Aviation Daily Digest — June 15, 2026

# Aviation Daily Digest — June 15, 2026

Your daily 60-second briefing for pilots, drone operators and aviation pros — auto-aggregated from the industry's top sources.

Top stories

• [Here's How Much A US Marine Corps Major Pilot Actually Earns In 2026](https://simpleflying.com/how-much-us-marine-corps-pilot-earns-2026/) — Simple Flying. The mid-career experience of pilots in the USMC.
• [This Cold War Bomber Survived 20 Retirement Attempts To Become The US Air Force's Most-Deployed Strike Aircraft](https://simpleflying.com/cold-war-bomber-survived-20-retirement-attempts-became-us-air-force-most-deployed-strike-aircraft/) — Simple Flying. The B-52 may live to be 100, even though efforts to find a replacement started in the 1950s when it was still being built.
• [Why The SR-71 Blackbird's Silver Tires Wore Out Faster Sitting Still Than Landing At 200 Knots](https://simpleflying.com/why-sr-71-blackbird-silver-tires-wore-out-faster-sitting-landing-200-knots/) — Simple Flying. The SR-71's tires were engineered for such extreme conditions that it makes them poorly suited to withstanding weight at ambient room temperature.
• [DJI vs Insta360: The creator-tech cold war is officially over](https://dronedj.com/2026/06/14/dji-vs-insta360-patent-lawsuit/) — DroneDJ. DJI picked quite a day to sue. Just as Insta360 was celebrating the launch of its highly anticipated Luna Ultra camera — a Leica-powered 8K handheld gimbal camera aimed squarely at creators — DJI filed not one, but two…
• [How Porter Airlines Is Building Montreal's 2nd Airport Without Repeating A $30 Billion Disaster](https://simpleflying.com/how-porter-airlines-building-montreal-2nd-airport-without-repeating-30-billion-disaster/) — Simple Flying. Montreal's new $450 million airport, YHU, aims to avoid Mirabel's pitfalls by focusing on domestic convenience rather than international prestige.
• [The Critical Capability Gap In The US Vice President's Boeing 757 That Nobody's Talking About](https://simpleflying.com/critical-capability-gap-is-ua-vice-president-boeing-757-nobody-talking-about/) — Simple Flying. What is going on with Air Force Two?
• [Here's Why US Airline Pilot Salaries Can Swing Over $100,000 Just By Changing Home Bases](https://simpleflying.com/why-us-airline-pilot-salaries-swing-over-100000-changing-home-bases/) — Simple Flying. The factors behind a pilot's life and salary.
• [WestJet's Massive Expansion: 13 New International Routes Launching This Year [Map]](https://simpleflying.com/westjet-new-international-routes/) — Simple Flying. This impressive growth covers both short and long-haul corridors.
• [What Happens Inside The Cockpit In The 2 Seconds Before A Pilot Decides To Abort Takeoff](https://simpleflying.com/happens-inside-cockpit-2-seconds-before-pilot-decides-abort-takeoff/) — Simple Flying. How pilots handle emergencies in the most critical phase of flight.
• [Why The B‑21 Raider Will Be The 1st Bomber Built For Fully Digital Warfare](https://simpleflying.com/why-b-21-raider-1st-bomber-built-for-fully-digital-warefare/) — Simple Flying. The new Northrop Grumman bomber promises to revolutionize bomber maintenance and availability.

Pilot community highlights

_The community is quiet today._

What pilots are talking about (X / Twitter)

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Jobs of the day

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