Military

JOINT STRIKE MISSILE TO ARM JAPANESE F-35S

22nd May 2025

Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace JAPAN HAS BECOME the latest...

VMFA-314 HORNET CANOPY LOSS

22nd May 2025

Dan Stewart F/A_18A++ BuNo 162442 ‘VW-01’ is pictured...

RUSSIAN ‘TACAMO BEAR’ IN ACTION

22nd May 2025

THIS RARELY SEEN Tu-142MR ‘Bear-J’ strategic communications...

Boeing

USAF outlines plan for F-15E Strike Eagles to leave Lakenheath

21st May 2025

The US Air Force has stated that it wants to remove the fleet of Boeing F-15E Strike Eagles from the 48th Fighter Wing at RAF Lakenheath.

AirForces Monthly June 2025

More Chinese sixth-gen images!

21st May 2025

Four months after the maiden flights of the Chengdu J-36 and Shenyang J-XDS not only have further test flights been completed, but more and significantly better photos are available of the two Chinese prototypes, or demonstrators for the PLAAF’s ‘next’ generation of fighters.

Combat Aircraft Journal June 2025

First Maryland Warthog departs

21st May 2025

The initial A-10C to be retired by the Maryland Air National Guard’s 175th Wing departed Warfield Air National Guard Base at Martin State Airport near Baltimore, on March 26, 2025.

Airbus Helicopters H145M

UK MOD accepts first Jupiter HC2

14th May 2025

The first of six Airbus Helicopters Jupiter HC2s has been handed over to the UK Ministry of Defence ahead of deployment to Cyprus and Brunei

Boeing E-7A Wedgetail

Delays push RAF E-7 service entry to 2026

12th May 2025

The RAF now expects its new E-7A Wedgetail to achieve an initial operational capability in 2026

Eurofighter Typhoon

StormShroud UAV EW system enters RAF service

9th May 2025

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced the service entry with the RAF of the StormShroud system during a visit to Leonardo’s Luton facility in Bedfordshire on May 2, 2025.

India

Indian air raids strike targets in Pakistan

9th May 2025

After two weeks of rising tension between India and Pakistan, the Indian Air Force conducted a series of strikes on targets within Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir on May 7, 2025.

Combat Aircraft Journal June 2025

Second Ukraine Air Force F-16 shot down

7th May 2025

The Ukraine Air Force (UkrAF) has confirmed that one of its US-built F-16 fighters has been shot down during a combat mission in the east of the wartorn country, resulting in the death of its pilot.