November 16, 2025 Military Aviation News
11/16/2025
The world's largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, will arrive in the northern Caribbean on Sunday as tensions with Venezuela grow, according to a U.S. military official. The carrier will join 15,000 service members, including 2,000 Marines aboard an amphibious assault ship.
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11/16/2025
Turkey has grounded all C-130 military cargo aircraft as a precaution following a crash earlier this week that killed 20 military personnel, a Turkish Defense Ministry official said on Thursday.“As of November 12, 2025, the flights of our [C-130] aircraft have been suspended as a precaution,” a Defense Ministry official told journalists at a briefing in Ankara. “After all detailed technical checks and inspections are completed.
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11/16/2025
China’s growing anti-ship arsenal is forcing the U.S. Navy to rethink how it fights and survives in the Western Pacific. Rather than betting everything on a handful of big, vulnerable surface combatants, future plans shift toward more numerous small surface ships, new amphibious vessels and a massive expansion of unmanned surface and undersea systems. The strategy is clear: a more dispersed, resilient, allied fleet designed to complicate Beijing’s targeting and outlast its missile salvos.
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11/16/2025
Standing at the crossroads of cultures and a source of great natural wealth, the Gulf region has become a geopolitical hotbed with rising military presence from both global powers and, more recently, the smaller nations that fringe the waters of the Gulf. The last decade has seen a dramatic rise in both the numbers and capabilities of combat aircraft operated by Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) members.
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11/16/2025
Colombia on Friday signed an agreement for 17 Gripen E/F fighter jets, with a value of €3.1 billion ($3.6 billion), according to a statement by Saab. The deal covers 15 Gripen E one-seater aircraft, along with two Gripen F two-seaters and a host of equipment and weapons, the Swedish company announced. Delivery of the jets will take place between 2026 and 2032.
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