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A Department of Defense official said the Chinese government leveraged technology stolen from the U.S. to develop its J-20 stealth fighter.

Ukrainian forces have recaptured the shattered remains of the Antonov An-225 Mriya, the world’s largest aircraft, as Russian troops retreat from the Kyiv (Kiev) region.

Canada’s Transportation Minister, Omar Alghabra, confirmed reports that a charter plane in the city of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories has been grounded after carrying two Russian nationals. Minister Alghabra wrote about the matter on Twitter on Thursday, saying: “A charter aircraft

A Florida college student, who created a viral Twitter account that tracks Elon Musk’s plane, has made accounts following Russian oligarchs aircraft.

Two dozen Chinese military aircraft penetrated Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ) on Thursday, prompting the island to respond by “scrambling fighter jets” and “tracking the aircraft with land-based anti-aircraft missiles,” Taiwan News reported.

A U.S. Air Force instructor pilot and a Japanese Air Force officer died in a military plane crash near an Alabama airport Friday evening, officials confirmed Friday night.

A man is in custody after authorities found him climbing the wing of an Alaska Airlines flight preparing to take off from Las Vegas’s McCarran International Airport.

An off-duty pilot in the cockpit of the Boeing 737 MAX 8 that crashed in Indonesia the next day, killing 189 people, reportedly saved the plane the day before by telling the crew “how to disable a malfunctioning flight-control system.” 

India this week asked foreign companies to bid for a nearly $3 billion deal to manufacture 111 military helicopters on Indian soil in collaboration with domestic firms to replace the navy’s aging Soviet-era aircraft, the country’s defense ministry announced.

LONDON (AP) — A jet belonging to the British military’s Red Arrows aerobatic team crashed Tuesday at an air base in Wales, the air force and emergency services said. There was no immediate word on casualties.

A plane full of travelers at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Canada was forced to evacuate on emergency slides Friday evening after the aircraft next to them burst into flames.

LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II has attended the commissioning ceremony of Britain’s new aircraft carrier, which is named after the monarch.

A professor and drone expert has claimed that drones will “eventually achieve superiority” over manned aircraft, as skirmishes between the two continue to increase.

A new report shows that only seven out of 10 of Air Force planes are in good enough condition to fly.