November 12, 2025 Military Aviation News
11/12/2025
Leaked files published by InformNapalm on November 4, 2025, indicate that Russia is using components derived from the Su-57 fighter jet for its classified PAK DA strategic stealth bomber program. The files describe hydraulic actuators and geared hinges identified as 80RSh115 and 80RSh, two systems that control internal weapon bays while reducing radar visibility.
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11/12/2025
On November 11, 2025, China marked the 76th anniversary of its air force with the release of a short film titled “Far-Reaching Dreams” showing for the first time its GJ-11 Sharp Sword stealth drone (now renamed Dark Dragon) flying in formation with the J-20 fighter jet and J-16D electronic warfare aircraft. The footage begins with the GJ-11 taxiing out of a hangar, taking off, and joining the two manned aircraft in formation.
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11/12/2025
Released videos show little beyond the CCA prototype’s takeoff silhouetted against a sunlit mountain range. But GA-ASI spokesperson C. Mark Brinkley assured that it was more than a Kitty Hawk-style bumping along the terrain: “It went up in the air. It flew for some amount of time. It went up to altitude. It was a true flight.” The flight signified what Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink has called “an inflection point.”
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11/12/2025
The Navy’s largest and most advanced aircraft carrier, the Gerald R. Ford, moved into the Caribbean region on Tuesday, adding to the capability of the United States to strike boats suspected of carrying drugs or targets on land in Venezuela as the Trump administration weighs further military steps aimed at ousting the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro.
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11/12/2025
A Turkish military cargo plane with 20 people on board crashed in Georgia near the border with Azerbaijan on Tuesday, authorities said, but they gave no immediate confirmation of feared casualties. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and top officials from Georgia and Azerbaijan signaled that at least some of those aboard were believed to have been killed, without providing details.
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