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SDB A-10 Warthog
A-10

A-10 Warthog To Soon Carry 16 Small Diameter Bombs In Combat

The A-10 Warthog will be able to employ 16 GBU-39 Small Diameter Bombs, each against a separate target, on a single sortie.

Chinese Carrier Recently Sailed Near Guam, Enters South China Sea
People's Liberation Army Navy (China)

Chinese Carrier Recently Sailed Near Guam, Enters South China Sea

The Chinese aircraft carrier Shandong sailed within around 400 miles of Guam during a nearly three-week-long cruise in the Western Pacific.

Turkish light fighter trainer first flight
Turkey

Turkey’s First Homegrown Manned Tactical Jet Has Flown

The Hürjet boasts supersonic performance and is planned to be produced in advanced training and light combat configurations.

A Ukrainian drone found near Moscow
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Explosive Drones Are Getting Very Close To Moscow

Ukrainian long-range drones are creeping closer to Moscow, which could become a major issue for the Kremlin as the war drags on.

U.S. Navy Sea Base To Reposition Off Sudan For Evacuation Contingency
U.S. Navy

U.S. Navy Sea Base To Reposition Off Sudan For Evacuation Contingency

The Navy began buying sea bases like the USS Lewis B. Puller in the first place in part to help respond to crises like the one rocking Sudan.

Littoral combat ship for sale
U.S. Navy

Navy Wants To Sell-Off Six Nearly New Littoral Combat Ships

Two Independence class and four Freedom class Littoral Combat Ships, the youngest just three-years-old, would be put up for sale.

B-21 Raider
Australia

Australia Held Talks About Buying B-21 Raider Stealth Bombers

The Australian government looked at the B-21 Raider before deciding to buy new air-launched standoff missiles for its existing fighter jets.

Moment E-6B ‘Doomsday Plane’ Crew Ordered ICBM Launch Seen In Image (Updated)
E-6

Moment E-6B ‘Doomsday Plane’ Crew Ordered ICBM Launch Seen In Image (Updated)

A recent test of an unarmed Minuteman III demonstrated the Air Force's ability to launch the missile from E-6B aircraft.

Sikorsky’s Black Hawk Replacement Bid Cost Half Of Bell’s But Lacked Info To Back It Up
FLRAA

Sikorsky’s Black Hawk Replacement Bid Cost Half Of Bell’s But Lacked Info To Back It Up

Sikorsky recently lost a protest against Bell's contract award for the FLRAA tender, arguing unsuccessfully that its bid was unfairly judged.

MH-47 Night Stalker Sudan
Special Operations

Special Operations Forces Evacuate U.S. Embassy Personnel From Sudan

More than 100 troops evacuated about 70 embassy personnel and their dependents via a long-range helicopter mission due to fighting in Sudan.

Ukraine Counteroffensive
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: The Brutal Wait For Ukraine’s Counteroffensive

As NATO-trained Ukrainian units return, their often rumored counteroffensive cannot come soon enough for those still at the frontline.

Bounds Green underground station, London, 1940
Bunker Talk

Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About All The Things We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week

Plenty of rations for all!

A Russian court has arrested Ukrainian Maj. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov in absentia.
Russia

Ukraine Intel Chief Says Russian Arrest Threat Is “A Pleasure For Me”

A Moscow court arrested Ukrainian intel boss Maj. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov in absentia for the Kerch Bridge attack.

Ukrainians wrap up Patriot training in U.S.
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: U.S. Patriot Missile Battery Has Been Delivered

The main focus of U.S. and allied aid to Ukraine will not be Western fighter jets, but ground-based air defenses like the Patriots.

JS Kaga pictured at at a dock in Kure City, Hiroshima Prefecture, on April 20
Japan

Japan’s Converted F-35B Carrier Leaves Dock Sporting New Bow

Leaving the dock where conversion work has been underway represents a big step forward in turning the JS Kaga into an F-35B carrier.

Russia Fired A Missile At A U.S. MQ-9 Reaper Over Syria Last Year
Syria

Russia Fired A Missile At A U.S. MQ-9 Reaper Over Syria Last Year

A U.S. MQ-9 avoided being shot down last November over Syria, but this only recently disclosed incident points to concerning trends.

Russian fighter jet Su-34 Belgorod
Su-34

Russian Su-34 Strike Fighter Bombed One Of Its Own Cities

The center of the city of Belgorod, close to the Ukrainian border, took a hit from a weapon dropped apparently in error by a Su-34 Fullback.

RQ-170 Sentinel Stealth Drones May Have Flown Sorties Off Crimea
RQ-170

RQ-170 Sentinel Stealth Drones May Have Flown Sorties Off Crimea

A leaked document purports to provide details on the recent use of RQ-170s, and various other surveillance aircraft, in the Black Sea region.

Ukrainian troops charged with treason after bizarre plot to steal Russian jets goes south.
Russia

Bizarre Plot To Steal Russian Jets Ends In Ukrainians Charged With Treason

A commander was killed, troops were wounded and two jets were destroyed as a result of the failed operation, Ukrainian state security says.

Su-30 Indonesia
Indo-Pacific

This Shot Is A Reminder Of Just How Huge The Flanker Is

The Indonesian Air Force’s Russian-made Flankers dwarf the F-16s and T-50s pictured with them at a recent gathering in Jakarta.