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End of an Era: The Last Boeing 747-100 Has Been Destroyed
It appears that the world may have lost the last Boeing 747-100 in operational condition following strikes in Iran. Reports...
Plane Crash in Turkey: F-16 Fighter Jet Crashes, Pilot Killed
During the night on Wednesday, a Turkish Air Force F-16 fighter jet crashed in western Turkey near a highway. The...
A-10 Thunderbolt II Retires After 40 Years of Service
The Ogden Air Logistics Complex is preparing to perform the final maintenance on an A-10 Thunderbolt II before its departure...
Ukrainian F-16 Captured on Video Using APKWS II Missiles Against Russian Drones
A video has recently emerged showing, for the first time, a Ukrainian Air Force F-16 fighter deploying Advanced Precision Kill...
India Approves Acquisition of 114 Dassault Rafale Fighter Jets
Indian authorities have formally approved a major expansion of the country’s air fleet. On 12 February 2026, the Defence Acquisition...
Dutch Defense Minister Claims F-35 Software Could Be “Hacked”
Dutch State Secretary for Defence Gees Tuinman stated that the software of the F-35 Lightning II fighter jet could theoretically...
Su-30 and Su-34 Downed: Russia Loses Two Fighter Jets in One Day
On January 28, the air fleet of the Russian Federation may have suffered the loss of two aircraft at once:...
Turkey prepares the first full-scale flight of the KAAN fighter jet in 2026
Turkish Aerospace Industries has confirmed that the first full-scale flight prototype of the national KAAN fighter is expected to make...
NASA WB-57F Research Aircraft Makes Emergency Landing in Houston
This morning, a NASA WB-57F Canberra high-altitude research aircraft made an emergency belly landing on the runway at Ellington Airport...