The Indian Air Force is poised to finalise a significant deal with Israel Aircraft Industries for six mid-air refuelling aircraft, enhancing its operational reach and capabilities.

The Israeli firm Israel Aircraft Industries, if awarded the contract, would be modifying six old and second-hand Boeing 767 commercial planes to turn them into tanker aircraft and then supplying them to the Indian Air Force,

House and Senate versions of the FY2026 NDAA offer competing visions for the Air Force’s refueling fleet, threatening to disrupt a newly minted

China’s Air Force (PLAAF) is rapidly modernizing, transforming from a regional force into a peer challenger to the U.S. -This shift is driven by the volume production of its J-20 “Mighty Dragon” stealth fighter (now estimated at 200+ units) and large fleets of modern 4.

The Swedish Air Force (SwAF) has received into service the first Saab JAS 39 Gripen E combat aircraft. A ceremony to mark the occasion was held on 20 October at Skaraborg Wing (F7), located at Såtenäs in the southwest of Sweden.

The Ukrainian Air Force has reported that three guided aerial bombs that Russian forces dropped on civilian infrastructure in Odesa Oblast from a Su-34 aircraft on Friday 24 October were long-range. Ukrainian air defence destroyed two of the three bombs.

Our Air Force One story began in 1933 with the Douglas Dolphin, an amphibious plane owned by the US navy and designated the RD-2. It was fitted with Luxury upholstery for four passengers and a small separate sleeping compartment.

Key Points and Summary – The U.S. Air Force is significantly upgrading its “legacy” B-1B Lancer bomber fleet to bridge a “bomber deficit” until the new B-21 Raider arrives in sufficient numbers. -Despite its age,