US clears sale of bomb guidance kits to Israel
The US government has cleared the possible sale of $510 million in munition guidance kits to Israel.
Oman Air officially joins Oneworld
Oman Air officially became Oneworld’s 15th member airline on 30 June, three years after it announced its intention to join the grouping at 2022’s IATA AGM in Doha.
‘Brightest explosion that I’ve ever seen’: inside US effort to develop a bomb for Iran’s nuclear sites
The US military’s top officer says development of the bunker-busting 13,600kg (30,000lb) GBU-57 bomb began 15 years ago and involved significant use of supercomputers.
Qatar Airways chief details scale of flight disruption during Iranian missile attack
Qatar Airways has detailed the disruption to its operation arising from the missile attack by Iran on a military base southwest of the capital Doha.
El Al starts restoring services as Israeli airspace re-opens
Israeli flag-carrier El Al has started restoring operations, after the airspace around Tel Aviv Ben Gurion airport was re-opened for normal flight activity.
US Air Force releases footage of B-2s preparing for Iran strike mission
Video shot through a low-light night vision lens shows multiple Northrop Grumman B-2 stealth bombers taxiing and launching under cover of darkness, and later returning to land during daytime conditions.
Airlines face fresh uncertainty amid escalating Middle East crisis
Airline operations faced fresh upheaval on 23 June – with many carriers cancelling or rerouting flights – as the conflict in the Middle East escalated further.
US strikes Iranian nuclear facilities with largest B-2 mission in history
After more than a week of uncertainty about whether Washington would directly join Israel’s military operation against Iran, US President Donald Trump carried out air strikes against Tehran’s nuclear development sites on the evening of 21 June US time.
Former air mobility chief calls out USAF vulnerability amid Middle East build-up
Retired US General Mike Minihan, who oversaw the US Air Force’s (USAF’s) mobility fleet, says the current flow of combat assets into the Middle East is providing “false comfort that tomorrow’s war will look like today’s rehearsal”.
RAF Voyagers damaged on the ground by pro-Palestine activists
In what the UK government is describing as an act of sabotage, two activists broke into RAF Brize Norton and damaged a pair of the Royal Air Force’s Airbus A330 Voyager multi-role tanker transports