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Japan’s F-15 Super Interceptor Program Slips to 2029; Tokyo Leans on F-35s, GCAP to Check China

Amid simmering tensions with China, Japan plans to upgrade its F-15J fighter fleet to the "Super Interceptor" variant, while also procuring F-35 Lightning IIs...

“Indian Pilot Crashes UAE Jet Full of Israelis” — The Headline That Would Have Run, Had Machchhar Not Fought Back: OPED

On 30 September, a Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv with 174 people on board, the majority of them Israeli, encountered a dangerous...

Trump Greeted Xi With Jets & Bombers. Then China Hit the U.S. at the UN: What’s Cooking? OPED

The Air China Boeing 747 carrying President Xi Jinping and Madame Peng Liyuan touched down at Joint Base Andrews on 23 September 2026. It...

Indonesia Commissions 1st Aircraft Carrier as Former Italian Garibaldi Becomes KRI Sriwijaya-100

Indonesia commissioned its first aircraft carrier on Thursday, inducting the former Italian Navy vessel Giuseppe Garibaldi as KRI Sriwijaya-100. Indonesian Armed Forces Commander General Agus...

KF-21 Fighter Jet Officially Enters South Korean Air Force Service. Seoul Aims for 100+ Aircraft by the 2030s

KF-21 'Boramae', South Korea's indigenous combat jet, conducted its maiden flight as part of an official ceremony marking its delivery to the Air Force. The...