President Trump and his administration took the first flight on a new $400 million Air Force One, gifted by Qatar. The jet features plush interiors and a new red-white-and-blue color scheme. The gift has faced criticism regarding its timing and necessity.
Russian test pilots Alexander Guskov and Andrey Voropayev completed the first 50-minute flight of the upgraded Yak-130M combat trainer aircraft at the Irkutsk Aviation Plant. The aircraft, part of Rostec's United Aircraft Corporation, features advanced onboard systems, modern radar, and an enhanced weapons suite for training and combat tasks.
India's aerospace sector reaches a milestone with the first C-295 aircraft assembled in Vadodara. The program, a collaboration with Airbus, aims to replace aging IAF fleets and boost domestic defense manufacturing.
Russia's Su-57 fifth-generation fighter jet will begin receiving the new Product 177 engine in the coming years, according to Vadim Badekha, CEO of the United Aircraft Corporation. The engine is currently undergoing trials, with a successful first flight already completed.
Four critically endangered mountain bongos have been repatriated from Czechia to Kenya's Mount Kenya Wildlife Conservancy. The operation, involving wildlife officers Ngenoh Erick Kibet and Christine Gichohi, aims to strengthen the species' gene pool and ensure its survival.
United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), part of Rostec, released footage of the first flight of a two-seater Su-57 fighter jet. The flight was conducted by Hero of Russia test pilot Sergey Bogdan and proceeded as planned. The aircraft can be used for pilot training and coordinating combined manned and unmanned air operations.
Russia successfully launched its new Soyuz-5 medium-class launch vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Friday in the first flight test of the new-generation rocket. The Soyuz-5, equipped with what Roscosmos calls the world's most powerful liquid-fuelled rocket engine, placed a payload mock-up on a planned suborbital trajectory before it fell into the Pacific Ocean. The rocket is designed to reduce launch costs, double payload capacity to 17 tonnes, and use environmentally cleaner fuel components.
A viral reel captured a son's joy as he took his parents on their first flight, a moment born from years of his father's sacrifice as an auto driver. This simple trip, funded by his success in professional jump rope, marked a profound shift, finally allowing his parents to experience life beyond necessity and hear his father's proud words.
Iran Air announces resumption of domestic flights from April 22, ending a 50-day interruption. The first flight will depart Wednesday from Tehran to Mashhad. Iran partly resumed flights from main airports earlier, with the first passenger aircraft after airspace reopening arriving from Oman on April 18.
