Iran's Revolutionary Guard claimed to have downed an Israeli F-16 over central Iran, a charge Israel denies, stating only that one of its aircraft faced missile fire without sustaining damage. This incident follows Iran's earlier assertion of damaging a US F-35.

The U.S. military were engaged in major rescue mission in western Iraq after a Stratotanker refueling aircraft crashed, killing six crew members.

General Atomics and the U.S. Air Force test MQ-20 Avenger autonomy for Collaborative Combat Aircraft, using LEO links and passive IR tracking.

The F-35 will also serve as a test bed for technologies that will become commonplace in the next generation of jets. Flying in coordination with AI-enabled drones will become a staple of any sixth-generation fighter, and those new fighter tricks will likely first arrive in the form of the F-35.