Military Aviation

The Senate Commerce Committee is considering a subpoena for the U.S. Army over its refusal to provide a report on ADS-B usage, following the deadly January midair collision.

Military pilots are worried their political masters don’t have their best interests at heart in light of the revelation that top U.S. officials were group chatting about timing and weapons load before a raid on Yemen earlier this month. The revelation that Atlantic magazine Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg had been included on the Signal group electrified […]

China’s third aircraft carrier, the Fujian, could be commissioned and operational later this year. First launched in 2022, the 80,000-metric-ton ship began sea trials in 2024 and is currently undergoing its seventh sea trial sortie. According to an article in the China/Military section of the myNews website, observations that the ship did not have large […]

Two pilots and a passenger are recovering in the hospital after two Alpha Jets in the Patrouille de France air demonstration team collided during training at an airport in eastern France on Tuesday. All three ejected. The nature and seriousness of their injuries has not been released. Their identities have not been released and the […]

A well-known South African test pilot was killed in the crash of a vintage jet fighter at an airshow there on Saturday. “It is with profound sadness that the organizers of the West Coast Airshow confirm a fatal accident involving James O’Connell, a highly skilled and respected test pilot from South Africa,” the statement said. […]

Boeing will build what is widely believed to be the Air Force’s last crewed fighter air craft. President Donald Trump told reporters in an Oval Office briefing that the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) is designated the F-47. The aircraft is a sixth-generation design incorporating stealth aerodynamics with advanced threat detection and precision weapons systems. […]

A familiar sight and sound will return to British airshows this year after the 10-month grounding of the RAF’s Merlin-powered Hurricanes and Spitfires. The iconic Second World War fighters were grounded almost a year ago after the May 25, 2024, crash of a Spitfire flown by Sqn Leader Mark Long, one of the many RAF […]

Canada and Portugal are both considering backing out of deals to buy Lockheed Martin F-35 fighters, citing geopolitical factors. One of Canada’s new Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first directives was to tell Defence Minister Bill Blair “to determine if the F-35 contract, as it stands, is the best investment for Canada, and if there are […]

The on-again, off-again export tariff tiff between the U.S. and Canada is prompting calls from some for Canada to reconsider more than $20 billion in contracts for two military aircraft procurements. Canada has committed to buying 88 F-35 fighters and 16 P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol and reconnaissance platforms, but a rising sense of uneasiness with […]

Some Air Force pilots will leave the service with a tailwheel endorsement. The Air Force expects to get its first (of 75) OA-1K Skyraider II light attack fighters in the next couple of months, and its nickname pays homage to what was likely the last taildragger to actively serve. The original A-1 Skyraider was a […]