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China Grounds All General Aviation After Light Plane Hits Beijing Skyscraper
5+ hour, 31+ min ago (337+ words) by Fortun" Leroy | Jul 2, 2026 | Aviation World, News | 0 comments China has grounded all general aviation nationwide " private light aircraft, business jets, flight schools, parachute clubs, and glider operations " after a small single-engine plane crashed into the CITIC Tower in central Beijing…...
PLA Releases First Official Footage of China's J-36 Sixth-Generation Fighter
5+ hour, 33+ min ago (150+ words) by Joseph Duncan | Jul 2, 2026 | Military Aviation, News | 0 comments China's People's Liberation Army has released the first official footage of its sixth-generation fighter jet " believed to be the Chengdu J-36 " in a military video published on 29 June 2026. The brief but unmistakable appearance…...
OA-1 K Skyraider Crashed After Pilot Cut Fuel by Mistake
5+ hour, 22+ min ago (109+ words) by Joseph Duncan | Jul 2, 2026 | Military Aviation, News | 0 comments Quick Facts: OA-1 K Crash The accident investigation board report, released on 26 June 2026, noted the proximity of the two fuel controls and the partially obscured panel " but stopped short of citing the…...
Sea Baby Drone Boats Now Launch FPV Swarms at Sea
5+ hour, 24+ min ago (84+ words) by Max Gr'nwald | Jul 2, 2026 | Military Aviation, News | 0 comments Quick Facts: Sea Baby USV Naval analysts describe the concept as a carrier at drone scale " an uncrewed mothership that delivers aerial strike power close to the target without anyone aboard. Sources:…...
Trump Greenlights $700 M Engine Sale for Turkey's KAAN
5+ hour, 31+ min ago (63+ words) by Joseph Duncan | Jul 2, 2026 | Military Aviation, News | 0 comments Quick Facts: KAAN Engine Deal Sources: Reuters, Defense News, U. S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Anadolu Agency Turkey Says It's Building an F-35-Class Jet Engine Turkey Pairs the KAAN With Two Robot Wingmen Jul…...
F-15 EX Eagle II Touches Down at Kadena for the First Time
5+ hour, 33+ min ago (62+ words) by Joseph Duncan | Jul 2, 2026 | Military Aviation, News | 0 comments Quick Facts: F-15 EX at Kadena Sources: U. S. Air Force, Pacific Air Forces, Boeing Defense, Defense News, Air & Space Forces Magazine Ghost Bat Goes to War: MQ-28 Debuts at Valiant Shield Jul 2, 2026 | Aviation World,…...
Thunderbirds Ready for Largest Military Flyover in History
5+ hour, 28+ min ago (80+ words) by Joseph Duncan | Jul 2, 2026 | Military Aviation, News | 0 comments Quick Facts: America 250 Flyover Sources: U. S. Air Force, Department of Defense, USAF Thunderbirds, USN Blue Angels, Associated Press Ghost Bat Goes to War: MQ-28 Debuts at Valiant Shield Jul 2, 2026 | Aviation World, News Jul…...
Operation Bolo: The Trap That Broke North Vietnam's Air | Mi GFlug Blog
6+ day, 5+ hour ago (520+ words) by Philipp | Mar 28, 2026 | History & Legends January 2, 1967. Colonel Robin Olds " World War II ace, Vietnam War wing commander, and possibly the most dangerous man ever to strap into a fighter jet " had a problem. North Vietnam's Mi G-21s were shooting down American…...
When a Fishing Boat Met a Fighter Jet " and Changed Supersonic Flight Forever
1+ day, 44+ min ago (372+ words) by Max Gr'nwald | Jul 1, 2026 | Aviation World, History & Legends | 0 comments But what if you could change the shape of the shock wave? In the late 1990s, DARPA launched the Quiet Supersonic Platform programme to investigate whether supersonic aircraft could be designed to…...
The Air and Space Museum Turns 50 " and Opens Five New Galleries Today
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (131+ words) by Connor Kerr | Jul 1, 2026 | Aviation World, History & Legends | 0 comments Two final galleries " Modern Military Aviation and At Home in Space " will open in the autumn, completing the transformation. The museum reopens today not as a relic of 1976 but as a…...