Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
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...
Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
Pendant vingt ans, la réponse occidentale à la puissance aérienne chinoise a été simple : nos avions sont meilleurs. Les F-22 et F-35 surpassent en détection, en furtivité et en connectivité tout ce que Pékin peut déployer. Cela reste peut-être vrai pour chaque appareil pris individuellement. Mais cela pourrait bientôt ne plus avoir d’importance….
Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
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...
À l'intérieur de MiGFlug, Nouvelles
Quelque part au large des côtes de Floride, à plus de mille kilomètres à l'heure, un homme portant un casque à oxygène a déballé un cheesesteak, en a pris une bouchée et a fait une grimace qu'on ne voit d'habitude que dans les montagnes russes. Apparemment, c'est ça qu'il faut maintenant pour vendre un sandwich….
Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
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...
Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
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...
Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
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,...
Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
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...
Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
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...
Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
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...
Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
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...
Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
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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