Military

U.S. F-15E Strike Eagle Shot Down Over Iran — One Crew Member Rescued, Search Ongoing for Second

An F-15E Strike Eagle from RAF Lakenheath was shot down over southern Iran on Friday morning. It was the first confirmed American combat loss deep...

Military

Air Force Awards CCA Increment 1 Contracts — Collaborative Combat Aircraft Enter Software Sold Separately Era

The U.S. Air Force has awarded production contracts for the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program to General Atomics and Anduril Industries. The move formally launches...

Aviation Safety

B-52 Bomber Crashes at Edwards Air Force Base — Eight Crew Members Killed in Deadliest Incident Since 1982

A Boeing B-52H Stratofortress crashed at Edwards Air Force Base in California on Monday morning, killing all eight crew members aboard. It’s the deadliest B-52...

Cirrus Aircraft

Pentagon Blacklists Cirrus Aircraft Over Chinese AVIC Ownership — Federal Contracting Ban Looms

The Pentagon has formally blacklisted Cirrus Aircraft, the world’s largest manufacturer of piston-powered general aviation aircraft, due to its majority ownership by China’s state-controlled Aviation...

Military

U.S. Military Launches Self-Defense Strikes After Iranian Drone Downs Army Apache Helicopter

An Iranian Shahed drone brought down an AH-64E Apache helicopter assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division near the Strait of Hormuz on Monday night. The...

Military

Germany Formally Exits FCAS Sixth-Generation Fighter Program — Seismic Rupture in European Air Power

Germany has formally withdrawn from the joint manned fighter component of the Future Combat Air System (FCAS). Chancellor Friedrich Merz notified French President Emmanuel Macron...

Military

U.S. Air Force Certifies First Two T-7A Red Hawk Instructor Pilots — Fifth-Generation Fighter Training Era Begins

The U.S. Air Force’s Air Education and Training Command has qualified its first two instructor pilots on the T-7A Red Hawk. It’s a watershed moment—one...

Aviation Safety

U.S. F-15E Strike Eagle Shot Down Over Iran — One Crew Rescued, One Missing in Major Combat Incident

An F-15E Strike Eagle from RAF Lakenheath’s 494th Fighter Squadron was shot down by enemy fire over Iran’s Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province on June 3,...

Military

F-35 and MQ-20 Avenger Team Up in Air Force’s First Crewed-Uncrewed Combat Teaming Demonstration

In late May, an F-35 Lightning II and a General Atomics MQ-20 Avenger unmanned jet demonstrated coordinated combat operations in a test—a significant milestone for...