9/14/2025 US F-35s seen landing in Puerto Rico amid Venezuela tensions  Five U.S. F-35 aircraft were seen landing in Puerto Rico on Saturday after President Donald Trump last week ordered 10 of the stealth fighters to join a military buildup in the Caribbean to counter drug cartels amid rising tensions with Venezuela. The F-35s were seen landing at the former Roosevelt Roads military base in Ceiba, Puerto Rico, by Ricky Arduengo, a contract photographer working for Reuters. |
9/14/2025 Japan to dispatch F-15s to Europe, Canada for 1st time  Defense Minister Gen Nakatani announced that F-15 fighter jets from the Air Self-Defense Force will fly to the other side of the world to demonstrate Japan’s commitment to deepened exchanges with like-minded nations. He said the aircraft would visit the United States, Canada, Britain and Germany over roughly two weeks from Sept. 14. |
9/14/2025 Singapore Defence Minister reaffirms plan for 20 F-35 fighter jets as first delivery set for 2026  Singapore’s Minister for Defence Chan Chun Sing has reaffirmed the country’s commitment to acquiring 20 F-35 fighter aircraft during a visit to Lockheed Martin’s production facility in Fort Worth, Texas. The first aircraft is on track for delivery at the end of 2026. |
9/14/2025 After Poland, Russia breaches Romania's airspace, prompting Nato to ramp up security  After Poland, a Russian drone breached the Romanian airspace, raising worries among Nato over a war spilling over. The incident prompted Romania to scramble F-16 fighter jets to track the unmanned aircraft for nearly an hour. The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) ramped up its security after a Russian drone violated Romanian airspace on Saturday. The incident prompted Romania to scramble F-16 fighter jets to track the unmanned aircraft for nearly an hour. |
9/14/2025 Air Force B-2 bomber tests ship-killer bomb off of Norway  One of the Air Force’s most powerful bombers recently flew to the Arctic to test out its ship killing bomb earlier this month. A B-2 Spirit bomber flew with planes from the Norwegian Air Force in a test of the military’s “Quicksink” munition, taking out a floating target. |
9/14/2025 Boeing’s NGAD F-47 Fighter Might End Up With ‘Ferrari F-35’ DNA  One month after Boeing won the USAF’s F-47 NGAD, Lockheed Martin surprised observers twice: it declined to protest and unveiled a “Ferrari” F-35 concept—a fifth-gen-plus upgrade leveraging NGAD tech. Thus far, Pentagon and JPO reactions are muted, and insiders note upgrade programs rarely mint generals, dampening enthusiasm inside the Air Force. |
9/13/2025 ‘Go Home’: Stealth F-22 Raptor Flew Right Under Iran’s F-4 Fighter ‘Totally Undetected’  U.S.–Iran antagonism did not begin with this June’s B-2 strikes. In 2013, after Iranian jets harassed U.S. MQ-1 flights in international airspace, the Pentagon began escorting drones with fighters. During one mission, two Iranian F-4 Phantoms closed on a Predator—until an F-22 Raptor flown by Lt. Col. Kevin “Showtime” Sutterfield slid unseen beneath them, verified their loads, then pulled alongside with a radio warning: “You really ought to go home.” |
9/13/2025 The J-20 Mighty Dragon Is Turning China Into A Stealth Fighter ‘Superpower’  China’s two-seat J-20S debuted prominently, highlighting a shift toward manned-unmanned teaming and airborne command roles. Beijing touts the back-seater as a “mission commander,” potentially controlling loyal-wingman drones. |
9/13/2025 Why Modern Fighter Jet Cockpits Are Becoming a Lot More User-Friendly  As anyone who has glanced inside the cockpit of an older aircraft can tell you: the cockpit used to be a clutter of gauges and switches, a schematic overload that could leave the layman disoriented. This effect was hardly isolated to the layman; the confusing gauge-filled cockpit was also a source of friction for the pilot, albeit one that could be somewhat mitigated through training and repetition. |
9/13/2025 The Force We Need: Stand-off and Penetrating Airpower  Decades of force cuts and deferred modernization have left the U.S. Air Force unable to simultaneously deter nuclear attacks, defend the U.S. homeland, and defeat Chinese aggression at acceptable levels of risk. Years of insufficient resources have also eroded the Air Force’s ability to conduct long-range, penetrating attacks against China’s centers of gravity and deny the operational sanctuaries the People’s Liberation Army. |