SpaceNews.com
GIT Satellite Communications has become an Iridium Certus service provider and will support U.S. Department of Defense and other government customers with hardware platforms, airtime and data services. The designation positions GIT as a supplier channel for Iridium Certus connectivity to U.S. government satcom users.
Wall Street Journal
By Wall Street Journal: U.S. search and rescue aircraft, including an HC-130 airplane and two HH-60 helicopters, were filmed flying over Iran after a U.S. jet fighter was downed in the country in footage circulated by Iranian state media and verified by Storyful.
The Intercept
• Nick Turse
By The Intercept: Around the same time as Iran shot down the F-15, another U.S. military plane crashed near the Strait of Hormuz.
Wall Street Journal
• Shelby Holliday
By Wall Street Journal: The loss of the U.S.'s first jet fighter to enemy fire in Operation Epic Fury comes after 13,000 combat flights and five weeks of a persistent air campaign.
Air & Space Forces Mag
FlightGlobal
• Ryan Finnerty
By FlightGlobal: The move comes after the loss of multiple KC-135 aerial refuellers as part of the ongoing air war against Iran. The US Air Force has transferred a retired Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker out of long-term storage, possibly with the intent to return the jet to active duty.
AINonline
• Charlotte Bailey
By AINonline: Inaugural Gripen F-39E to be followed by 14 more domestically assembled aircraft.
SpaceWatch Global
By SpaceWatch Global: Defense budgets across the board are rising at a speed not seen in decades. The constraint is how that money is used.
politico.eu
• Milena Wälde
By politico.eu: Vice-chancellor Andi Babler said his country wants “nothing to do with Trump’s policy of chaos and his war.”.
Wall Street Journal
• Mike Cherney
