US Navy F/A-18C Hornet makes final active duty flight The last US Navy F/A-18C Hornet made its official final active-duty flight at Naval Air Station Oceana on… ByClément CharpentreauOctober 8, 2019
Airbus A400M achieves awaited simultaneous paratrooper dispatch The Airbus A400M Atlas transport aircraft has completed the certification flight test for the simultaneous dispatch of 80… ByClément CharpentreauOctober 7, 2019
Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet to replace the German Tornado? Since 2017, the German government has been actively looking to replace its aging fleet of Panavia Tornado aircraft.… ByClément CharpentreauOctober 7, 2019
Airbus A400M achieves successful helicopter refueling [Video] Airbus and the French Directorate General of Armament (DGA) have successfully achieved the first helicopter flight refueling test… ByClément CharpentreauSeptember 25, 2019
Lockheed Martin delivers first French KC-130J Super Hercules The first KC-130J Super Hercules of the French Armée de l’Air landed at Orléans-Bricy Air Base on September… ByClément CharpentreauSeptember 24, 2019
First test flight of Boeing MQ-25 unmanned refueler [Video] Boeing’s unmanned aerial refueler, the MQ-25 Stingray, successfully achieved its maiden sortie. The aircraft validated its basic flight… ByClément CharpentreauSeptember 20, 2019
Boeing begins Japan KC-46 Pegasus tanker assembly Boeing began assembling Japan’s first KC-46 Pegasus tanker by loading a 25-meter (82.4 feet) long wing spar in… ByClément CharpentreauSeptember 18, 2019
US administration approves $6.5 billion sale of F-35A to Poland The State Department officially informed the Congress of its intention to proceed with the sale of 32 F-35A… ByClément CharpentreauSeptember 12, 2019
Private Mirage F1 makes maiden flight in the United States Five years after its retirement from the French Armée de l’air, the Mirage F1 completed its maiden flight… ByClément CharpentreauAugust 30, 2019
Sukhoi reveals S-70 improved stealth design at MAKS Less than a month after revealing that the S-70 Okhotnik had taken to the skies for the first… ByClément CharpentreauAugust 28, 2019
RAF Red Arrows join USAF Thunderbirds in stunning NYC flypast The British Royal Air Force “Red Arrows” Aerobatic Team, led by the United States Air Force “Thunderbirds” Air… ByRuta BurbaiteAugust 23, 2019
US Navy declares death of pilot in F-18 “Star Wars” canyon crash UPDATED: After a day of research, the US Navy announced the death of the pilot of a single-seat F/A-18E Super… ByClément CharpentreauAugust 1, 2019
Bulgarian President vetoes $1.3 billion F-16V acquisition Bulgarian President Roumen Radev vetoed the purchase of 8 F-16V fighter jets that the Parliament had approved last… ByClément CharpentreauJuly 24, 2019
US military condemns Venezuela “aggressive” interception [Video] The United States military accuses a Venezuelan SU-30 Flanker fighter jet of following a U.S. Navy EP-3 Aries… ByClément CharpentreauJuly 22, 2019
US excludes Turkey from F-35 program, Russia sends counter-offer After years of negotiations, the U.S. authorities finally began the process of excluding Turkey from the F-35 program… ByClément CharpentreauJuly 18, 2019
USAF launches construction of first permanent F-35 base in Europe Representatives of the United States Air Force and of the British Ministry of Defence symbolically broke ground to… ByClément CharpentreauJuly 17, 2019
Russian Su-27 intercepts US P-8A Poseidon near Crimea [Video] A Russian Su-27 fighter jet was scrambled to intercept a U.S. P-8A Poseidon observation plane over the Black… ByClément CharpentreauJuly 5, 2019
Dassault and Airbus present the Future Air Combat System A year after it was made official in ILA Berlin, the European fighter program unveiled itself a bit… ByAeroTime TeamJune 18, 2019