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Key Points and Summary – This piece dissects the Air Force’s ambitious ten-year plan built around the F-47 NGAD and B-21 Raider, plus ‘Super’...
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Key Points and Summary – This piece dissects the Air Force’s ambitious ten-year plan built around the F-47 NGAD and B-21 Raider, plus ‘Super’...
Key Points and Summary – In 2017, Russian and pro-Assad outlets claimed a Syrian S-200 had hit an Israeli F-35I Adir over Syria. -In...
Key Points and Summary – The B-21 Raider is defying the usual Pentagon script: it remains on schedule and broadly on budget as it...
Key Points and Summary: The F-22 Raptor was built to address a specific Cold War problem: guaranteeing U.S. air superiority against the most advanced Soviet...
Key Points and Summary – On November 6, 2025, the B-2 “Spirit of Georgia” flew for the first time since a 2021 landing accident...
Key Points and Summary – Japan’s Ministry of Defense will convert one F-15J squadron at Chitose Air Base in Hokkaido to the F-35A around...
Key Points and Summary – China’s conversion of Y-20 cargo aircraft into YU-20 tankers is a quiet but serious challenge to U.S. and allied...
Key Points and Summary – The F-22 Raptor remains the world’s benchmark for air superiority, combining extreme thrust-to-weight, stealth and high-end sensors to deliver...
Key Points and Summary – China’s J-35 stealth fighter’s recent launch from the catapult carrier Fujian marks a real shift: Beijing is moving from...
Key Points and Summary – Congress has gutted the U.S. Navy’s F/A-XX sixth-generation fighter program, approving just $74 million for FY 2026—an 84 percent...