NASA’s New ‘Vomit Comet’ Has a Secretive Air Force Past
The Boeing 737-700, formerly operated as N712JM, spent years as a secretive U.S. Air Force flying testbed, and is now…
GE’s T901 Engine Clears Preliminary Flight Rating for UH-60 Black Hawk
The next-generation T901, developed as part of the ITEP program, cleared the Preliminary Flight Rating and will now proceed toward…
Kadena’s First F-15EX Breaks Cover
The first F-15EX Eagle II destined to Kadena Air Base in Japan broke cover, flying with the “ZZ” tail flash…
Iconic Shuttleworth DH.88 Comet Racer Damaged After Landing Incident
The only airworthy example of an original de Havilland DH.88 Comet nosed-over while landing following a display at Shuttleworth’s Flying…
CENTCOM Launches Multinational Attack Drone Task Force ‘Falcon Strike’
Task Force Falcon Strike will bring together U.S. and regional forces operating one-way attack drones in the air, on the…
Chinese National Sentenced to Six Months After Unlawfully Photographing Whiteman AFB
Authorities said Wu’s repeated photography of Whiteman AFB’s infrastructure, including after a warning, distinguished the case from ordinary aircraft photography.…
U.S. Army Selects M1 for Flight School Next Program
The U.S. Army M1 Support Services to train new pilots as part of the Flight School Next program, with the…
Italian Typhoon Shoots Down Drone Over Latvia
An Italian F-2000 Typhoon assigned to the NATO Baltic Air Policing mission shot down an unidentified drone which entered Latvia’s…
U.S. Army AH-64E Apache Crashes in Texas, Both Crew Members Killed
A U.S. Army AH-64E Apache crashed in Salado, Texas, leaving no survivors and sparking a 100 acres grass fire. A…
The Future USS John F. Kennedy Begins Acceptance Trials Ahead of Delivery
The John F. Kennedy, the second Gerald R. Ford class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, left Newport News on Aug. 12 to…