RAF training aircraft crashes in Wales - two pilots injured after ejecting
The Hawk T2 aircraft had been flying out of the RAF Valley station on Anglesey when it plummeted to the ground in the nearby Pencarnisiog area.
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RAF Voyager Deploys to Help Defend Saudi Airspace
On Tuesday the British Ministry of Defence announced that a single Royal Air Force Voyager tanker will deploy to help Saudi Arabia defend its airspace against Houthi missiles and drones. No strike aircraft. No ground troops. One grey Airbus with two hoses.
F22 Raptor Upgrades Break Cover – Might Be the Biggest Fighter Addition in Years
A production F-22 Raptor has been caught on camera near Edwards Air Force Base with upgrades that have never officially been seen before. The Air Force is apparently doing its best to make sure this old stealth fighter is still defending its corner.
South Korea takes delivery of its first homegrown KF-21 fighter
South Korea has taken delivery of its first production KF-21 Boramae, moving the country’s largest indigenous combat aircraft programme from development into operational service as the Air Force prepares to field its first unit next year.
Hot Pit Refuelling: Rearming a Fighter With the Engine Running
A fighter lands, taxis clear, and stops. The canopy stays down. The pilot stays strapped in. The engine keeps running at idle while somebody walks a live fuel hose up to the aircraft and plugs it into a jet that is, by any normal safety standard, an ignition source with a person inside it.
Aussie defense chief confirms missing F-35 parts, says none are ‘sensitive’
Australia’s defense minister said today that he did not believe any parts of F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft reportedly diverted to Hong Kong were “sensitive,” but said Canberra was working with Washington and F-35-maker Lockheed Martin on the issue.
New Artificial Intelligence Takes Flight on Dassault Aviation’s Rafale
Dassault Aviation has flight-tested two new sovereign AI algorithms on the Rafale fighter jet. The first was developed by the company’s engineers, while the second was developed in collaboration with Thales/cortAIx.
What Does Bangladesh Gain From Purchasing China’s J-10CE Fighters?
The author says twenty jets do not match Indian or Myanmar numbers, but could tighten air denial, Bay of Bengal patrols, and India’s eastern-front planning—if Dhaka builds the radar, training, weapons stocks, and networked air-defence ecosystem around them.
U.S. Navy links human mission planning to autonomous combat aircraft, moving uncrewed systems closer to operational fleet use
The U.S. Navy has tested software that allows mission plans created by human operators to be translated directly into instructions for autonomous combat aircraft. The demonstration is part of a wider effort to move collaborative autonomy from experimentation into future fleet operations.
F-16 fighter jet crashes at US air base in western Germany
An F-16 fighter jet assigned to the US air base Spangdahlem in western Germany crashed on Tuesday, the U.S. military said, adding that one pilot had ejected safely and was receiving medical treatment.
