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Stratolaunch Unveils Talon-A 2, Its Fully Recoverable And Reusable Hypersonic Vehicle

TA-2 is fully assembled and undergoing integrated systems tests, with the first flight expected later this year.A couple of weeks after the first flight...

The Eurofighter Typhoon Turns 30

The first Eurofighter development aircraft, DA1, performed its maiden flight on March 27, 1994 in Manching, Germany. The Eurofighter Typhoon celebrates today the 30th anniversary...

Italian Eurofighter Units Gather For ‘Typhoon Flag 2024’ Exercise

The exercise precedes the deployment of the Typhoon fleet to Red Flag – Akaska in the U.S. The Italian Air Force is currently conducting Exercise...

U.S. Air Force Deploys B-52H And B-1B Bomber Task Forces

Few days apart, B-52s landed at Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean and B-1s landed at Moron in Spain. The U.S. Air Force started two...

F-22 Raptor Photographed With New Stealthy External Fuel Tanks

The new fuel tanks are part of a package of upgrades announced in 2022. Two years after the upgrades were announced, we might have the...

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 Demonstrator Flies For The First Time

The XB-1 demonstrator provides the foundation for Boom’s supersonic airliner Overture. The XB-1 supersonic aircraft demonstrator of Boom Supersonic flew for the first time on...

F-15EX Delivery To Operational Units Nears With Maiden Flight Of First Jet Destined To 142nd FW

F-15EX-008 is the first planned to be delivered to the 142nd Fighter Wing of the Oregon Air National Guard. The introduction into operational service of...

US Approves AIM-9X Block II+ Foreign Military Sale To Italy

The sale was previously announced by NAVAIR in 2021, when the Italian Air Force signed the Letter of Offer & Acceptance. A month after the...

Rare High-Rez Photos Of Chinese J-10 And J-20 Fighters Right Off The Factory

Let’s discuss the details we can spot in the exclusive photos captured near the Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group test facility. A reader of The Aviationist,...

F-35 Full Rate Production Finally Approved

After a 5-year delay, the Pentagon approved the Milestone C / Full Rate Production for the 5th gen fighter. The Under Secretary of Defense for...

U.S. Air Force Upgrading Litening Targeting Pods To New Large Aperture Variant

The upgraded Litening pod incorporates significant enhancements in electro-optical/infrared sensing and processing capabilities. Northrop Grumman disclosed recently that the U.S. Air Force is currently fielding...

Italian NH-90 Helicopters Achieve 5,000 Flight Hours In Iraq

The helicopters are assigned to the Airmobile Task Group Griffon for Operation Prima Parthica, the Italian contribution to Operation Inherent Resolve. The Italian Army’s UH-90...

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