2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (644+ words) The docile, stepped-cockpit trainer that taught generations of Italian pilots, became the smoke-trailing heart of the Frecce Tricolori, and went to war over the South Atlantic in Argentine hands. Read the Aermacchi MB-326 story Power comes from a single Rolls-Royce…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (748+ words) A four-nation European air-superiority fighter — deliberately unstable, tamed by fly-by-wire and pushed by twin supercruising EJ200s into one of the most agile 4.5-generation jets ever fielded. Built by Britain, Germany, Italy and Spain, still in production and frontline across Europe and…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (618+ words) The smart, affordable Swedish canard-delta that keeps embarrassing fighters three times its price — purpose-built to fly from public roads, turn around in ten minutes, and cost less per hour than anything else in the modern Western fleet. The name “JAS…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (150+ words) 4.5-generation jet · Sweden · First flight 1988 · Combat-proven: strikes only The Gripen has never fired at another aircraft — Sweden’s fighter has spent its life making sure nobody tests it, guarding the Baltic approaches through every phase of Russian pressure. Its combat entries…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (161+ words) 4.5-generation jet · Multinational · First flight 1994 · Combat-proven: strikes only The Typhoon’s air-to-air column is empty — a fact that says everything about European air power’s era: constant policing, no peer battles. Its closest calls have been Baltic and Black Sea intercepts of…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (564+ words) by Fortuné Leroy | Jul 17, 2026 | Military Aviation, News | 0 comments Britain owns a fleet of the most capable aerial tankers on the market — and cannot use them to refuel some of its own most important aircraft. It is one of the quiet…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago  (162+ words) by Max Grünwald | Jul 15, 2026 | Military Aviation, News | 0 comments Behind the radar sit a more powerful mission computer and reworked cockpit displays, giving the aircraft the processing headroom to absorb future weapons and software without another hardware rebuild. In plain terms,…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago  (228+ words) by Fortuné Leroy | Jul 15, 2026 | Military Aviation, News | 0 comments The Rafale — Dassault’s omnirole fighter — would be a significant upgrade over the handful of Mirage 2000-5F jets France has already handed Ukraine. But the announcement is as much a statement of European resolve…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago  (482+ words) by Fortuné Leroy | Jul 14, 2026 | Military Aviation, News | 0 comments At 10:25 on the morning of 14 July, the Patrouille de France swept over the Arc de Triomphe and unrolled three ribbons of blue, white and red down the length of the Champs-Élysées. Behind…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (521+ words) by Fortuné Leroy | Jul 10, 2026 | Military Aviation, News | 0 comments On Jul. 6, 2026, a new shape crossed into Czech airspace: a twin-engined, high-tailed jet transport in a distinctive three-tone grey, escorted the last stretch home by a pair of Saab JAS 39 Gripens. The…...