firm Castlelake — because...
Five Million Fans and a Scramble for Seats
A World Cup is, among many other things, an enormous logistics problem with a ball in the middle of it. The 2026 edition — the first hosted jointly by the United States, Canada and Mexico, spread across 16 cities and three countries — is the largest in history, and...
Denmark’s New Sub-Hunters Carry a Greenland Message
Denmark has decided how it will watch the top of the world. On Jul. 7, 2026, the Danish Ministry of Defence confirmed a provisional decision to buy two Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft — long-range sub-hunters built to prowl the North Atlantic and the...
Prague Gets Its Airlifter, With a Gripen Escort
On Jul. 6, 2026, a new shape crossed into Czech airspace: a twin-engined, high-tailed jet transport in a distinctive three-tone grey, escorted the last stretch home by a pair of Saab JAS 39 Gripens. The newcomer was the Czech Air Force’s first Embraer C-390...
Philippine Airlines Wants Both: 787s and A350s
When an airline picks a new long-haul jet, it usually picks a side. Boeing or Airbus. Dreamliner or A350. The engineering, the training, the spare parts, the pilot type-ratings — everything gets simpler when you commit to one family. Philippine Airlines has reportedly...
Boeing Came Out Swinging. Airbus Answered.
For most of the last five years, the Boeing-versus-Airbus delivery race wasn’t a race at all. Crisis after crisis — the 737 MAX grounding, a pandemic, a factory-quality reckoning after a door plug blew off a jet in flight — left Boeing limping while Airbus...
Flames on Zante: A Greek F-16 Belly-Lands
The holidaymakers on Zakynthos came for the beaches. On the afternoon of Jul. 9, 2026, they got something else entirely: a single-seat fighter jet sliding down the runway on its belly, trailing sparks, then wrapped in flame as fire crews rushed to smother it. The...
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