AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
UK and French combat aircraft conducted a combined air strike in early January 2026 on an Islamic State-linked underground weapons complex north of Palmyra, Syria, UK and French officials said. The Royal Air Force deployed Eurofighter Typhoons alongside French fighters, using precision munitions to destroy the target.
JoongAng Daily
• CHO YONG-JUN
By JoongAng Daily: Korea's first fighter jet, built with domestic technology, is expected to be delivered to the Korean Air Force in 2026, a critical test for the country's competitiveness in air defense.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: Space Force begins base network overhaul as cybersecurity demands grow Space Force begins base network overhaul as cybersecurity demands grow.
Reuters
• Reuters |
By Reuters: It was Washington's most direct intervention in Latin America in decades.
The War Zone
• Joseph Trevithick
By The War Zone: The RQ-170 was made for just the kind of mission that occurred in Venezuela last night and was present overhead during others like it in the past.
Reuters
• Kanishka Singh
By Reuters: The order did not name the individual or detail Trump's concerns.
insidedefense.com
• Vanessa Montalbano
By insidedefense.com: The Air Force is not envisioning its Collaborative Combat Aircraft as "one-trick ponies," a top service official told Inside Defense, but rather as multirole platforms able to complete a variety of missions.
Flying Magazine
• Jack Daleo
By Flying Magazine: Funding will support drone detection, tracking, identification, and mitigation during one of the world’s largest sporting events.
Unmanned Airspace
• Philip Butterworth-Hayes
