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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — Simple Flying. The new Northrop Grumman bomber promises to revolutionize bomber maintenance and availability.

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