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Turkey Moves Closer to Eurofighter Typhoon Acquisition Turkey and the UK have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), marking another step toward Ankara’s potential acquisition of the Eurofighter Typhoon. Story: theaviationist.com/2025/07/23/tur…

Northrop Grumman’s Beacon Testbed Seen Outside Hangar for the First Time New Northrop Grumman video offers first unobstructed view of the Vanguard-based uncrewed aircraft that will support AI and autonomy development. Story: theaviationist.com/2025/07/22/nor…

Stranded British F-35B Departs India After Repairs 38 days after an emergency landing in India, the repaired F-35B has taken off again, reportedly enroute to join HMS Prince of Wales. Story: theaviationist.com/2025/07/22/str…

Updated: Delta Regional Flight Performs ‘Aggressive Maneuver’ To Avoid B-52 Near Minot A civilian pilot was forced to perform what has been described as an “aggressive go-around” to avoid a U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bomber near Minot. Story: theaviationist.com/2025/07/21/dl-…

Always good when a story breaks in the national press and you know that you were the first writer and outlet to cover it :) @TheAviationist theaviationist.com/2025/07/17/hig…

Belgian F-35 Fleet Will Reach 45 Jets, Expanding Existing Order by 11 Belgium will shore up its commitment to the F-35 with a follow-on order for more jets and for cruise missiles to arm them. Story: theaviationist.com/2025/07/21/bel…

JF-17 Thunder Block III Makes RIAT Debut and Wins ‘Spirit of the Meet’ Trophy The JF-17 Thunder was among the highlights of this year’s Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) at RAF Fairford. Story: theaviationist.com/2025/07/21/jf-…

Italy Signs Contract to Acquire EA-37B Compass Call The Italian government signed a $300 million deal to procure two EA-37B Compass Call electronic attack aircraft, after the U.S. approval in 2024. Story: theaviationist.com/2025/07/21/ita…

Delta Regional Flight Performs 'Aggressive Maneuver' To Avoid B-52 Near Minot A civilian pilot was forced to perform what has been described as an "aggressive go-around" to avoid a U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber near Minot, North Dakota. Story: theaviationist.com/2025/07/21/dl-…

L3Harris Unveils Red Wolf and Green Wolf Launched Effects The missiles, which can provide both kinetic and non-kinetic effects, have been tested over 40 times since 2020 from both rotary and fixed wing platforms. Story: theaviationist.com/2025/07/20/l3h…

Interesting. Something likely related: theaviationist.com/2025/07/17/hig…

It would seem the B61s are back at #Lakenheath #RIAT2025 #RIAT

Final Four 389th FS F-15E Jets Return From Combat Tour With Nose Art And Weapon Markings Let’s take a look at the JASSM and APKWS markings on the final four Strike Eagles of the “Thunderbolts” as they return from their ME deployment. Story: theaviationist.com/2025/07/20/fin…

Civilian Boat Collides With USS Midway Aircraft Carrier Museum in San Diego A 60 foot sport fishing boat sailed into the side of USS Midway on Jul. 18, 2025, with the operator apparently under the influence of alcohol. No injuries reported. Story: theaviationist.com/2025/07/20/boa…

Stranded An-124 Rejoins Antonov Fleet at Leipzig One of prized An-124s, which was undergoing an overhaul at the time of Russia’s invasion, escaped Ukraine’s contested airspace and arrived at Antonov’s temporary base at Leipzig Airport, Germany. Story: theaviationist.com/2025/07/19/an1…

New Photos Show USAF F-16 Equipped with Six Rocket Pods for APKWS II By carrying six LAU-131 A/A rocket pods, the F-16 will be able to carry up to 42 AGR-20 Falco rockets, matching the F-15E’s payload for Counter-UAS missions. Story: theaviationist.com/2025/07/19/f-1…

Malloy TRV-150 Electric VTOL Drone Demonstrates APKWS Capability Munitions equipped with the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) laser guidance kit were fired from a modified variant of Malloy Aeronautics’ T-150 octocopter. Story: theaviationist.com/2025/07/18/mal…

Lockheed Martin Clears F-35 Backlog Deliveries A total of 72 aircraft were parked at Lockheed Martin’s facilities after the Technology Refresh 3 experienced severe glitches, following which the Pentagon halted deliveries in July 2023. Story: theaviationist.com/2025/07/18/loc…

366th FW F-15Es Return From Middle East Deployment With AGM-158 And APKWS Markings The Strike Eagles returning to Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, feature interesting bomb markings (along with nose art depicting horror movie characters). Story: theaviationist.com/2025/07/18/f-1…

Australia Hosts First Live Fire of SM-6 at Target Ship Outside the U.S. The U.S. Army’s 3rd Multi-Domain Task Force conducted in the opening days of Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025 the first Mid-Range Capability live fire exercise outside the U.S. Story: theaviationist.com/2025/07/17/tal…