by Lane Butz | Nov 24, 2025 | Beehiiv
Forwarded this email? Sign up hereEdited by: Sidney McAlearHope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving. We will be off next week and back in December! FLIGHT LINE 🎯 🎯 U.S. Moves to Expedite Sale of 48 F-35s to Saudi ArabiaThe United States plans to move quickly on a...
by Lane Butz | Nov 15, 2025 | Beehiiv
Forwarded this email? Sign up hereEdited by: Sidney McAlearFLIGHT LINE 🎯 NATO Backs Out of Wedgetail Buy, Leaving AWACS Future in Holding PatternEuropean NATO members have dropped plans to acquire a fleet of six Boeing E-7 Wedgetail aircraft after the U.S. Department...
by Lane Butz | Nov 8, 2025 | Beehiiv
Forwarded this email? Sign up hereEdited by: Sidney McAlearOur deepest condolences go out to all those affected by the crash of UPS Flight 2976The aircraft went down shortly after takeoff on November 4, 2025, near Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport,...
by Lane Butz | Nov 4, 2025 | Beehiiv
Forwarded this email? Sign up hereEdited by: Sidney McAlearFLIGHT LINE🎯 Trump Orders Pentagon to Begin Immediate U.S. Nuclear Weapons TestingDonald Trump has directed the Department of Defense to resume U.S. nuclear‑weapons testing “on an equal basis” with...
by Lane Butz | Nov 1, 2025 | Beehiiv
Dave “Chip” BerkeF/A-18, F-16, F-22, F-35BEpisode 140 Afterburn PodcastNote: This is a new segment to pair with our podcast. The newsletter will be back to its regular form shortly but we are interested to see if content such as guest and episode breakdowns is...
by Lane Butz | Sep 12, 2025 | Beehiiv
Forwarded this email? Sign up hereEdited by: Sidney McAlearFLIGHT LINE🎯 Pentagon Scales Back F-35 Block 4 Upgrades to Curb Growing DelaysThe U.S. Department of Defense has rescoped the F‑35 Block 4 modernization to focus on a smaller set of capabilities deliverable by...
