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Greek F-16 crash: What gear-up landings reveal about pilot training

When a fighter jet’s landing gear fails to deploy at hundreds of miles per hour, the pilot faces one of the most demanding ...
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Ukraine’s Gripen deal has a big catch

Ukraine is moving toward Swedish Gripen fighters, but the jets will not quickly rewrite the air war. Training, timing and ...

5 McDonnell Douglas Engineering Decisions That Became Permanent Features Of Boeing Aircraft After The 1997 Merger

Boeing acquired McDonnell Douglas in 1997. Five engineering decisions and designs from the merger still show up across the ...

Top Aces Completes Acquisition of Select Global International

Top Aces Inc. (“Top Aces”), the global leader in advanced operational air combat training, today announced the completion of its acquisition of Select Global International (“SGI”), a Canadian defence ...
Breaking Defense

European next-gen GCAP fighter program pushes ahead with $6.1 billion contract

After the collapse of rival European fighter program FCAS, the new infusion means GCAP's future "has never been more assured, ...

Why The US Air Force's New T-7A Trainer Is Quietly Becoming Its 1st Software-Defined Combat Jet

The US Air Force needs a new training aircraft; the Red Hawk is their answer. This aircraft will prepare pilots for the ...
KCCI Des Moines

2 US aircraft go down as war in Iran escalates; at least 1 crew member is missing

We're following some breaking news here. One crew member has been rescued after an American fighter jet was shot down over southwest Iran. The US launched *** rescue operation and again found one of ...