Aviation Blog - Page 32

The Air Force retired 14 electronic attack aircraft and has five replacements delivered. Here is the fleet math behind a jamming gap running to 2031.

SR-71 Blackbird losses reached 12 of the 32 built, and not one fell to enemy fire. Here is what actually destroyed the fastest aircraft ever flown.

Tom Brady flies a Gulfstream G550 reported at $20M, but no tail number has ever been confirmed. Full specs, the Gisele order, costs and why it is hidden.

Airlines still flying the A380 in 2026 number just 10, out of the 14 that took delivery. Here is who kept the superjumbo and who walked away from it.

Airport photo ideas for your next trip: 25 poses, angles, and shot-list ideas for the departures board, gate windows, moving walkways, and baggage claim.

F-35 cost per jet rose 11.5 percent to $92 million for the F-35A in Lots 18 and 19, the highest unit price in the program’s history. Here is what drove it.

USS Nimitz’s retirement was pushed to March 2027 under an 11-carrier law, right after its air wing flew 8,500 sorties in its final deployment.

Nashville’s airport board votes September 17 on renaming BNA for Dolly Parton. Here is what changes, what does not, and why the code is the hard part.

How many points for a flight? There is no fixed answer. Southwest, Delta and United price awards off the cash fare, so a cheap fare is a cheap award.

Electronic warfare aircraft ranked by jamming capability in 2026, from the EA-18G Growler to the new EA-37B Compass Call, with verified specs.