#Military Aviation

Saab carried out the first flight of the two-seat Gripen F fighter from the airfield in Linköping. The flight lasted about 40 minutes; after extreme-regime testing, the aircraft will be handed over to the Brazilian Air Force.

A US Air Force heavy military transport Boeing C-17 Globemaster III landed at Vnukovo on the morning of August 25, having departed Riga after leaving Joint Base Andrews. The official reasons for the flight have not been disclosed.

Saab showcased the A3-001 supersonic drone concept at the Swedish Armed Forces air show, designed to operate in tandem with Gripen and GlobalEye. The company aims to launch fighter-class drones by 2030.

A Hungarian Air Force Gripen fighter crashed near Szolnok; the pilot ejected and was unharmed. An investigation into the cause is underway, and no civilian infrastructure was damaged.

Sergey Bogdan, the chief test pilot of the Sukhoi Design Bureau, stated that UAVs and sixth-generation fighters will not replace pilots: the future lies in the cooperation between humans and technology. The premiere of the unmanned Su-75 at Dubai Airshow 2025 intensified the debate, but data on the progress of testing is still absent.

The analytical channel Coffee Report reported on the synchronized operation of NATO reconnaissance aviation on August 23: ARTEMIS II was operating over the Black Sea south of Crimea, while the E-3 AWACS was over the Baltic and Central Europe. The operations are cyclical in nature and, according to assessments, are linked to monitoring Russian military activity.

Ukrainian Air Force aviation commander Dyakiv confirmed that contracts for the supply of Gripen E and F-16 aircraft include production localization in Ukraine, although its implementation is postponed until the situation in the western regions stabilizes.

A military An-3 with five parachutists and two crew members on board made an emergency landing in a field in Sakhalin due to an engine fire and burned completely. There is no information on the fate of the seven people on board.

🛩️ SBU reveals details of the Su-24M crash in Khmelnytskyi Oblast. According to "black box" data, the aircraft lost control due to a system failure on the left wing. The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine proposes a bird strike version. The two-person crew perished. 📍 Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Shepetivka district 📅 June 16, 2026 #Su24M #AviationDisaster #KhmelnytskyiOblast #SBU

🚨 F-16 Crash in Turkey: Pilot Survives, But What Went Wrong? First Details of the Incident in Yalova. #F16 #Turkey #PlaneCrash

🔴 Ukraine lost a MiG-29 fighter jet on the evening of August 10, 2026. The aircraft caught fire during a missile launch while intercepting targets. The pilot managed to eject and is alive, currently in a medical facility. The causes of the incident are under investigation. #Ukraine #AirForce #MiG29 #Aviation

🔥 Su-57 fighter jet crashes in the Moscow region during exercises. The pilot managed to eject and is alive. The aircraft crashed in the area of the Moskva River; the causes of the crash are currently unknown. 🚁

Military expert Drago Bosnich called the Russian Su-35 fighter the "AK-47 of aviation" 🛩️. Why does this aircraft remain in demand even against the backdrop of the emergence of 5th-generation fighters? 🤔

The Chinese J-20 'Mighty Dragon' fighter has become the world's most mass-produced fifth-generation aircraft. 🇨🇳 By mid-2026, the fleet will reach 500 units, and by 2030—thousands. Beijing has also launched a two-seat version for UAV control. 🚀