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A Fifth Of The Air Force’s Combat-Coded F-22 Stealth Fighters Are Headed For Guam
F-22

A Fifth Of The Air Force’s Combat-Coded F-22 Stealth Fighters Are Headed For Guam

Dozens of F-22s will take part in a large exercise to demonstrate the Air Force's ability to project combat airpower into the Pacific.

Check Out These Flag-Bearing Navy SEALs Training With A Submerged Submarine
Virginia Class

Check Out These Flag-Bearing Navy SEALs Training With A Submerged Submarine

The Navy says this demonstrates how it can integrate special operations forces into even routine submarine operations in the Mediterranean.

Show You Aren’t Afraid To Fly The Snake With This Rad Iron Eagle-Inspired T-Shirt
News & Features

Show You Aren’t Afraid To Fly The Snake With This Rad Iron Eagle-Inspired T-Shirt

"Reach deep down where you keep your guts" like Doug Masters had to and pony-up for this one-of-a-kind Iron Eagle-inspired t-shirt!

Watch This Black Hawk Clip Street Lights During Emergency Landing In Romanian Capital
NATO

Watch This Black Hawk Clip Street Lights During Emergency Landing In Romanian Capital

The US Army Black Hawk helicopter rehearsing for a military ceremony had to make a harrowing landing on the streets of Bucharest, Romania.

Arctic Pit Stop A First For British Typhoon Fighter Jets
Arctic

Arctic Pit Stop A First For British Typhoon Fighter Jets

The exercise in the highly strategic Arctic region tested ways to disperse Typhoon jets to different locations that could be applicable elsewhere.

The submarine USS Thresher (SSN-593).
Nuclear Attack Submarines (SSNs)

USS Thresher’s Crew May Have Survived Many Hours After Its Disappearance According To New Docs (Updated)

Declassified reports from one of the submarines that were looking for the Thresher suggest some of its crew may have survived the initial incident.

The Mach-3 XF-108 Rapier Would Have Packed Its Big Missiles On A Revolver-Like Launcher
U.S. Air Force

The Mach-3 XF-108 Rapier Would Have Packed Its Big Missiles On A Revolver-Like Launcher

The Rapier carried its trio of long-range missiles in a rotary pack that would be used for downing marauding Soviet bombers.

The Pentagon Is Adding Two More Large Unmanned Surface Vessels To Its Ghost Fleet Program
U.S. Homeland

The Pentagon Is Adding Two More Large Unmanned Surface Vessels To Its Ghost Fleet Program

The Navy's fleet of unmanned surface vessels is about to grow, pointing to a looming sea change in how the service conducts maritime operations.

Explore Thousands Of FAA Drone And Unidentified Aircraft Incident Reports With Our Interactive Tool
U.S. Homeland

Explore Thousands Of FAA Drone And Unidentified Aircraft Incident Reports With Our Interactive Tool

The FAA has a little-known database with over 10,000 incident reports. Our new application intends to crowdsource the investigation into them.

Fifteen Percent Of U.S. Air Force F-35s Don’t Have Working Engines
F-35

Fifteen Percent Of U.S. Air Force F-35s Don’t Have Working Engines

Marine Corps, Navy, and foreign F-35s are also being impacted by ongoing problems with the jets' engines.

Gigantic Hangar Near Secretive Chinese Test Facilities Points To Exotic Airship Development
China

Gigantic Hangar Near Secretive Chinese Test Facilities Points To Exotic Airship Development

The hangar, which is one of the largest on earth, sits among remote missile defense and anti-satellite development installations.

The British Army’s New Light Howitzer Could Be Unmanned
M119 105mm Howtizer

The British Army’s New Light Howitzer Could Be Unmanned

Concept artwork for an advanced self-propelled design suggests the U.K. might take a radical route to replacing its Cold War-era towed guns.

Check Out This F-15E Strike Eagle Spewing Sparks After Takeoff
F-15

Check Out This F-15E Strike Eagle Spewing Sparks After Takeoff

Spotters at RAF Lakenheath got an unexpected fireworks show from one of the resident Strike Eagles earlier today.

First Improved W88 Nuclear Warhead For Navy’s Trident Missiles Rolls Off The Assembly Line
U.S. Navy

First Improved W88 Nuclear Warhead For Navy’s Trident Missiles Rolls Off The Assembly Line

The modernized W88 nuclear warheads are part of a major initiative to update America's submarine-launched nuclear arsenal.

Here’s Our Best Look Yet At The Navy’s New Laser Dazzler System
U.S. Navy

Here’s Our Best Look Yet At The Navy’s New Laser Dazzler System

The Navy's Optical Dazzling Interdictor, or ODIN, was photographed installed on the USS Stockdale during a replenishment in the Pacific.

British Carrier Joins Forces With U.S. Flattop And Amphibious Assault Ship In Gulf Of Aden
Royal Navy

British Carrier Joins Forces With U.S. Flattop And Amphibious Assault Ship In Gulf Of Aden

HMS Queen Elizabeth joined American and Dutch warships in the Gulf of Aden, an important maritime crossroads.

Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation Channels The X-Files With This Cryptic “UFO” Teaser (Updated)
Russia

Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation Channels The X-Files With This Cryptic “UFO” Teaser (Updated)

The company is harnessing UFO imagery as part of a mysterious campaign ahead of the biennial MAKS airshow in Moscow next week.

You Can Bug-Out To Your Own Cold War Communications Bunker For A Cool $695,000
Cold War

You Can Bug-Out To Your Own Cold War Communications Bunker For A Cool $695,000

The eBay listing claims the site is EMP-hardened, blast-proof, and has "an expansive floor plan" for all of your bug-out needs.

The Army Is Once Again Trying To Sell Off Some Of Its Underappreciated Naval Fleet
U.S. Army

The Army Is Once Again Trying To Sell Off Some Of Its Underappreciated Naval Fleet

Two years ago, Congress forced the Army to halt similar plans to divest some of these vessels, which would be important in a peer state conflict.

The Navy’s Exotic M80 Stiletto Test Ship Defeated Drone Swarms At Sea During Trials
U.S. Navy

The Navy’s Exotic M80 Stiletto Test Ship Defeated Drone Swarms At Sea During Trials

The Navy's testbed for new maritime combat technologies and concepts has just demonstrated a 360-degree detect-and-defeat anti-drone system.