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October 17, 2026 01:18 UTC —
An F-22 pilot directed an Anduril YFQ-44A Fury CCA from the cockpit in an October test at Edwards, which Anduril calls a first for the Raptor.
October 8, 2026 23:37 UTC —
MV-22B Osprey from VMM-162 caught fire after a hard landing in Bladen Lakes State Forest, NC, on October 8. One Marine was flown to a burn center.
September 25, 2026 11:52 UTC —
Finland and Sweden flew their first joint intercept on Sept 24 as Finnish Hornet and Swedish Gripen fighters identified a Tu-134, MiG-31s and Su-30s.
September 21, 2026 05:40 UTC —
A Shahed-style drone was pulled from the Gulf off Pensacola by a fishing charter. Eglin AFB says it lost a test drone but will not say which one.
September 15, 2026 14:07 UTC —
F-117 Nighthawk 85-0818, nicknamed The Overachiever, joins the Smithsonian and goes on display at the Udvar-Hazy Center in late October 2026.
September 15, 2026 11:22 UTC —
FQ-42 Vengeance and FQ-44 Fury: the Air Force named its two CCA fighter drones and now wants at least 500 in service by 2032, up from a goal of 150.
September 15, 2026 09:22 UTC —
MQ-25A Stingray: the Navy has ordered its first three production drone tankers from Boeing in a $562 million deal, with deliveries due from 2029.
September 13, 2026 09:28 UTC —
Turkey’s Akinci drone fired Roketsan’s supersonic UAV-300 ballistic missile at a sea target over 155 miles away. What was tested and why it matters.
September 13, 2026 06:23 UTC —
RAAF Super Hornets can now fire LRASM and JASSM-ER, striking ships over 230 miles away and land targets up to 560 miles out, Australia’s Defence says.
September 11, 2026 12:51 UTC —
An Iranian missile strike on Jordan’s Muwaffaq Salti Air Base wrecked a US A-10’s wing and damaged about eight F-15Es, a US official told Reuters.
September 11, 2026 02:56 UTC —
The Netherlands plans to buy a Saab GlobalEye radar jet, its first national AWACS, sharing Sweden’s fleet from 2028 before a planned 2031 delivery.
September 10, 2026 16:07 UTC —
General Atomics Wildfire is its bid to replace the MQ-9 Reaper: a cheaper, mass-produced drone for the Air Force’s Massed Modular Aircraft contest.
September 9, 2026 01:59 UTC —
The Pilatus PC-7 MKX basic trainer flew for the first time on September 7, 2026, with launch customer the Netherlands due to receive eight from 2027.
September 9, 2026 01:47 UTC —
The US Air Force fighter fleet has fallen to 1,098 jets, 47 below the 1,145 minimum set in law, a new Congressional Research Service report says.
September 9, 2026 01:41 UTC —
China sent its largest-ever overseas military aircraft display to Egypt’s El Alamein Airshow, a showcase of export potential aimed at Rafale and F-16 buyers.
September 8, 2026 14:08 UTC —
Egypt has taken delivery of its first five CH-47F Chinooks from Boeing, the start of a 12-helicopter order that replaces its aging CH-47D fleet.
September 7, 2026 11:56 UTC —
The USS Abraham Lincoln left Thailand on September 6 after a four-day Pattaya R&R stop, the carrier’s first full port call in 286 days at sea.
September 7, 2026 06:51 UTC —
The RAF renamed its top headquarters Air & Space Command on September 1, 2026, putting the space domain in the name of the command that runs the whole service.
September 4, 2026 07:40 UTC —
The EC-130H Compass Call flew its last mission on September 2, 2026, ending four decades of airborne electronic attack as the role moves to the EA-37B.
September 3, 2026 15:58 UTC —
GE Aerospace won a Navy contract worth up to $2.87 billion to sustain the F414 engines that power F/A-18 Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler jets through 2031.
