AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
China and Russia flew their 11th joint strategic air patrol featuring bombers, fighters, tankers and support aircraft across the Pacific, drawing Japanese and South Korean interceptors. The mission signals continued PLA–Russian operational cooperation and sustained activity over regional waters and lanes.
FlightGlobal
• Murdo Morrison
By FlightGlobal: Marshall built its reputation on the C-130, including for the UK RAF and customers around the world Thomas Saunders Marshall Aerospace Cambridge-based military MRO specialist still recovering from UK decision to prematurely retire fleet of stalwart transport aircraft Take a tour of Marshall Aerospace’s extensive maintenance, repair and overhaul centre at Cambridge airport and around almost every corner you will see a Lockheed Martin C-130, the military transport type that made the UK company’s modern reputation.
Bloomberg
• Josh Xiao
By Bloomberg: China’s military appeared to give its first glimpse of a new fighter aircraft widely believed to be a sixth-generation prototype that could eventually rival advanced stealth warplanes under development in the US.
AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
By AeroTime: Taiwan says its AI-assisted Huanzhan network, linking Army, Navy, and Air Force missile and radar systems, is due to be completed by end of 2026.
Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
By Air Data News: The German Air Force (Luftwaffe) has demonstrated a new long-range deployment capability after an Airbus A400M completed a nonstop 6,750-nm (12,500-km) flight from Wunstorf Air Base to Hawaii using only aerial refueling provided by other A400M aircraft.
Bloomberg
• Bloomberg News
By Bloomberg: China and Russia conducted a joint strategic air patrol on June 27 over airspace spanning the Sea of Japan, the East China Sea and the western Pacific, according to China’s Ministry of National Defense.
Breaking Defense
• Aaron Mehta
By Breaking Defense: A new series of reports from Breaking Defense provides an unparalleled look at how a key Pentagon acquisition program comes together, and where it threatens to fall apart.
The Air Current
• Carter Johnston
By The Air Current: At a remote airfield in the northwestern Pacific ocean, the U.S. military is operating a stealthy, uncrewed fighter aircraft for the first time as part of a major field training exercise.
