India is set to become a potential production hub for Embraer’s C-390 military transport aircraft as the Brazilian manufacturer intensifies its bid for India’s Medium Transport Aircraft (MTA) programme.
Defense
A US Air Force investigation found that combined mistakes by a KC-46 boom operator and an F-22 pilot snapped a refueling boom, causing roughly $10 million in damage when it fell into the Atlantic Ocean.
When discussing the world’s top combat aircraft in 2026, the conversation often centers on fighter jets such as the F-35 Lightning II, F-22 Raptor, or China’s J-20.
The US Air Force has moved the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider into a new testing stage by placing an operational test pilot in the cockpit alongside a developmental test pilot.
A Boeing B-52H Stratofortress bomber crashed shortly after takeoff from Edwards Air Force Base, California, on June 15, killing all eight people on board.
Poland welcomes its first F-35A Husarz fighters into service, becoming NATO’s first eastern flank fifth-gen operator.
The US Air Force’s F-35A recorded the highest full mission-capable rate among all F-35 variants in fiscal 2025, yet only 28.5 percent of the jets could perform all assigned missions at any given time, according to a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report.
USAF F-35A jets arrive at Misawa Air Base in Japan, taking over the Wild Weasel mission for the 35th Fighter Wing.
Unlike older aircraft that expected close-range dogfights, these next-generation jets are designed to destroy threats from long distances while remaining undetected.
NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center is moving to acquire a Boeing 737-73W from the U.S. Air Force to build a new reduced-gravity testbed aircraft.