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Watch Six A-10 Warthogs Execute A Glorious Mass Flare Release Over The Persian Gulf
A-10

Watch Six A-10 Warthogs Execute A Glorious Mass Flare Release Over The Persian Gulf

The wall of Warthogs put on quite the fireworks show off the coast of Dubai.

The Crew Of This Army National Guard M1 Abrams Tank Flies An Anarchist Flag In Kuwait (Updated)
M1 Abrams

The Crew Of This Army National Guard M1 Abrams Tank Flies An Anarchist Flag In Kuwait (Updated)

The symbol originated with anarchist political movements, but has since migrated to other less political media, including popular television shows.

We Talk Giant V-Shaped Airships, Space, And Phoenix Lights With JP Aerospace’s Founder
People

We Talk Giant V-Shaped Airships, Space, And Phoenix Lights With JP Aerospace’s Founder

After years of flying exotic airships, the company plans to create massive orbital platforms and V-shaped airships that float slowly up to space.

Ukrainian Troops Are Still Using This Pre-World War I-Era Maxim Machine Gun In Combat
Ukraine

Ukrainian Troops Are Still Using This Pre-World War I-Era Maxim Machine Gun In Combat

It doesn't hurt that it is chambered in the Russian standard 7.62x54mm cartridge, variations of which are still in widespread use after 129 years.

Greece Is Sending Patriot Missiles To Saudi Arabia To Guard “Critical Energy Infrastructure”
Saudi Arabia

Greece Is Sending Patriot Missiles To Saudi Arabia To Guard “Critical Energy Infrastructure”

The impending deployment comes as the U.S. military is looking to send its own Patriots to Iraq, possibly drawing on units it has now in Saudi Arabia.

Admiral Warns America’s East Coast Is No Longer A “Safe Haven” Thanks To Russian Subs
Russia

Admiral Warns America’s East Coast Is No Longer A “Safe Haven” Thanks To Russian Subs

Increased Russian sub activity means that the Navy no longer views sailing off the East Coast or across the Atlantic to be "uncontested" movements.

Wanting To Retire B-1B Bombers Is One Thing, Actually Making It Happen Is Another
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Wanting To Retire B-1B Bombers Is One Thing, Actually Making It Happen Is Another

The Air Force will reportedly ask to retire a portion of its B-1Bs force, but the motivations behind the move and its feasibility are far from clear.

Navy EA-18G Teamed With Two Other Growlers Flying Semi-Autonomously As Loyal Wingmen
U.S. Navy

Navy EA-18G Teamed With Two Other Growlers Flying Semi-Autonomously As Loyal Wingmen

Although the test is a promising step toward manned-unmanned air combat teaming, it is an echo of a much more promising past.

A Russian “Inspector” Spacecraft Now Appears To Be Shadowing An American Spy Satellite
Russia

A Russian “Inspector” Spacecraft Now Appears To Be Shadowing An American Spy Satellite

The Russian satellite recently moved into a new position where it has an especially good view of a US KH-11 spy satellite.

Navy To Greatly Expand P-8 Poseidon’s Mission With New Missiles, Mines, Bombs, And Decoys
U.S. Navy

Navy To Greatly Expand P-8 Poseidon’s Mission With New Missiles, Mines, Bombs, And Decoys

The plan reflects the better part of a decade of debate about expanding the roles and missions of these maritime patrol aircraft.

This Is What Nellis Air Force Base’s Ongoing Red Flag Exercise Looks Like From Space
U.S. Homeland

This Is What Nellis Air Force Base’s Ongoing Red Flag Exercise Looks Like From Space

Red Flag is nearly half a century old and it is still the world's top air combat training event, the latest iteration of which is very exclusive.

Thousands Of Army Bradleys Don’t Have The Power To Use New Active Protection Systems
M2/3 Bradley

Thousands Of Army Bradleys Don’t Have The Power To Use New Active Protection Systems

The Army is only planning to upgrade a fraction of its Bradleys with the auxiliary power units necessary to run the defensive systems.

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

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

We can talk about missing Patriots in Iraq, battlefield space, geopolitics, the B-21's curves—you know, no big whoop.

Air Force Isn’t Happy With Boeing’s Plans To Fix The KC-46 Tanker’s Troubled Vision System
KC-46

Air Force Isn’t Happy With Boeing’s Plans To Fix The KC-46 Tanker’s Troubled Vision System

Amid this prospect of more KC-46 delays, senior US officials are increasingly considering hiring contractors to help fill the potential tanker gap.

Here’s Our Analysis Of The Air Force’s New B-21 Stealth Bomber Renderings
B-21

Here’s Our Analysis Of The Air Force’s New B-21 Stealth Bomber Renderings

Although limited in detail, the new concept art offers new insights into the B-21's inlets, other stealthy features, and overall size.

American Bradley Armored Vehicles Were Pulled Out of Syria After Less Than Two Months
M2/3 Bradley

American Bradley Armored Vehicles Were Pulled Out of Syria After Less Than Two Months

The heavy armored vehicles were only on the ground for a matter of weeks after the U.S. government heavily promoted the deployment publicly.

Here’s Why Patriot Missiles Weren’t Protecting US Troops In Iraq And Why They Still Aren’t
Iraq

Here’s Why Patriot Missiles Weren’t Protecting US Troops In Iraq And Why They Still Aren’t

Iraq is holding up the plan, but it's also hard to understand how the US military didn't fix this defensive gap earlier given the known threats.

E-11A Pilots Died Flying An Aircraft From A Fleet So Small None Are In The U.S. For Training
E-11

E-11A Pilots Died Flying An Aircraft From A Fleet So Small None Are In The U.S. For Training

All of the individuals who fly these highly specialized planes, all of which are forward-deployed in Afghanistan, volunteer for the job.

Highly Specialized Air Force E-11A Communications Aircraft Crashes And Burns In Afghanistan (Updated)
E-11

Highly Specialized Air Force E-11A Communications Aircraft Crashes And Burns In Afghanistan (Updated)

The aircraft is one of just four the service operates to provide critical data fusion and communications relay capabilities.

This Presentation On America’s Secret MiG Squadron By The Man Who Built It Is Incredible
U.S. Air Force

This Presentation On America’s Secret MiG Squadron By The Man Who Built It Is Incredible

How the top-secret unit came to be is so outlandish that it sounds like fiction, but as this first-hand account details, it was anything but.