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Tuesday, July 22, 2025
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Topic: US Air Force

US explorer says he may have found wreckage of Amelia Earhart’s plane that disappeared 87 yrs ago

Aviation pioneer Earhart, the first woman to ever fly solo across the Atlantic in 1932, was on a mission to fly around the world, when her plane went missing over the Pacific.

Miss America 2024 Madison Marsh is the first active-duty US Air Force officer to win the title

Marsh, who was crowned Miss Colorado last year, is a Master’s student in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. She graduated from Air Force Academy with a physics degree.

‘How the hell do you lose an F-35?’ US military seeks help to find fighter jet missing since ‘mishap’

Charleston air force base puts out appeal asking people to reach out if they have information on aircraft’s whereabouts. Jet went missing in South Carolina after pilot ejected safely.

US fighter jet shoots down unidentified, cylindrical object over Canada

The object was first observed in Alaska Friday & US military officials closely tracked it before shooting it down Saturday over Yukon territory in Canada, said Canadian PM Justin Trudeau.

Xi’s unchallenged rise doesn’t mean factionalism in CCP is dead. It’s just getting started

General Michael Minihan of Air Mobility Command has written an internal memo addressed to his fellow officers, predicting a war with China in 2025 over Taiwan.

US Air Force reveals new B-21 raider nuclear stealth bomber in California

Northrop Grumman described the B-21 Raider as the backbone of the future for US air power. Its 6th-gen capabilities include stealth, information advantage, and open architecture.

B-1B Lancer, the long-range US bomber with 50 world records that will ‘fly-by’ at Aero India

The B-1B is the backbone of America's long-range bomber force and can deliver massive quantities of precision and non-precision weapons against adversaries.

Robot dogs join US Air Force for major exercise, could be ‘key to next-gen warfare’

The robot dogs — four-legged, headless, mechanical creatures — were made to exit an aircraft and look for signs of danger at Nellis Air Force Base in the US state of Nevada.

Trump’s plane was nearly hit by a small drone before landing in Washington on Sunday

The device, which was yellow and black and shaped like a cross, was seen by several passengers on the jet shortly before it landed in Maryland.

How the ‘CIA plane’ that went down in Afghanistan was helping US forces

The Taliban claimed it had shot down the Northrop Grumman E-11A aircraft in Afghanistan Monday, but the US military said it was an accident.

On Camera

India’s TRP ecosystem needs a reset. Time to end BARC monopoly

A ratings monopoly in India has led to lack of technological variation, resulting in sluggish systems detached from market dynamics.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.