All the Highlights of the 2024 China Airshow
Nov 18, 2024 · The J-35A performs an afterburner pass, before climbing into the clouds. The J-35 was not seen on Nov. 17 due to weather. (Image credit: Rin Sakurai)
U.S. Navy to Develop F/A-XX Next-Generation Fighter …
Nov 16, 2024 · An F/A-18F Super Hornet, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 25, launches off the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) in the South China Sea ...
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Jan 16, 2025 · Buddy Squadron is a traditional joint training event of U.S. and South Korean air forces, which dates back to the 1990s. The 25-4 iteration of the exercise is the last…
Kratos’ Thanatos UCAV Has Flown for the First Time
Dec 13, 2024 · A year after it was first unveiled, Kratos announced it flew the highly secretive Thanatos UCAV (Uncrewed Combat Air Vehicle) for the first time in the last few months.
Lockheed Martin Developing New Collaborative Combat Aircraft …
Oct 25, 2024 · A U.S. Marine Corps XQ-58A Valkyrie, highly autonomous, low-cost tactical unmanned air vehicle, conducts its second test flight with two U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II aircraft assigned to 33rd ...
Stratolaunch Unveils Talon-A 2, Its Fully Recoverable And Reusable ...
Mar 29, 2024 · 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 of the Talon-A TA-1 test vehicle ...
Baykar Bid Wins Competition to Acquire Italian Manufacturer …
Dec 27, 2024 · A Piaggio P.180 Avanti, arguably the company’s most famous active product, performing a flight demonstration at the 2010 Rennes Air Show. (Image credit: Tibboh at French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0)
Lockheed Martin Has Delivered The 100th F-35C
Dec 20, 2024 · The F-35C CF-100, the 100th F-35C manufactured, during a test flight at Forth Worth, Texas, on Nov. 16, 2024. (Image credit: Sam Combs) As the F-35C is a CATOBAR carrier-specific variant of the F ...
F-16 Cockpit Collapsible ACE Ladder Wins Air Force Innovation ...
Nov 19, 2024 · F-16 pilot developed a cockpit stowable collapsible ladder to aid Agile Combat Employment operations. At a time when the U.S. Air Force is heavily pressing forward with ACE (Agile Combat ...
VH-92A Patriot Flies As Marine One For The First Time
Aug 19, 2024 · The Sikorsky VH-92 Patriot awaits President Joe Biden at Chicago O’Hare International Airport on Aug. 19, 2024, before the first flight as Marine One.