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Almost the same time as an F-15E Strike Eagle went down over Iran, the U.S. Air Force lost an A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft near the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. officials told NYT that the jet’s pilot was safely rescued.  While search and rescue efforts for at least one of the crew members of an apparently Lakenheath-based F-15E Strike Eagle that went down in unclear circumstances over Iran on Friday Apr. 3, 2026, anonymous U.S. officials have now revealed that an A-10 Thunderbolt II, commonly known as a Warthog, was also lost near the Strait of Hormuz around the same…

The United Kingdom has the world’s highest taxes for airline passengers, known as the Air Passenger Duty (APD). In this post, I’d like to look at how the APD works — what is it, how much does it cost, when does it apply, and are there any tricks to minimizing it? The UK adjusts the APD every April, so I like to make a post at that time covering all of the latest costs associated with this. What is the UK Air Passenger Duty?The UK’s Air Passenger Duty is a steep tax levied on any flight originating in the UK…

Although Iranian media claimed an F-35 has been shot down, images from the crash site clearly show debris belonging to an F-15E Strike Eagle. On Apr. 3, 2026, Iranian media reported that the IRGC (Islamic Republic Guard Corps) shot down an American jet. According to the spokesperson for the Central Headquarters of Hazrat Khatam al-Anbia (PBUH), an F-35 was hit by a new air defense system over central Iran. However, the images from the crash site show that the debris does not belong to a Lightning II jet but to an F-15E Strike Eagle. Spokesman of Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Headquarters:…

April 03, 2026, 13:56 (UTC +3) One airman rescued by US forces, search continues for second airman US Central Command confirmed the aircraft shot down over Iran was a US Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle. Both crew members ejected. US and Israeli officials say one airman has been recovered in a combat search-and-rescue operation, while the second remains unaccounted for as recovery efforts continue in hostile territory. The incident marks the first confirmed loss of a US combat aircraft to enemy fire over Iran in the conflict. Unverified images circulating on social media on April 3, 2026, appear to show…

Aurora Flight Sciences and DARPA are continuing the assembly of the X-65 CRANE demonstrator, targeting a first flight by 2027. Aurora Flight Sciences’ (AFS) latest X-Plane, now designated the X-65, is taking its final shape. The company unveiled the fuselage of the unmanned demonstrator, which uses Active Flow Control (AFC) in place of conventional control surfaces, in two images in Feb. 24, 2026 and Apr. 2 on social media. The aircraft is still missing the wings and the canted tails. The company said it is currently fusing the AFC-related components, systems and electronics into the fuselage, looking at a first…

A 471-page industry report released through the FAA’s Part 141 modernization docket proposes a sweeping rewrite of how certificated flight schools are approved, overseen and run in the US, with changes that would centralize oversight, expand simulator and extended reality credit, and tie more school privileges to formal safety and quality systems. The FAA is accepting comments through April 10, 2026. The report, dated March 31, 2026, was prepared by the National Flight Training Alliance and filed in the FAA docket as part of the agency’s modernization effort for Part 141 pilot schools. The FAA has said the current framework…

For the first segment of my exotic journey to Bangkok via Paris, I flew Porter Airlines’ PorterReserve product on the 3hr15min flight from Fort Lauderdale (FLL) to Montreal (YUL). Porter Airlines is Canada’s fastest growing airline, as the carrier now has dozens of Embraer E195-E2s in its fleet, which it’s using to expand across the Americas. Given the amount of competition that Porter is giving to carriers like Air Canada, I’ve been curious to check it out. Porter has a unique premium product, named PorterReserve, which is more along the lines of extra legroom economy than business class (the airline…

Hawaiian Airlines pilots with beards will have to shave them off, and some aren’t too happy about that, as reported by AirlineGeeks… Alaska Air Group updates pilot appearance standards Hawaiian is now part of Alaska Air Group, and the two carriers are working on integrating their labor groups. Despite plans to maintain two separate brands, on the back-end, the goal is for the airlines to operate as one. As part of that, Alaska Air Group is rolling out updated uniform and appearance standards for pilots at the two brands. As of this month (April 2026), Hawaiian pilots are no longer…

While the concept of basic economy has now been around for well over a decade in the United States, we’ve known that airlines in the United States are planning to expand that concept to premium cabin tickets. Executives at the “big three” US carriers — particularly Delta and United — have been clear about their intentions to roll this out ASAP. There’s now a major update, as United has announced plans to introduce tiered fares across cabins, and that includes the introduction of “basic” premium cabin tickets. United wants to segment business class revenue more United has announced a new…