Pentagon Finally Releases Footage Of Unidentified Object Shot Down By F-16 Over Lake Huron In 2023, a U.S. Air National Guard F-16CM shot down a UAP, or unidentified aerial phenomenon, over Lake Huron. Newly released footage appears to show that the object was likely a balloon. Story: https://lnkd.in/d4zi3Ake
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Disused London Tube Platforms Double As NATO Command Centre in Exercise Arrcade Strike The British Army, leading NATO’s Allied Rapid Reaction Corps, transformed the former Jubilee line platforms at Charing Cross Station – 86 feet below the streets of central London – into an operations nerve centre staffed by five hundred personnel. Story: https://lnkd.in/dffgBYiy
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RIAT 2026 Has Been Cancelled The 2026 edition of the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) has been cancelled following discussions with the Royal Air Force and the U.S. Air Force regarding uncertainty over access to RAF Fairford. Story: https://lnkd.in/diXy8C_T
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SPEAR 3 Missile Flies On Board F-35B Lightning II for the First Time Four SPEAR 3 missiles were carried on board an F-35B from the Integrated Test Force at NAS Patuxent River earlier this year, marking the first time that the new weapon has flown on the fifth generation aircraft. Story: https://lnkd.in/dMATVz7a
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A-10s Deployed To The Middle East Now Flying With New Refueling Probe And Angry Kitten EW Pod Just over a month after the first test, the A-10C is now flying in the Middle East with the new Probe Refueling Adapter which allows it to refuel from the HC-130J with the probe and drogue system. Story: https://lnkd.in/dzHPjpZk
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MQ-9B Drone Flies with Airborne Early Warning Pods A year after the announcement of the collaboration, GA-ASI has flown an MQ-9B remotely piloted aircraft with LoyalEye Airborne Early Warning pods designed by Saab. Story: https://lnkd.in/dxcyXNrQ
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LUCAS One-Way Attack Drone Will be Piloted by Hivemind AI Shield AI has been selected to integrate Hivemind on the LUCAS drones, enabling them to coordinate and operate intelligently in a swarm. Story: https://lnkd.in/d32G4DnG
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U.S. Air Force Announces Operational Pause for T-38 Talon Fleet Following the May 12, 2026, mishap, the U.S. Air Force has announced an operational pause for the entire T-38 Talon fleet, while a T-6A Texan II conducted a belly landing at McConnell AFB. Story: https://lnkd.in/g6Di8KQF
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Russian Fighters Made More ‘Dangerous Intercepts’ of a Royal Air Force RC-135 over the Black Sea Royal Air Force RC-135 surveillance sorties have been the subject of more interceptions over the Black Sea, with the UK Ministry of Defence labelling the actions of the Su-27 and Su-35 fighter pilots dangerous and unacceptable. Story: https://lnkd.in/gJUpDt-w
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U.S. Navy Clears MQ-25 Stingray Uncrewed Tanker for Production Following the first flight, the U.S. Navy’s MQ-25 Stingray uncrewed tanker has reached the Milestone C and has been cleared for the Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP). Story: https://lnkd.in/gnhipT87