AIR & SPACE • Oct 16, 2026
NASA Test Pilot flew the SR – 71 Blackbird
Episode 172 guest, Rogers E. Smith describes flying the legendary #sr71blackbird when it returned to #nasa in the mid-1990s.Watch the full interview here: ht
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AIR & SPACE • Oct 16, 2026
What Really Stopped the SR – 71 Blackbird at Mach 3.3
On July 28, 1976, an SR-71 Blackbird set a speed record that still stands: 2,193 miles an hour. It still had power to spare.…
AIR & SPACE • Oct 16, 2026
Boeing Now Builds Every 6th – Gen Fighter America
Boeing won the Navy’s F/A-XX sixth-generation carrier fighter on September 29, which means one company now builds both American sixth-gen fighters, the Navy’
AIR & SPACE • Oct 15, 2026
Ukrainian Neptune strike destroys six Su-34 fighter jets at Borisoglebsk military airfield
UKRAINE has reportedly blitzed six Russian Su-34 bombers worth a staggering £225m in a major blow to Vladimir Putin’s war machine. Kyiv claimed to…
A-10 WARTHOG • Oct 14, 2026
Russia Outguns Ukraine 18 to 1: Ex-Army Chief Reveals Putin’s Staggering Losses
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AIR & SPACE • Oct 10, 2026
America’s New Jet Is Breaking Every Record
Something is flying over America right now that aviation experts said wouldn’t exist for another decade. In classified test flights, this aircraft has report
A-10 WARTHOG • Oct 10, 2026
The Reaper Is Getting a 10,000 – Mile Successor: This Is Gamera
The MQ-9A Reaper could have a radically different successor. Swarm Aero’s Gamera promises extreme range, modular payloads and a new approach to America’s fut
AIR & SPACE • Oct 10, 2026
F/A – 18A Hornet | NAS Oceana Historical Aviation Park
In the late 1970s, the United States Navy needed a new carrier-based strike fighter to replace the aging F-4 Phantom II and A-7 Corsair…
AIR & SPACE • Oct 10, 2026
The Pentagon’s Insane Plan to Rocket – Land a C – 130 in a Soccer Stadium
The Pentagon once tried to make a C-130 Hercules land inside a soccer stadium — by strapping rockets to it.After the failed 1980 attempt…
AIR & SPACE • Oct 10, 2026
Is NASA Putting a New Engine in the SR – 71 Blackbird?
NASA is reportedly examining SR-71 #844, the last Blackbird to ever fly. What would it take to make it fly again, and what could…
AH-64 APACHE • Oct 9, 2026
US Biggest Helicopter Airlifts a Brand New C8 Corvette Supercar
Welcome back to the Daily Aviation, where we explore military transport logistics, from CH-53E Super Stallion sling loads to C-17 Globemaster III humanitaria
AIR & SPACE • Oct 9, 2026
B – 21 Raider Is Coming, So Why Is the Air Force Extending the B – 1 and B – 2?
The B-21 Raider is coming, yet the Air Force will extend the service lives of the B-1B Lancer and the B-2 Spirit, Global Strike…
AIR & SPACE • Oct 9, 2026
F – 117 Nighthawk Is Back – Skunk Works Restores a Stealth Legend for the Smithsonian
Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works completed the restoration of the F-117A Nighthawk stealth fighter, aircraft No. 818, nicknamed “The Overachiever.” The aircraft
AIR & SPACE • Oct 5, 2026
NASA Wants to Resurrect the SR – 71 Blackbird – Here’s Why That’s So Hard
Can NASA’s old SR-71 Blackbird 844 really fly again? The space agency is reportedly contacting old SR-71 engineers to assess if the old jet…
AIR & SPACE • Oct 5, 2026
The US Navy Just Sunk the Ship I Served On | USS Klakring FFG – 42
In 2010, I spent part of a Navy deployment aboard USS Klakring (FFG-42), an Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate. It was a place I lived,…
AIR & SPACE • Oct 5, 2026
Why is the Air Force Collecting 747s Like Pokémon?
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AIR & SPACE • Oct 3, 2026
Congress Wants to Make the F – 14 Tomcat Fly Again
The US paid nearly $1 million to shred its retired F-14 Tomcats so no part could ever reach Iran. Now Congress wants to save…
AIR & SPACE • Oct 3, 2026
Breaking Down Boeing’s Big F/A – XX Win | Check 6 Podcast
Aviation Week editors react to Boeing being announced as the winner of the U.S. Navy's F/A-XX contest ahead of Northrop Grumman and share their…
AIR & SPACE • Oct 3, 2026
USS Makin Island (LHD 8) Departs San Diego on Deployment
USS Makin Island (LHD 8) Departs San Diego on DeploymentWatch the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) depart San Diego Bay…
AIR & SPACE • Oct 2, 2026
Airbus H225M Helicopter: Combat SAR, Specs & Multi – Role Capabilities Explained
The Airbus H225M (formerly Eurocopter EC725 Caracal) is an 11-tonne, combat-proven multi-role military helicopter designed for high-threat environments and a
AIR & SPACE • Oct 2, 2026
Poland retaliates: Russian bomber that fired missiles into Poland is downed
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AIR & SPACE • Oct 2, 2026
Why the B – 58 Hustler Became Obsolete Almost Immediately
The Convair B-58 Hustler was the U.S. Air Force’s first operational supersonic bomber, capable of flying more than twice the speed of sound. Developed…
AIR & SPACE • Oct 2, 2026
NASA Pulled Its Last SR – 71 Into a Hangar and Won’t Say Why
Today we discuss the SR-71 Blackbird that vanished from NASA Armstrong. Tail 844, the last Blackbird ever built and the last to fly, is…
