aircraft

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The US military has announced the loss of several aircraft during Iran operations, including a tanker that crashed in Iraq and three F-15s shot down by Kuwaiti friendly fire.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

Trump was briefed on the aircraft shootdowns, said White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

“Given the need to replace missiles, missile interceptors, damaged radars, aircraft, and other equipment used in Operation Epic Fury, we are raising our estimates and price targets for the large defense primes,” he wrote.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

Six more Americans died after two aircraft collided.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

By the middle of 1942, the Air Transport Auxiliary in the United Kingdom let women ferry every single type of aircraft that the men of the Royal Air Force flew.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein