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Poland considers converting M28 Skytruck cargo plane into drone hunter gunship
News M28 Skytruck on the ground
Poland considers converting M28 Skytruck cargo plane into drone hunter gunship
Antonov An-28

March 27, 2026

Debate rages over whether Iran hit a US F/A-18 Super Hornet over Chabahar
News US F/A-18 shot by Iranian missile
Debate rages over whether Iran hit a US F/A-18 Super Hornet over Chabahar
Boeing F/A-18 E/F Super…

March 26, 2026

KF-21 Boramae enters production as South Korea joins elite fighter-building nations
News KF-21 Boramae rollout in south Korea
KF-21 Boramae enters production as South Korea joins elite fighter-building nations
KAI

March 26, 2026

Peru set to abandon Saab Gripen bid and double F-16 order amid political shifts
News F-16 firing missile
Peru set to abandon Saab Gripen bid and double F-16 order amid political shifts
Lockheed Martin F-16

March 26, 2026

US builds ground force presence in Middle East with 82nd Airborne and Marine deployments
82nd Airborne Division doing a parachute drop
Rollout of first Embraer-built Saab Gripen E puts Brazil in elite club of supersonic fighter producers
Saab Gripen at Embraer final assembly line in Brazil
Brazil

March 25, 2026

Anduril starts YFQ-44A Fury production in Ohio as CCA programme accelerates
YFQ-44A Collaborative Combat Drone in maiden flight
Anduril

March 25, 2026

UK’s BAE Systems secures Eurofighter Typhoon training and support deal for Türkiye
Eurofighter typhoon Türkiye
BAE Systems

March 25, 2026

Watch: Ukraine blows up Russian Shahed drone with machine gun fire from vintage Yak-52 trainer
Ukrainian Yak-52 shoot down drone
Russia

March 25, 2026

Colombian president calls ex-USAF C-130H a ‘crappy’ gift after deadly crash
Colombia Air Force C-130
Colombia

March 25, 2026

Indian Navy tests AI system that spots debris on carrier decks in real time
Skylark Labs AI FOD detection on aircraft carriers
Aircraft carrier

March 24, 2026

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FBI finds suspicious package with possible energetic materials at MacDill AFB
News Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker
FBI

March 19, 2026

Tejas fighter incident traced to software glitch as IAF readies return to operations
News HAL Tejas indian fighter jet
HAL

March 19, 2026

FCAS crisis deepens as France and Germany step in to resolve Airbus-Dassault tensions
News FCAS 6th generation fighter jet
Baykar debuts large K2 Kamikaze drone with claim of ‘AI swarming’
News Baykar K2 Kamikaze
Baykar

March 18, 2026

Dramatic fall in daily costs as US shifts munitions in Iran: $16 billion in 12 Days
News F-35 taking off from USS Abraham Lincoln
CSIS

March 18, 2026

Greece green-lights F-16 upgrades and €3bn air defence ‘Achilles Shield’ dome
News F-16 Hellenic Air Force on the ground
F-16

March 17, 2026

Indian Air Force plans Jaguar retirement and Mirage-2000 life extension to 2039
News Indian Air Force SEPECAT Jaguar 3
Dassault Mirage

March 16, 2026

India’s AMCA stealth jet set for export as New Delhi targets global fighter market
News AMCA stealth jet for India
China dominates anti-drone patents as demand for counter-UAV grows
News Destruction of Russian Tu-95 in Operation Spiderweb
C-UAS

March 16, 2026

Saab GlobalEye surveillance aircraft feared destroyed in Iran drone strike on UAE air base
News Saab GlobalEye flying
AEW&C

March 16, 2026

Israel claims to have destroyed Iranian government VIP Airbus A340 at Mehrabad airport
News EP-IGA Iranian government Airbus A340-300
A340 VIP

March 16, 2026

Chinese military flights resume near Taiwan after rare two-week lull
News A pair of Chengdu J-20s flying
China

March 16, 2026

Italian MQ-9A Reaper drone destroyed at Kuwait base in Iranian strike
News MQ-9A Reaper drone
Drones

March 16, 2026

Inside Pratt & Whitney’s adaptive engine for future fighter jets
News NGAP PW XA103
Adaptive Cycle Engine

March 15, 2026

US dominates global fighter jet exports as Russia’s arms sales collapse
News Finnish Air Force first Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II
Exports

March 15, 2026

The world’s largest air forces by fleet size
News A pair of RSAF-operated F-15Cs and two USAF F-15Cs fly in formation with a Saudi KE-3A tanker aircraft during an air-to-air refuelling mission over the Middle East on 2 June 2019. Image: RSAF
Air Force

March 14, 2026

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