Thursday, October 8, 2026
U.S. Air Force F-16 Goes Down at Spangdahlem Air Base
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U.S. Air Force F-16 Goes Down at Spangdahlem Air Base

A 52nd Fighter Wing (FW) pilot ejected and is receiving medical attention after an F-16 Fighting Falcon crashed at Spangdahlem Air Base, the second U.S. F-16 incident in a week.  The aircraft, which officials confirmed in a statement as belonging to Spangdahlem’s 52nd Fighter Wing (FW), crashed onto the base’s golf course, which lies under…

RAAF Declares Initial Operational Capability for MQ-4C Triton and MC-55A Peregrine
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RAAF Declares Initial Operational Capability for MQ-4C Triton and MC-55A Peregrine

Australia’s long-range ISR and airborne electronic warfare capabilities reached a major milestone as the MQ-4C Triton and the MC-55A Peregrine achieved IOC. The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has declared Initial Operational Capability (IOC) for its MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft and MC-55A Peregrine Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Electronic Warfare (ISREW) aircraft. The announcement, arrived on…

USAF Maintainers Restore Vital F-22, B-2 AMAD Testing Capability
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USAF Maintainers Restore Vital F-22, B-2 AMAD Testing Capability

After the only test stand capable of validating Aircraft Mounted Accessory Drives failed, maintainers overcame supply-chain challenges, fixed technical problems and cleared a major aircraft maintenance backlog. The 530th Commodities Maintenance Squadron (530th CMMXS) at Hill AFB, Utah, helped preserve the U.S. Air Force’s ability to sustain its F-22 Raptor and B-2 Spirit fleets by…

NSA Releases Cold War-Era Style “Technology Forecasts” on Brain-Network Interfaces, Terahertz Systems, Energy Harvesting and More
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NSA Releases Cold War-Era Style “Technology Forecasts” on Brain-Network Interfaces, Terahertz Systems, Energy Harvesting and More

NSA Seal A collection of eight National Security Agency technology forecasting studies, spanning topics from privacy and anonymity to brain-network interfaces, advanced antennas and terahertz electronics, has been released through the Freedom of Information Act after a request that dated back to May 25, 2011. The original FOIA request sought ten documents described as “Point…

FQ-42 Vengeance CCA Flies Alongside F-35 Lightning II and F-15E Strike Eagle
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FQ-42 Vengeance CCA Flies Alongside F-35 Lightning II and F-15E Strike Eagle

One of the FQ-42 Collaborative Combat Aircraft deployed at Creech AFB has flown alongside an F-35A and F-15E in preparation for collaborative control operations with manned aircraft. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has released a photo showing a prototype of its FQ-42 Vengeance Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) flying in formation alongside an F-35A Lightning II and…

Davis-Monthan AFB Inactivates its Last A-10C Thunderbolt II Units
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Davis-Monthan AFB Inactivates its Last A-10C Thunderbolt II Units

The 355th Operations Group, 357th Fighter Squadron, 357th Fighter Generation Squadron, and 355th Training Squadron were inactivated during a ceremony, marking the end of A-10 operations at Davis-Monthan. The U.S. Air Force took another step towards the drawdown of the A-10C Thunderbolt II fleet when the last units to operate the type at Davis-Monthan Air…

Denmark Deploys F-35s to Greenland for the First Time
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Denmark Deploys F-35s to Greenland for the First Time

Two Royal Danish Air Force F-35A Lightning IIs landed at Kangerlussuaq Airport alongside U.S. F-16s and Canadian CF-18s as part of NATO’s Arctic Sentry initiative. For the first time, Royal Danish Air Force (RDAF) F-35A Lightning IIs were deployed to Greenland, landing at Kangerlussuaq Airport on Sep. 16, 2026, alongside U.S. Air Force F-16s and…

F-22 Raptor Spotted Again With Stealth Pods and Unusually Colored Underside
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F-22 Raptor Spotted Again With Stealth Pods and Unusually Colored Underside

New photos provide another look at an F-22A Raptor carrying the external sensor pods, while also revealing distinctive light-colored panels on the aircraft’s underside. Newly emerged photos provide another look at an F-22A Raptor carrying the external sensor pods which are currently being developed for the stealth fighter. Interestingly, distinctive light-colored panels can be seen…