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The Council of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has ruled that Russia is responsible for the downing of flight MH17 and that the country violated the Chicago Convention by illegally using weapons against a civilian aircraft.
The South Korean Navy has updated its plan to build a light aircraft carrier, replacing F-35B fighters with combat drones.
Pakistan's air defence successfully intercepted a French-made SCALP cruise missile fired from a Rafale fighter jet of the Indian Air Force.
The Italian Air Force has integrated long-range Meteor missiles into its EF-2000A Typhoon fighter jets and used them for the first time during a NATO mission.
The UK Ministry of Defence has announced that it will supply eight Raven air defence systems to Ukraine in 2022. However, the Royal Marines reported that five more units are planned for delivery in the near future.
The Royal Air Force of the United Kingdom conducted test launches of FPV drones from a Chinook transport helicopter as part of the Hornets Nest programme, which involves the massive use of drones from airborne platforms.
The U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) is seeking to integrate small cruise missiles into MQ-9 Reaper UAVs as well as the newly adopted OA-1K Skyraider II attack aircraft.
Northrop Grumman has tested its IMU inertial navigation system during two recent hypersonic flights, which allows high-speed aircraft to navigate without the use of GPS.
The United States has deployed four B-52 strategic bombers to an airbase on Diego Garcia Island in the Indian Ocean. This was reported by @MT_Anderson, who spotted the bombers on satellite images.
On 7 May, a Pakistani Chengdu J-10C fighter jet shot down at least two Indian military aircraft during an air battle.
During India's Operation Sindhur, a Rafale fighter jet of the Indian Armed Forces was shot down in an air battle over Pakistan.
An F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter jet crashed into the water during landing on the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier in the Red Sea due to a brake system failure.
Canada has officially started the procedure to confiscate the Russian An-124 Ruslan transport aircraft of Volga-Dnepr Airlines, which has been in the country since 2022.
On the night of 7 May, the Indian military carried out a large-scale attack on a number of targets in Pakistan, the largest escalation since the Third Indo-Pakistan War.
Turkey's national programme to develop a fifth-generation KAAN fighter jet has entered a new stage: by 2032, the Turkish TF35000 engine will be developed, which means a gradual move away from the US F110.
