Militärische Luftfahrt, Nachricht
Two companies. One contract. Decades of consequences. Sometime around August 2026, the US Navy is expected to decide who will build the F/A-XX — its sixth-generation carrier fighter and one of the most important American aircraft programmes of the century. The choice...
Militärische Luftfahrt, Nachricht
For twenty years, the Western answer to Chinese air power was simple: our jets are better. The F-22 and F-35 out-sense, out-stealth and out-network anything Beijing could field. That may still be true of any single aircraft. It may also be about to stop mattering....
Militärische Luftfahrt, Nachricht
It is 107 degrees on the range tower at Gila Bend, and a photographer is shielding his camera in the shade between passes so it will not overheat. Then the sound arrives — that unmistakable, chest-rattling BRRRT — and an A-10C Thunderbolt II drops out of the Arizona...
Im Inneren von MiGFlug, Nachricht
Irgendwo über der Küste Floridas, mit über tausend Meilen pro Stunde, packte ein Mann mit Sauerstoffhelm ein Cheesesteak aus, biss hinein und verzog das Gesicht – eine Grimasse, die man sonst nur in Achterbahnen sieht. Offenbar ist das heutzutage nötig, um ein Sandwich zu verkaufen ….
Militärische Luftfahrt, Nachricht
The first eight came in before sunset on 1 July, dropping onto RAF Lakenheath’s runway one after another. The last three arrived in the dark, their names unreadable. Eleven F-15E Strike Eagles of the 48th Fighter Wing, home from the Iran air war — and...
Militärische Luftfahrt, Nachricht
One photo, two aircraft, and a very large hint about the future of air combat. On 1 July, Pacific Air Forces posted imagery of a US Air Force F-15EX Eagle II flying over the Philippine Sea in close formation with something no American fighter had been photographed...
Militärische Luftfahrt, Nachricht
At 3:30 in the morning Eastern time on 1 July, an MH-60S Sea Hawk from the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush went into the water of the Arabian Sea. Three of the four crew members were pulled out and are in stable condition aboard the carrier. As of publication,...
Militärische Luftfahrt, Nachricht
The Pentagon just did something it almost never does: it took power away from the Army, Navy and Air Force all at once. In a memo dated 29 June and made public this week, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth created a single office with authority over virtually every drone...
Militärische Luftfahrt, Nachricht
China’s People’s Liberation Army has released the first official footage of its sixth-generation fighter jet — believed to be the Chengdu J-36 — in a military video published on 28 June 2026. The brief but unmistakable appearance marks the first time...
Militärische Luftfahrt, Nachricht
The United States Air Force Thunderbirds will perform over the National Mall on July 4th for the first time in the team’s 73-year history. The flyover anchors what organisers are calling the most ambitious aviation spectacle in American history — a formation...
Militärische Luftfahrt, Nachricht
A $17.9 million armed overwatch aircraft is a total loss because a trainee pilot turned the wrong valve during a training sortie. The Air Force Special Operations Command investigation into the October 2025 crash of an OA-1K Skyraider II has revealed a chain of errors...
Militärische Luftfahrt, Nachricht
An F-15EX Eagle II has touched down at Kadena Air Base. The newest variant of Boeing’s legendary air superiority fighter landed on Okinawa’s most strategically important airfield on June 29, returning to the Pacific’s frontline base a year after the...
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