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A nearly intact Geran-2, landed upright on the ground, was found with a 9K333 Verba Man-Portable Air Defense System (MANPADS) mounted on the top. A month after a Russian Geran-2 one-way attack (OWA) drone was found with a Soviet-era R-60 infrared (IR)-guided short-range Air-to-Air Missile (AAM), another example has now emerged with a shoulder-fired Man-Portable Air Defense System(MANPADS) installed on top, according to images emerged on Jan. 4, 2025. Visuals of the nearly intact drone, landed upright on the snow, with only the propeller of its four-cylinder piston engine broken, were first shared on the Telegram channel of popular Ukrainian…

The fleet of aircraft that took part in the U.S. military’s capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro included bombers, fighters and surveillance aircraft from multiple services — and reportedly one of the Air Force’s secretive recon drones.Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in a Saturday news briefing with President Donald Trump that more than 150 aircraft took off from 20 locations on land and sea to support Maduro’s capture.The airborne element of Operation Absolute Resolve, as the U.S. government dubbed the mission, included F-22 Raptors, F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, F/A-18 Hornets and B-1 Lancer bombers,…

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With the ousting of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Saturday, U.S. President Donald Trump cited the Monroe Doctrine, the 200-year-old lodestar of U.S. diplomacy — which the Obama administration declared dead in 2013. “We have superseded it by a lot,” Trump told reporters Saturday. “They now call it the ‘Donroe Doctrine.’ American dominance in the Western Hemisphere will never be questioned again,” he said.First articulated by President James Monroe during a Dec. 2, 1823, congressional address, Monroe warned European powers to accept that the Western Hemisphere was solely within America’s sphere of interest and it “soon became a watchword of…

Operation Marked The First Use Of The R-20 At The Base To Conduct Hot-Pit Refueling For the first time under new circumstances, U.S. Airmen assigned to the 332nd Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron conducted a hot-pit refueling operation using an R-20 expeditionary refueling system to support a U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter on a flightline within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Dec. 14, significantly reducing aircraft ground time and expanding expeditionary fueling capabilities.

The Airplane Came To Rest At An Altitude Of About 7,000 Ft Msl On A Shale-Covered Slope On The North Face Of The Canyon On November 10, 2025, at about 1515 Pacific standard time, Cessna 172M, N13221, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Poleta, California. A pilot-rated passenger and a passenger were fatally injured, and the pilot was seriously injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. On the day of the accident, the pilot rented the airplane from a flight school at North Las Vegas…

Also: NetJets Suit, ‘Ladies Love Taildraggers’ Scholarships, Buckeye Arizona Air Fair, Heatwave Amphibious Scooping Floats Van’s Aircraft wrapped up 2025 with strong production and support numbers, helped in no small part by the market arrival of the RV-15. The backcountry bird turned heads with the release of its wing kit at EAA AirVenture in July, but the less expected success of the year was operational: more predictable lead times, fewer backlogs, and a cleaner quality control strategy. On the kit side, Van’s delivered roughly 1,200 aircraft kits worldwide in 2025. More notably for builders, lead times tightened considerably. U.S. Army…

The US Air Force has selected US Aviation Academy to provide early-stage pilot training under a long-term contract valued at $835.6 million, marking one of the largest civilian flight training awards the service has issued in recent years.  The agreement runs through December 2035 and covers Initial Pilot Training, the first flying phase for student pilots before they enter military-run undergraduate and advanced training pipelines. According to the Air Force, the award followed a competitive process that drew eight bids.  The training does not involve fighter jets or front-line military aircraft. Instead, US Aviation Academy will provide foundational flight instruction to US and international military pilot candidates at…

BANGKOK — On paper, the U.S. security alliance with Thailand is one of the strongest in Asia, dating back seven decades and backed up by military exercises each year with thousands of troops from both countries and many others.Thailand’s drift toward China over the past decade, though, is turning the alliance into more of a paper tiger, some analysts say, with military and strategic consequences for the United States across the region.“Thailand’s increasing ties to China accelerates the trend of the U.S. losing strategic influence in Southeast Asia,” Emma Chanlett-Avery, director of political-security affairs at the Asia Society Policy Institute…

A lawsuit against Boeing has alleged that the US manufacturer “attempted to shift blame” onto an Alaska Airlines captain for mistakes made that contributed to a door plug separating from the aircraft midflight in January 2024. Captain Brandon Fisher, who safely landed the Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 on January 5, 2024, following the door plug blowout, filed papers in Oregon’s Multnomah County Circuit Court on December 30, 2025, seeking $10 million in damages. The lawsuit represents the first time that a member of the Alaska Airlines flight crew has launched legal proceedings and follows action already taken by…