To all the Gold Star families I have come to know, your loved ones will always be honored and your loss will never be forgotten.

Hello Mel Brooks looks like someone’s cashing in.

Hey, don’t harsh my mellow.

The right time

F-4 Phantoms Sought By Private Space Launch Company The ex-South Korean F-4s would be used to launch small satellites into orbit in a far more flexible manner than what's currently offered. Story: twz.com/air/f-4-phanto…

New rules imposed by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Pentagon media access further chill the free flow of information vital to the public. Our Military Reporters & Editors statement: militaryreporters.org/2025/05/mre-sp…

Everything We Learned About Lockheed’s QuadStar Missile Aimed At Replacing FIM-92 Stingers Lockheed's QuadStar and a design from Raytheon are vying to win the Army's Next-Generation Short-Range Interceptor competition. Story: twz.com/land/everythin…

Saab GlobalEye Set To Challenge Boeing E-7 As Canada’s New Radar Plane Saab hopes that its Canadian bizjet-based offering will edge out rival Boeing, which seems like a real possibility amid political tensions with the United States. Story: twz.com/air/saab-globa…

“Hegseth,who has spent a large portion of his first months on the job focused on domestic issues, countering DEI in the military and taking aim at the press, will make his first extended remarks about how he envisions US defence policy in the Indo-Pacific.”reuters.com/world/china/us…

Happy Thursday

Israel’s Iron Beam Laser Air Defense System Has Downed Enemy Drones The high-power laser is the latest addition to Israel’s densely-layered air and missile defense array. Story: twz.com/news-features/…

Army To Retire All Of Its Turboprop Surveillance Planes By The End Of The Year The Army is buying new business jets for aerial surveillance, but may only get six of them after ditching its much larger fleet of turboprops. Story: twz.com/air/army-to-re…

Happy Friday from Glorious Tampastan

F-15E Armed With Drone Killing Laser-Guided Rockets Appears In Middle East With 42 rockets and eight missiles, an F-15E now has 50 air-to-air engagement opportunities, not including its gun. twz.com/air/f-15e-arme…

The right time.

Toeing the line

China’s J-36 Very Heavy Stealth Tactical Jet Photographed Head-On For First Time The imagery underscores just how large the J-36 is and all but confirms it features a side-by-side crew arrangement under a huge bubble canopy. Story: twz.com/air/chinas-j-3…

Saturday sunset