Breaking Defense
• Michael Marrow
The Air Force is working to steady B-52 modernization momentum after recent cost growth and schedule slips, according to a service official commenting amid ongoing upgrade execution pressures. The remarks suggest the program’s near-term risk profile has improved even as budgets and timelines remain under scrutiny.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: Michael Guetlein, director of the Golden Dome program, speaks May 14, 2026, at the 'Inside the Dome' conference in Washington, D.C. WASHINGTON — Gen.
Aviacionline
• Gastón Dubois
By Aviacionline: The Argentine Air Force officially grounded its A-4AR Fightinghawk fleet this Thursday, closing a 30-year chapter of military aviation to focus all institutional resources on the incoming F-16M Fighting Falcon.
FlightGlobal
• Craig Hoyle
By FlightGlobal: Latin American operator will add fifth Spartan to its airlifter fleet. Peru has placed an order to take a fifth C-27J Spartan tactical transport, with its contract with Leonardo also marking the airframer’s 100th sold example of the twin-turboprop type.
Aviation Today
• Frank Wolfe
By Aviation Today: As the U.S. Air Force prepares to modify two B-52H bombers later this year for the Commercial Engine Replacement Program (CERP), the bomber directorate’s contracting office at Tinker AFB, Okla., […].
Aviation Today
• Frank Wolfe
By Aviation Today: The nearly decade-long program to develop and field two VC-25B Air Force One planes by Boeing has a price tag thus far of more than $4.2 billion, but the service estimates that the cost to modify the 747-8i formerly used by Qatar’s emir to be used as a VC-25B bridge aircraft is less than $400 million.
FlightGlobal
• Craig Hoyle
By FlightGlobal: Range performance of "Adir" stealth fighters will be increased via new contract. Israel is funding a modification for its fleet of Lockheed Martin F-35I “Adir” fighters, with the stealthy jets to be equipped with new extended-range fuel tanks.
The War Zone
AeroTime
• Jean Carmela Lim
By AeroTime: South Korea's KF-21 nears operational deployment as Air Force prepares to retire aging F-5 fleet by 2027, though cost overruns may push back timelines.
Financial Times
• George Hammond, Sylvia Pfeifer
Breaking Defense
• Diana Stancy
