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Switzerland vows to press on with US fighter jet deal
Aug 13, 2025 (AFP)
Switzerland vowed Wednesday to continue its attempts to buy F-35A fighter jets from the United States despite spiralling expenses. The US is pushing for Switzer...
Striking Boeing defense workers turn to US Congress
Aug 13, 2025 (AFP)
Boeing defense industry workers currently on strike asked for congressional lawmakers' support on Wednesday as they seek to pressure the aviation giant to impro...
Japan deploys first F-35B stealth fighter jet
Aug 07, 2025 (UPI)
The three stealth fighters were piloted by U.S. personnel as they flew from Guam to the Nytuabaru Air Base in the Miyazaki Prefecture, one of them making a vert...
Two Ghana ministers killed in helicopter crash
Aug 06, 2025 (AFP)
Television station Joy News broadcast cell phone footage from the crash scene showing smouldering wreckage in a heavily forested area earlier in the day, before...
Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific unveils deal to buy 14 Boeing jets
Aug 06, 2025 (AFP)
The airline said in a filing to the city's stock exchange it would "purchase 14 Boeing 777-9 aircraft" and had "secured the right to acquire up to seven additio...
Thailand approves $600 million deal for Swedish fighter jets
Aug 05, 2025 (AFP)
The $600 million agreement for the Saab JAS 39 Gripens was first announced in June as part of a long-term plan to modernise the air force's combat capabilities....
US Army helicopter in deadly Washington crash had technical issues
Aug 02, 2025 (AFP)
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the US agency tasked with examining major accidents, held hearings from Wednesday to Friday, with rigorous ques...
Heathrow unveils expansion plan for third runway
Aug 01, 2025 (AFP)
The runway would cost GBP 21 billion, with flights expected to take off within a decade, while the rest of the privately-funded investment will go toward expand...
Navy F-35 jet crashes in California
Jul 31, 2025 (UPI)
The incident occurred at about 6:30 p.m. PDT on Wednesday, Naval Air Station Lemoore said in a statement. Specifics about the crash were not made public, but th...
At least two dead in German military helicopter crash
Jul 29, 2025 (AFP)
The crash happened near the town of Grimma in the eastern state of Saxony. An air force spokeswoman told AFP that the two deceased crew members were "experience...
NATO fighter jets scrambled as Russia attacks Ukraine
Jul 28, 2025 (UPI)
"Polish and allied quick reaction aircraft were scrambled, and ground-based air defense and radar reconnaissance systems reached the highest state of readiness,...
Boeing workers threaten strikes at fighter jet factories
Jul 27, 2025 (AFP)
"IAM Union members delivered a clear message: the proposal from Boeing Defense fell short of addressing the priorities and sacrifices of the skilled... workforc...
Plane crash in Russia's far east kills nearly 50 people
Jul 24, 2025 (AFP)
The plane, a Soviet-made twin-propeller Antonov-24, went down in remote, thickly forested terrain, leaving a column of smoke pouring from the crash site and no ...
Germany approves Eurofighter jet delivery to Turkey
Jul 23, 2025 (AFP)
Turkey had been in talks for several years on buying 40 of the aircraft, which are constructed by a consortium from Germany, Britain, Italy and Spain. The Typho...
US authorities probing airliner's close call with B-52 bomber
Jul 22, 2025 (AFP)
A Delta flight operated by SkyWest took off Friday from Minneapolis and was approaching the city of Minot, North Dakota when the pilot rapidly rerouted after se...
NASA's X-59 moves under its own power
Jul 22, 2025 (UPI)
The space agency on Tuesday announced the latest milestone for NASA's X-59 that is part of its Quesst mission to test the possibility of a supersonic aircraft w...
EU must 'reevaluate' aviation green targets: IATA chief
Jul 16, 2025 (AFP)
Under ambitious plans to tackle climate change, the EU requires airlines to gradually increase the amount of so-called sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) they use ...
Spire unveils flight-level analytics to assess aircraft weather exposure
Jul 14, 2025 (SPX)
The solution merges Spire's global multi-source ADS-B flight tracking data-sourced from both ground and satellite-with Significant Meteorological Information (S...
Poland launches fighter jets amid Russian airstrike on Ukraine
Jul 12, 2025 (UPI)
"Attention. Due to the activity of long-range aviation of the Russian Federation, conducting strikes on targets located, among others, in western Ukraine, Polis...
US approves $2.6 bn helicopter sale to Norway
Jul 11, 2025 (AFP)
"The proposed sale will improve Norway's capability to meet current and future threats by increasing its airborne combat and special operations capabilities," t...
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