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
In the spring of 2023, Poland became the first NATO country to send fighter jets to Ukraine — fourteen MiG-29s, handed over while other capitals were still debating. Three years later, the last fourteen Fulcrums in Polish service were supposed to follow them...
Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
For fifteen years, Iron Dome has answered incoming rockets with a $50,000 interceptor. Now it has a second option on the trigger: light. Israel’s Ministry of Defense announced on 30 June that a comprehensive Iron Dome test series has, for the first time, folded...
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
Somewhere over the Philippine Sea on 27 June, a B-2 Spirit opened its weapons bay and released something the world had never officially seen it carry: an AGM-158C LRASM, the US military’s stealthiest anti-ship missile. The target, more than 200 nautical miles...
Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
Depuis 44 ans, le grondement profond des Boeing E-3A Sentrie basés à Geilenkirchen accompagne la surveillance aérienne de l'OTAN. Or, selon un article de Reuters publié le 2 juillet, l'Alliance s'apprête à confier cette mission à un avion d'un pays qui a rejoint l'Alliance il y a seulement….
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...
Monde de l'aviation, Nouvelles
La Chine a immobilisé au sol toute l'aviation générale sur l'ensemble du territoire national — avions légers privés, jets d'affaires, écoles de pilotage, clubs de parachutisme et vols à voile — après qu'un petit avion monomoteur s'est écrasé contre la tour CITIC, dans le centre de Pékin, le 26 juin 2026. Cette interdiction, qui a….
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