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Iran–U.S. RQ-170 incident
The Iran–U.S. RQ-170 incident was Iran's capture of a classified Lockheed Martin RQ-170 Sentinel stealth CIA drone in December 2011; the United States requested its return, and Iran refused.
Iraqi Airways
Iraqi Airways is the national airline of Iraq, founded in 1945 and headquartered at Baghdad International Airport, from which it operates domestic and international flights.
Iris Cummings
Iris Cummings, later Iris Critchell, was an American Olympic swimmer at the 1936 Berlin Games who became a Women Airforce Service Pilots ferry pilot in World War II.
Irish Aviation Authority
The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) is Ireland's national civil aviation regulator, a commercial semi-state agency established in 1993 covering safety, security, economic, and consumer matters.
Islamabad International Airport
Islamabad International Airport, also known as Islamabad Airport or New Islamabad Airport, serves Islamabad and Rawalpindi, Pakistan. It opened in 2018, replacing Benazir Bhutto International Airport.
Island in the Sky (1953 film)
Island in the Sky (1953) is a William A. Wellman aviation drama starring John Wayne as Capt. Dooley, crash-landed in Labrador; written by Ernest K. Gann from his 1944 novel, produced by Wayne-Fellows, restored in 2005.
Israel Aerospace Industries
Israel Aerospace Industries is an Israeli aerospace and defense manufacturer wholly owned by the State of Israel. Founded in 1953 as Bedek Aviation, it became Israel Aircraft Industries in 1963.
Istanbul Airport
Istanbul Airport (İstanbul Havalimanı; IST), also called Istanbul International Airport, is Istanbul's main airport on the Black Sea coast, opened in 2018 and the hub of Turkish Airlines.
Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (İstanbul Sabiha Gökçen Uluslararası Havalimanı), opened in 2001, is an international airport on Istanbul's Asian side and Turkey's first privately operated airport, serving 48 million passengers in 2025.
ITA Airways
ITA Airways (Italia Trasporto Aereo) is Italy's flag carrier, an airline launched in October 2021 to replace Alitalia, based at Rome Fiumicino and 41% owned by Lufthansa.
Italian aircraft carrier Cavour
The Italian aircraft carrier Cavour, also known as ITS Cavour, is the flagship of the Italian Navy, delivered in 2008 and certified in 2021 to operate F-35B fighters.
Italian battleship Roma (1940)
The Italian battleship Roma was a fast battleship of the Regia Marina, sunk by German Fritz X guided bombs on 9 September 1943 with the loss of 1,393 men.
Italian cruiser Trieste
Trieste was a fast, lightly armored Trento-class heavy cruiser of the Italian Regia Marina, sunk by USAAF B-17s at La Maddalena, Sardinia, on 10 April 1943; her hull was later scrapped in Spain.
Ivan Kozhedub
Ivan Kozhedub (Іван Кожедуб) was a Soviet fighter pilot of Ukrainian origin, the highest-scoring Allied fighter ace of World War II, credited with 62 victories.
Iven Carl Kincheloe Jr.
Iven Carl Kincheloe Jr. was an American Air Force test pilot and Korean War ace who in 1956 became the first person to fly above 100,000 feet.
J-XX
J-XX, also written J-X or XXJ, was the placeholder designation Western observers used from the mid-2000s for China's fifth-generation stealth fighter program, which proved to be the Chengdu J-20.
J. R. D. Tata
J. R. D. Tata (Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata) was a French-born Indian aviator and industrialist who flew India's first flight in 1932 and chaired the Tata group from 1938 to 1991.
Jacksonville International Airport
Jacksonville International Airport (JAX) is the commercial airport serving Jacksonville, Florida, and northeast Florida and southern Georgia, which handled more than 7.6 million passengers in 2024.
Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten
Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten, known as Jaap, was a Dutch KLM captain and flight instructor killed in the 1977 Tenerife runway collision, the deadliest in aviation history.
Jacqueline Cochran
Jacqueline Cochran, born Bessie Lee Pittman, was an American aviator who set more speed and altitude records than any pilot and directed the WASP in World War II.
Jacques Charles
Jacques Alexandre César Charles (1746–1823) was a French physicist and balloonist who made the first manned hydrogen balloon flight in Paris in 1783 and formulated Charles's law.
Jagdgeschwader 1 (World War II)
Jagdgeschwader 1 (JG 1) was a Luftwaffe fighter wing formed in 1939 to defend Germany's North Sea coast, the only unit to fly the He 162 jet.
Jagdgeschwader 52
Jagdgeschwader 52 (JG 52) was a German Luftwaffe fighter wing of the Second World War, credited with more aerial victories than any other fighter unit in history.
Jaipur International Airport (जयपुर अंतर्राष्ट्रीय हवाई अड्डा)
Jaipur International Airport (जयपुर अंतर्राष्ट्रीय हवाई अड्डा), also known as Sanganer Airport, serves Jaipur, Rajasthan, about 13 km south of the city, and is the state's busiest airport.
James G. O'Connor
James G. O'Connor is a retired American aerospace engineer and executive who led Pratt & Whitney as president and chief executive from 1989 until his 1993 retirement.
James Glaisher
James Glaisher (1809–1903) was an English astronomer and meteorologist at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, who organized Britain's first weather observation network and made a record balloon ascent in 1862.
James N. Krebs
James N. Krebs, full name James Norton Krebs, was an American aerospace engineer who spent his 39-year General Electric career planning jet engines including the J79, TF39, CF6, and CFM56.
Janet (airline)
Janet, also called Janet Airlines, is the unofficial name for a fleet of unmarked aircraft flying US military and contractor personnel to Area 51 and the Tonopah Test Range.
Japan Air Lines Flight 123
Japan Air Lines Flight 123 was a Boeing 747 domestic flight from Tokyo to Osaka that crashed into Mount Osutaka, Japan, on 12 August 1985, killing 520 of 524 aboard.
Japan Air Self-Defense Force air wings
The Japan Air Self-Defense Force's air wings (kōkūdan) are base-centered formations; seven fall under the Air Defense Force and two under the Air Training Command.