An F-35C Lightning II, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147, takes off from Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) while underway in the Atlantic Ocean, May 30, 2024. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class August...
F-15QA during its display at RIAT 2024 (Image credit: Stewart Jack) F-15QA, CF-188, and many F-16s among the notable attendees of RIAT 2024. Taking place on Jul. 19-21, 2024, this year’s Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) celebrated some historic milestones for...
Italian KC-767A (Image credit: Giovanni Maduli / The Aviationist) After suspending the acquisition of the KC-46 Pegasus, Italy is now looking again for a new tanker, possibly from another vendor. A couple of weeks after halting the acquisition of the KC-46...
A B-52H Stratofortress from the 20th Bomb Squadron, Barksdale Air Force Base, La., makes its initial landing at Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base, Romania, in support of Bomber Task Force Deployment 24-4, July 21, 2024. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman...
B-2 Spirit as seen from the cockpit of a T-38C Talon during Wings over Whiteman 2024 airshow (Image credit: screenshot from the video below) From certain angles, the B-2 still looks like an alien spaceship. As reported in detail in the...
Two Italian Navy F-35Bs during a formation break. (Image credit: Italian Navy) With this program, Italy’s Marina Militare is also set to become the first operator to employ the Joint Strike Missile on the F-35B. Earlier this month, the Italian government...
F-35A at night (Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Photo by Angel DelCueto) Romania anticipates finalizing a government-to-government agreement with the United States to procure 5th generation F-35 fighter jets by this fall. Romania is poised to sign a government-to-government agreement with the United...
Screengrab of the RuMoD video showing the Su-34 dropping the UMPC-kitted FAB-3000 bomb. (All images credited to Russia Ministry of Defense) The RuMoD extensively captured in a video the bomb’s loading, carriage, release, flight and final target engagement in explicit detail....
A concept rendition showing an F-35 releasing an MBDA SPEAR missile swarm. (Image credit: MBDA) The need for the Extended Range Attack Munitions (ERAMs) arises from the advantages Western standoff weapons have provided to Ukraine. However, these benefits could not be...
The H-6K carrying the four 2PZD-21/KD-21 ALBMs (Image created by The Aviationist using @南部空军 photos from Weibo via A Rupprecht) Launched from high-altitudes by the H-6K, the missile would have a significantly improved range, with powerful kinematic performance in its terminal...