More from Howard Altman (Page 2)

Posted on Apr 24, 2026

Iran

Trump Puts Out Kill Order On Iran’s Small Boats (Updated)

By Howard Altman, Ian Ellis-Jones

Updated on Apr 23, 2026

191028-N-LQ653-1278 PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 28, 2019) Henry J. Kaiser-class underway replenishment oiler USNS Yukon (T-AO-202, front, makes its approach to commercial tanker MT Empire State as the two ships prepare to conduct a consolidated loading. The evolution provided the Military Sealift Command (MSC) Pacific Commander the opportunity to exercise a training opportunity at sea with the two ships. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Patrick W. Menah Jr./Released)

U.S. Navy

Iranian Attacks Change Way Navy Refuels Its Ships In Middle East

Posted on Apr 23, 2026

Iran

Iran Ramps Up Attacks On Ships In The Strait Of Hormuz After Trump Ceasefire Extension (Updated)

Updated on Apr 23, 2026

Iran

Trump Extends Ceasefire Deadline (Updated)

Updated on Apr 22, 2026

Iran

USS Spruance Blasting A Ship With Its Deck Gun Is A First In Nearly Four Decades

Posted on Apr 21, 2026

The U.S. Navy has disclosed the test of an AeroVironment LOCUST laser counter-drone system aboard the Nimitz class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush.

Lasers

Navy Fires Drone-Frying LOCUST Laser From Supercarrier USS George H.W. Bush

Posted on Apr 20, 2026

Iran

Iran Peace Talks Hanging By A Thread After Tumultuous Weekend Near The Strait (Updated)

Updated on Apr 20, 2026

The Qatari-donated 747-8i jet envisioned as a presidential airlifter, had a recent test flight.

Air Force One

Qatari 747-8i Gifted To Trump For Interim Air Force One Is Undergoing Test Flights

By Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Apr 17, 2026

Iran

Iran Reopens Strait Of Hormuz, U.S. Blockade Continues (Updated)

Updated on Apr 17, 2026

The U.S. shipped 10,000 Merops interceptor drones to the Middle East to take on Iranian Shahed drones.

U.S. Army

Cheap Interceptor Drones Proven In Ukraine Protected U.S. Troops Against Iranian Shaheds

Posted on Apr 16, 2026

U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technicians board an MH-60R Sea Hawk, assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 14, from the flight deck of Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG 121) on Jan. 1, 2026. Frank E. Petersen Jr. is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. Units assigned to 7th Fleet conduct regular Indo-Pacific patrols to deter aggression, strengthen alliances and partnerships, and advance peace through strength. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Christian Kibler)

Iran

U.S. Pursuing Iranian-Linked Ships All Over The World In Addition To Its Blockade (Updated)

Updated on Apr 16, 2026

Apache counter-drone ammunition ramps up production

AH-64

Production Of AH-64 Apache’s New Counter-Drone Cannon Shell Ammunition Ramping-Up

Posted on Apr 16, 2026

U.S. President Donald Trump downplayed China's concerns over how the war is affecting its oil supplies.

Iran

Trump Downplays Chinese Concerns Over Iran War’s Impact On Its Oil Supplies (Updated)

Updated on Apr 15, 2026

While several ships have transited the Strait of Hormuz, CENTCOM says its blockade is working.

Iran

Navy Turns Around Ships Trying To Run Blockade Of Iran (Updated)

Updated on Apr 14, 2026

The Marines are keeping an eye on the progress of a seaglider drone.

Unmanned

Regent Squire Wing-In-Ground Effect Drone Demonstrator Makes First Flight

Posted on Apr 13, 2026

Hezbollah is stepping up its FPV attacks on the IDF.

Unmanned

Hezbollah Ramping Up FPV Drone Attacks On IDF In Lebanon

Posted on Apr 10, 2026

A former Pentagon official offers unique insights into the creation of the LUCAS drone.

Drones

How America’s Shahed-136 Kamikaze Drone Clone Suddenly Became An “Indispensable” Weapon Of War

Updated on Apr 9, 2026

Typhoon

Eurofighter Typhoon Test Fires Laser-Guided Counter-Drone Rockets

Posted on Apr 8, 2026

Iran

Trump Agrees To Ceasefire With Iran

Updated on Apr 8, 2026

President Donald Trump and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine provided new details about the risky missions to rescue the crew of an F-15E Strike Eagle shot down over Iran.

Iran

Everything We Now Know About The Operation To Rescue The F-15E WSO (Updated)

By Howard Altman, Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 7, 2026

Iran

How A Dusty Strip Deep In Iran Can Be Turned Into A U.S. Special Operations Base In Hours

Posted on Apr 6, 2026

Iran

F-15E Weapon Systems Officer Shot Down Over Iran Has Been Rescued (Updated)

By Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Apr 5, 2026

What we are seeing with Iran's attacks on Israel with ballistic missiles with cluster warheads could have significant implications for future conflicts elsewhere, including in the Pacific region.

Land-Based Ballistic Missile Defense

Iran Is Piercing Israel’s Ballistic Missile Defenses With High Altitude Cluster Warhead Releases

Posted on Apr 4, 2026

Iran claims it shot down a fighter over Iran showing wreckage on an F-15E.

F-15

F-15E Down In Iran, Rescue Operation Ongoing (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick, Tyler Rogoway, Howard Altman

Updated on Apr 4, 2026

Iran

Iran Is Losing Its Grip On Iraqi Militias

Posted on Apr 2, 2026

RC-135

RC-135 Rivet Joint Surveillance Jet Caught ‘In The Nude’ In Texas

Posted on Apr 2, 2026

Iran

Trump Threatens NATO Departure, Claims Iran Wants A Ceasefire Ahead Of National Address (Updated)

Updated on Apr 2, 2026

The U.S. Air Force's highly secretive NT-43A radar cross-section measurement platform is supporting the launch of NASA's Artemis II space mission, and this reflects the start of an entirely new stage in the career of the notoriously shy aircraft.

Airborne Radar

Secretive 737 Radar Jet ‘RAT55’ Has Begun “The Next Phase Of Its Career”

Updated on Apr 2, 2026

Operation Aspides, the European naval task force charged with protecting Red Sea shipping, is eyeing a potential Houthi resumption of hostilities in the waterway.

Iran

Amid Fears Houthis Could Close Bab el-Mandeb Strait, Red Sea Task Force Ready For Attacks

Updated on Apr 1, 2026

U.S. Air Force EA-37B Compass Call arrives at RAF Mildenhall on March 30, 2026.

Iran

New EA-37B Compass Call Electronic Warfare Jets Cross Atlantic, Middle East Next? (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick, Howard Howard Altman

Updated on Mar 31, 2026

A retired Air Force tanker pilot and wing commander offers insights into what it will take to fight China

KC-135

Former KC-135 Wing Commander On What It Will Take To Fuel A Fight Against China

Updated on Mar 31, 2026

Ukraine is experimenting with private sector air defense.

Counter-Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (C-UAS)

Ukraine Using Private Air Defense Teams To Protect Industry Against Russian Drones

Posted on Mar 30, 2026

CENTCOM is seeking an underground hardened facility at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.

Iran

Hardened Underground Facilities Now Being Sought For Al Udeid Air Base

Posted on Mar 27, 2026

Iran

Is The U.S. Dropping Mines To Stop Iranian Missile Launchers?

By Howard Altman, Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Mar 27, 2026

KC-135 is being used heavily in Operation Epic Fury.

KC-10

Veteran KC-135 Base Commander’s View Of Epic Fury’s Strain On The Tanker Force

Posted on Mar 26, 2026

U.S. Navy

Navy’s Drone Ship Plans Get Shaken Up Again

Posted on Mar 26, 2026

Iran

After Nearly A Month Of Epic Fury There’s No Off-Ramp In Clear Sight

Posted on Mar 25, 2026

Barksdale Air Force Base in Lousiana, home to B-52 bombers, was the site of a wave of recent drone incursions.

U.S. Homeland

U.S. Battled Drone Incursions Over Key Bases At Home After Launch Of Epic Fury

Posted on Mar 25, 2026

Iran

Retired Patriot Battalion Commander On The Challenges Of Defeating Iran’s Barrages

Posted on Mar 24, 2026

F-22

F-22 Raptor “2.0” Spotted Undergoing Flight Testing

Updated on Mar 23, 2026

Iran

What Boots On The Ground In Iran Could Entail, According To Former CENTCOM Commander

Updated on Mar 20, 2026

Iran

Former CENTCOM Commander’s Candid Take On The Situation In The Strait Of Hormuz

Posted on Mar 19, 2026

F-35 made emergency landing after Iran claims it struck one with a SAM.

F-35A

USAF F-35 Makes Emergency Landing After Allegedly Being Hit by Iranian Fire

Posted on Mar 19, 2026

The South Pars gas field was attacked by Israel, raising the stakes in the Middle East energy war.

Iran

Iran’s Energy Infrastructure Is Now On The Targeting List (Updated)

Updated on Mar 18, 2026

The aircraf carrier USS Nimitz has recently seen its service life extended, a sign of stress on the fleet.

U.S. Navy

Navy Juggles Its Aircraft Carrier Plans To Stay Afloat (Updated)

Posted on Mar 17, 2026

Trump no longer asking allies to help open the strait of hormuz.

Iran

Trump No Longer Wants Allies To Send Warships To Open The Strait Of Hormuz (Updated)

Updated on Mar 17, 2026

Germany rejects Trump's demand that NATO send warships to the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran

Allies Push Back On Trump’s Demand They Send Warships To Strait Of Hormuz (Updated)

Updated on Mar 16, 2026

Iran

Israeli And U.S. Officials Indicate War Could Go On For Another Three Weeks (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway, Howard Altman

Updated on Mar 16, 2026

The U.S. Navy Independence class Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) USS Tulsa and USS Santa Barbara, which are configured for minesweeping duties, have appeared in port in Malaysia.

Naval Mines

U.S. Navy Minesweepers Assigned To Middle East Have Been Moved To Pacific (Updated)

Posted on Mar 15, 2026

Amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA 7) departs Naval Air Station North Island, Calif., April 7, 2022. Tripoli completed flight deck operations with 20 F-35B Lightning II jets from Marine Fighter Attack Squadrons 211 and 225, Marine Aircraft Group 13, and 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, as well as Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron 1, as part of the U.S. Marine Corps’ Lightning carrier concept demonstration. The Lightning carrier concept demonstration shows Tripoli and other amphibious assault ships are capable of operating as dedicated fixed-wing strike platforms when needed, capable of bringing fifth generation Short Takeoff/Vertical Landing aircraft wherever they are required. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Samuel Ruiz)

Iran

Marine Expeditionary Unit Deploying To The Middle East: Report (Updated)

Updated on Mar 13, 2026

Iran

Ukrainian Companies Prohibited From Exporting Shahed Interceptor Drones

Posted on Mar 13, 2026

A submarine is among the Iranian naval vessels that U.S. forces have struck with Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) short-range ballistic missiles.

MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS)

Iranian Submarine Sunk By ATACMS Short Range Ballistic Missile

Posted on Mar 13, 2026

KC-135

KC-135 Tanker Crashes In Iraq During Operation Epic Fury Sortie (Updated)

By Howard Altman, Thomas Newdick, Joseph Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Mar 13, 2026

We obtained first-hand accounts of police chasing down Jersey Drones.

Unmanned

What Cops Saw Chasing Down New Jersey Drones

Updated on Mar 12, 2026

Satellite imagery from Vantor shows that a site long linked to Iran's nuclear program has been struck in a manner that raises the question of whether 30,000-pound GBU-57/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) bunker buster bombs were employed.

B-2

Did B-2s Just Drop GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators On Another Iranian Nuclear Site? (Updated)

Posted on Mar 12, 2026

Iran

Iran Turns Up The Heat Around The Strait Of Hormuz (Updated)

Updated on Mar 11, 2026

The U.S. military has been using M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) to strike Iranian ships as part of Operation Epic Fury.

MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS)

U.S. Striking Iranian Navy Ships With Ballistic Missiles

Posted on Mar 10, 2026

A B-52 bomber lands at RAF Fairford on March 9, 2026 in Fairford, England. Four U.S. B-1 Lancer bombers arrived at RAF Fairford on Friday following the UK Prime Minister's decision to allow "defensive" access to UK bases for strikes against Iranian missile sites, reversing an earlier policy refusal that caused friction with President Donald Trump.

Iran

B-52s Arrive At U.K. Base As Air Campaign Over Iran Grinds On (Updated)

Updated on Mar 9, 2026

Iran

Trump Demands “Unconditional Surrender,” Iran Says Bring On The Ground Invasion (Updated)

Updated on Mar 6, 2026

Adm. Brad Cooper, the commander of U.S. Central Command, lauds the LUCAS drone.

Iran

LUCAS Kamikaze Drones Lauded As “Indispensable” By U.S. Admiral In Charge Of Iran War

Posted on Mar 6, 2026

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has denied claims circulating online of the loss of another F-15E Strike Eagle, this time over enemy territory, as part of ongoing operations against Iran.

Iran

U.S. Denies F-15E Strike Eagle Went Down In Iran