Ukraine

With no end in sight to the war between Russia and Ukraine, the latter hopes to churn out even more drones—and calls upon Western nations to do the same.

A small number of pilots will train in F-16 fundamentals over the next several months at Morris Air National Guard Base in Tucson.

Denmark and the Netherlands will also instruct fighter pilots, American Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced while attending a NATO defense ministers summit in Brussels.

Russia has lost around 90 fixed-wing aircraft since the start of its invasion of Ukraine, according to British defense officials.

The aircraft assigned to the 52nd Fighter Wing at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, will conduct air policing missions of NATO’s eastern flank.

The first of the Saab 340 aircraft unveiled during a ceremony in Sweden and is being touted as an asset that will reinforce territorial integrity.

The Lockheed Martin-manufactured jets will be permanently based at Skrydstrup Air Base, Denmark, making them the first of the Danes’ growing F-35 fleet based in their country.

Pilots are using a desktop virtual reality flight simulator to familiarize themselves with the fighter before training in the U.S.

The U.K.’s SAPIENT protocol emphasizes plug-and-play sensors and autonomous decision-making—it could change the battlefield calculus in Ukraine.

We explore that question and more in this week’s Future of FLYING newsletter.