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  • AFI KLM E&M appoints Rollier as VP KLM Engine Services

    Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M) has announced that Benoît Rollier has been appointed as the new vice president KLM Engine Services, succeeding Martijn de Vries who now takes on the role of senior vice president commercial. Rollier has a strong background within the KLM organisation and the aviation sector, with…

  • Narayan joins Chapman Freeborn as president for APAC

    Global air charter specialist Chapman Freeborn has appointed Latha Narayan as president for the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, effective April 1, 2026, to focus on scaling operations, enhancing performance, and strengthening alignment across cargo, passenger and business aviation services. Narayan brings over 20 years of global aviation experience, spanning commercial strategy, revenue management and transformation programmes. She…

  • [Updated] U.S. Rescues Downed F-15E WSO Deep Inside Iran

    [Updated] U.S. Rescues Downed F-15E WSO Deep Inside Iran

    The mission to rescue the isolated airman inside Iran has been described as one of the most challenging and complex in the history of U.S. special operations. The Weapons Systems Officer (WSO) who ejected from the downed F-15E Strike Eagle belonging to the 48th Fighter Wing of the U.S. Air Force in Europe has been…

  • U.S. F-16 Shown with Mine-Dispensing Cluster Bombs

    U.S. F-16 Shown with Mine-Dispensing Cluster Bombs

    CENTCOM has released photos of F-16s loaded with cluster bombs for operations in Iran, a week after BLU-91/B ‘Gator’ anti-tank mines were found on the ground. The U.S. Central Command has released on Apr. 4, 2026, new photos of U.S. Air Force F-16CM Fighting Falcon fighter jets (specifically Block 40s from Aviano, Italy) being refueled…

  • Mission to Recover Downed F-15E Aircrew Puts Combat Search And Rescue in the Spotlight

    Mission to Recover Downed F-15E Aircrew Puts Combat Search And Rescue in the Spotlight

    The loss of an F-15E Strike Eagle in Iran prompted specialized Combat Search and Rescue units to spring into action, with a multitude of assets working together to recover all missing aircrew. Here’s how. On Apr. 3, 2026, multiple specialized units sprang into action for a complex mission they train extensively for but hope never…

  • Iran’s RQ-170 Clone Destroyed in U.S. Strikes, CENTCOM Video Shows

    Iran’s RQ-170 Clone Destroyed in U.S. Strikes, CENTCOM Video Shows

    A video shared by CENTCOM shows the destruction of an Iranian clone of the RQ-170 Sentinel, which was reverse-engineered after crashing in Iran 15 years ago. An Iranian clone of the secretive U.S. RQ-170 Sentinel ISR drone was apparently destroyed in an airstrike, an Apr. 2, 2026 video by the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) showed.…

  • Light Dynamix – Development Drone/UAV Engineer

    We are looking for a practical, capable Development Engineer to join our team in a hands-on engineering

  • Updated: A-10 Thunderbolt II Crashed Near the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. Officials Tell NYT

    Updated: A-10 Thunderbolt II Crashed Near the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. Officials Tell NYT

    Almost the same time as an F-15E Strike Eagle went down over Iran, the U.S. Air Force lost an A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft near the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. officials told NYT that the jet’s pilot was safely rescued.  While search and rescue efforts for at least one of the crew members of an…

  • From Missions to Management: The Shift Defining Public Safety Drone Programs [DRONELIFE Exclusive Interview]

    As public safety drone use scales, data, compliance, and coordination define success Public safety drone programs have reached an inflection point. What began as a tool for individual missions has evolved into a core operational capability for agencies across the country. From search and rescue to tactical response, drones now support critical decisions in real…

  • Can One Drone Safely Stop Another? Vector and Wrap Think So

    Vector teams with Wrap to create killer-drone system By DRONELIFE Features Editor Jim Magill Vector, a Utah-based technology company that specializes in offering defense drone systems as a service, has teamed with Wrap (NASDAQ: WRAP) a developer of non-lethal response technology for law enforcement agencies to develop a low-cost system that uses a UAV to…

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