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WASHINGTON — Leaders of the Air National Guard are pressing Congress to dramatically accelerate fighter jet procurement, warning that the U.S. Air Force is operating at historic lows in age, size, and readiness.
In a letter sent earlier this month to key congressional appropriators, adjutants general from 22 states with Air National Guard fighter units called for funding at least 72 new fighter jets in the fiscal 2027 budget, with an optimal target of 108 aircraft per year across the entire Air Force.

On Apr. 16, 2026, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reported that a Canadian military service member is suing both the federal government of Canada and SIG Sauer, Inc. after being wounded by an uncommanded discharge from his C22 pistol, a variant of the SIG Sauer P320.
The C22 was adopted by the Canadian military to replace the Browning Hi-Power in 2022. The alleged incident took place on Apr. 16, 2024.

The Pentagon spent $5 billion developing a carrier-based stealth bomber shaped like a triangle — nicknamed ‘The Flying Dorito’ — before Dick Cheney killed the program because nobody could tell him what it would cost. The Navy, Marines, and Air Force wanted a combined 1,258 aircraft; they got zero, the largest contract cancellation in Pentagon history, and a legal battle that lasted 30 years.

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A-12 Avenger II Flying Dorito. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

A-12 Avenger II Model. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

Former SEAL and Naval Academy graduate Dan O’Shea drops the first ‘Into The Lion’s Den’ episode Monday with Roy Hallums. Hallums was buried alive for 18 months in Iraq.

The post MONDAY: It’s Finally Here – ‘Into The Lion’s Den’ Podcast – Don’t Miss Explosive First Episode! appeared first on Armed Forces Press.

Efforts to modernise the Republic of China Air Force’s F-CK Ching-kuo lightweight fighters with next generation avionics and weaponry have continued to make progress, with a new active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar having begun flight testing. Fighters enhanced to the new standard have been designated F-CK-1C “Super Ching-kuo.” The radar was developed by the Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (CSIST) under the “Eagle Project,” and is based on cutting edge Gallium Nitride array technologies.

OneArc executive Oliver Arup detailed ongoing developments – VBS4 and Flowstate – during the ITEC exhibition in London.

The British Armed Forces on March 27 received the last of 48 F-35B fighter aircraft ordered from the United States, drawing attention and criticism to the highly protracted timeline of deliveries which has left the country’s combat aviation fleet significantly under strength. The milestone delivery has occurred years after the first orders were placed in 2006, and over a decade after the first of the aircraft was delivered.

Russian state media outlet TASS has cited local analysts evaluating the capabilities of the Su-35 air superiority fighter, and in particular the outstandingly high levels of combat testing to which it has been put through primarily during its operations in the Ukrainian theatre.

Russian government sources have elaborated on the significance of the delivery of 100,000 tons of Russian oil to Cuba in late March 2026, which directly challenged the U.S. Armed Forces’ blockade of the country, and marked the latest development in seven decades of strategic cooperation between Moscow and the Caribbean Island nation. When the tanker Anatoly Kolodkin docked on March 30, Cuba had not received an oil shipment for three months, which had caused a crisis that crippled the country’s economy.

The Army is looking for an autonomous, unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) to supply frontline troops and evacuate wounded personnel across “the most dangerous and logistically complex” segment of the battlefield, according to a government notice posted Thursday.
“The last tactical mile” is the final space between support units and forward lines where equipment, ammunition, supplies and casualties pass “under the greatest threat from enemy observation and fires,” officials wrote.