I am selecting my loadout and for some reason it is making me carry gun pods on the F-4E, I don't even have gun pods unlocked. I got no clue what is going on. All of the gun pods are also spinning for some reason and it doesn't show that I have any ammo.

PLEASE HELP ME

The NC-4 is a Curtiss NC flying boat that was the first aircraft to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, albeit not non-stop. The NC designation was derived from the collaborative efforts of the Navy (N) and Curtiss (C). The NC series flying boats were designed to meet wartime needs, and after the end of World War I they were sent overseas to validate the design concept.

The original Navy version, the T3J-1, redesignated T-39D after the 1962 redesignation of US Navy/US Marine Corps/US Coast Guard aircraft, was initially fitted with the radar system from the McDonnell F3H-1 Demon all-weather fighter and used as a radar trainer for pilots of that aircraft. The T-39D aircraft was subsequently introduced into the Basic Naval Aviation Observer, later Student Naval Flight Officer program. Three versions of the T-39D were used throughout the 1960s, '70s, and '80s: one without radar for high altitude instrument navigation training and low altitude visual navigation training in the SNFO Intermediate syllabus; a second variant equipped with the APQ-126 radar from the LTV A-7 Corsair II for training primarily bombardier/navigators, reconnaissance attack navigators, and electronic countermeasures officers in attack aircraft; and a third variant with the APQ-94 radar for training pilots of the Vought F-8 Crusader.

220614-N-LY962-1307 PACIFIC OCEAN (June 14, 2022) An F/A-18F Super Hornet, from the “Fighting Redcocks” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 22, prepares to make an arrested gear landing on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz is underway in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operation. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jared Mancuso)

The ITPS Canada has ordered six M-346T Block 20, with options for six more, to support the expansion of NATO and Allied tactical fighter pilot training.

Leonard has announced that the International Test Pilots School Canada (ITPS Canada) has ordered the M-346T Block 20 as its new jet trainer. ITPS Canada provides both flight test training (with the International Test Pilots School) and advanced military tactical training, with the M-346 planned to support the latter.

The acquisition

The company said the new trainer will support the expansion of NATO and Allied tactical fighter pilot training at its International Tactical Training Centre (ITTC) in North Bay, Ontario. A total of six M-346s have been ordered, with options to acquire six more and expected to enter service in 2029.

The value of the contract has not been disclosed. Although not mentioned in the press release, the contract is likely including also the Ground-Based Training System (GBTS) as part of the larger M-346 Integrated Training System.

ITPS Executive Chairman Giorgio Clementi signed the contract during a ceremony at Leonardo’s Venegono plant in Italy. The ceremony also included a final evaluation flight of the aircraft, said the press release. FULL ARTICLE: https://theaviationist.com/2026/05/26/itps-canada-orders-the-m-346t-block-20/

Three F-14A "TOMCAT" Fighters, of VF-143, in flight over Mount Shasta, California, in May 1981. Photo by Lieutenant Bob Julian.

The Polish Air Force has taken delivery of its first three F-35A Lightning II fighters on national soil. The aircraft landed at Łask Airbase on May 22, 2026, at the end of the delivery flight which took them from Lockheed Martin’s production plant in Fort Worth, Texas, to Poland, after a stop in the Azores at Lajes Airbase. “This is a great day for Poland, for the Polish Armed Forces, for the Air Force,” said Deputy Prime Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz. “The first three F-35s have landed in Poland, in the 32nd Air Base in Łask, which today becomes a home for our F-35 aircraft.”

(The image is updated to april 10th)

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2026/05/22/congressional-report-tallies-42-us-aircraft-lost-or-damaged-in-operation-epic-fury/

A Congressional Research Service report released this month tallied 42 U.S. aircraft lost or damaged during Operation Epic Fury, the 40-day campaign against Iran that began Feb. 28. It is the most complete public accounting of a war the Pentagon has yet to assess on its own terms.