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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 rollout in south Korea

KF-21 Boramae enters production as South Korea joins elite fighter-building nations

KAI

March 26, 2026

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

82nd Airborne Division doing a parachute drop

US builds ground force presence in Middle East with 82nd Airborne and Marine deployments

Bell/Boeing V-22 Osprey…

March 26, 2026

Saab Gripen at Embraer final assembly line in Brazil

Rollout of first Embraer-built Saab Gripen E puts Brazil in…

Brazil

March 25, 2026

YFQ-44A Collaborative Combat Drone in maiden flight

Anduril starts YFQ-44A Fury production in Ohio as CCA programme…

Anduril

March 25, 2026

Eurofighter typhoon Türkiye

UK’s BAE Systems secures Eurofighter Typhoon training and support deal…

BAE Systems

March 25, 2026

Ukrainian Yak-52 shoot down drone

Watch: Ukraine blows up Russian Shahed drone with machine gun…

Russia

March 25, 2026

Colombia Air Force C-130

Colombian president calls ex-USAF C-130H a ‘crappy’ gift after deadly…

Colombia

March 25, 2026

Skylark Labs AI FOD detection on aircraft carriers

Indian Navy tests AI system that spots debris on carrier…

Aircraft carrier

March 24, 2026

Saab GlobalEye Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) aircraft with Saab Gripen E fighter alongside

Saab strengthens GlobalEye bid with Canadian partnership as AEW&C decision…

AEW&C

March 24, 2026

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A pair of Chengdu J-20s flying

Chinese military flights resume near Taiwan after rare two-week lull

China

March 16, 2026

MQ-9A Reaper drone

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

Drones

March 16, 2026

NGAP PW XA103

Inside Pratt & Whitney’s adaptive engine for future fighter jets

Adaptive Cycle Engine

March 15, 2026

Finnish Air Force first Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II

US dominates global fighter jet exports as Russia’s arms sales collapse

Exports

March 15, 2026

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

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Air Force

March 14, 2026

Fire Point FP-7 being fired first time seen in public

Ukraine narrows long-range strike gap with new missiles and drones

Fire Point

March 14, 2026

US Air Force KC-135 tanker refuels an F-22 Raptor mid air

Five US Air Force KC-135 tankers hit and damaged in Iran strike on Saudi air base

Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker

March 14, 2026

Boeing KC-135 aerial refuelling tanker

UPDATED: Mid-air collision suspected after US Air Force KC-135 tanker crashes over Iraq

Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker

March 13, 2026

Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker

Why large military tankers like the KC-135 are not equipped with parachutes

Aerial refuelling

March 13, 2026

Wild Hornets interceptor drones

Saudi’s Aramco denies it is seeking Ukrainian interceptor drones to defend oil infrastructure

Drone

March 13, 2026

Japan EC-2 electronic warfare aircraft

Meet the EC-2: Japans new standoff jammer aircraft breaks cover

EC-2 stand-off jammer

March 13, 2026

E-2C Hawkeye of Frech Navy Flotille 4F on Charles de Gaulle

3 French Navy E-2C Hawkeyes undertake simultaneous launch Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier

Dassault Rafale M

March 13, 2026

Ukraine Sting Wild Hornets interceptor drones

US and Gulf states turn to Ukraine interceptor drones to counter Iran attacks

Drone

March 12, 2026

Air Force B-1B Lancer prepares for takeoff in support of Bomber Task Force Europe at Dyess Air Force Base

B-1B bombers armed with JDAMs at RAF Fairford raise questions over UK role in Iran conflict

Iran

March 12, 2026

UK tour of Spitfire for 90 years

Rare chance to fly in a Spitfire as UK celebrates fighter’s 90th anniversary

Battle of Britain

March 11, 2026

Rendering of Rolls Royce Orpheus engine

Rolls-Royce targets CCA drone boom with AE 3007 and Orpheus engines

Collaborative Combat Aircraft

March 11, 2026

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