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Air Force CV-22 Ospreys Have A New Snowmobile Extraction And Insertion Configuration
Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC)

Air Force CV-22 Ospreys Have A New Snowmobile Extraction And Insertion Configuration

Being able to quickly deploy and retrieve special operators on snowmobiles is an increasingly critical capability for Arctic operations.

Airbus’s Secret Stealth Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle Research Program Breaks Cover (Updated)
Stealth

Airbus’s Secret Stealth Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle Research Program Breaks Cover (Updated)

The impressive-looking plane was part of a clandestine risk-reduction effort that will inform the firm's future stealthy combat aircraft designs.

Saudi Troops Are Using This Huge Grenade Launcher Gun That Looks Like An Action Movie Prop
Iran

Saudi Troops Are Using This Huge Grenade Launcher Gun That Looks Like An Action Movie Prop

Saudi Arabia appears to be the first foreign customer for the Chinese-made weapon and its troops in Yemen seem to be the first to use it in combat.

U.S. Special Ops Soldier Talks To Reporter In Syrian Oil Fields As Mission Remains In Flux
Special Operations

U.S. Special Ops Soldier Talks To Reporter In Syrian Oil Fields As Mission Remains In Flux

The mission appears to conflict with U.S.-Turkish and Russian-Turkish agreements, resulting in a puzzling and potentially dangerous situation.

Behold The SR-71 Blackbird’s Raw Power In This Crazy Low-Light Afterburner Photo (Updated)
SR-71

Behold The SR-71 Blackbird’s Raw Power In This Crazy Low-Light Afterburner Photo (Updated)

The SR-71's Blackbird's J58 engine was one of the biggest triumphs in aerospace history and it put on one hell of a light show at dusk.

Hero K9 Commando Conan Talks To Press About Al Baghdadi Raid In SNL Sketch
Syria

Hero K9 Commando Conan Talks To Press About Al Baghdadi Raid In SNL Sketch

Conan took reporters' questions via his "interpreter" and he was pretty direct with his answers! The real Conan will meet President Trump this week.

Glitzy Video Takes You Aboard The Late Paul Allen’s Octopus Mega Yacht
Foreign VVIP Transport

Glitzy Video Takes You Aboard The Late Paul Allen’s Octopus Mega Yacht

We get out clearest looks yet into Paul Allen's floating dream, as well as the helicopters, boats, and submarine that call it home.

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 Delta Force raids, Japanese Super Interceptors, geopolitics, Russian electronic warfare—you know, no big whoop.

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 Chinese spaceplanes, tanks heading to Syria, geopolitics, boondoggle aircraft carriers—you know, no big whoop.

Army Medevac Black Hawks In Syria Are Flying With Unique Laser Countermeasures Installation
U.S. Army

Army Medevac Black Hawks In Syria Are Flying With Unique Laser Countermeasures Installation

Pictures show at least two HH-60M "Dustoff" helicopters deployed with a defensive suite that had been causing the Army headaches in testing.

Guided Rounds Will Turn The Beloved Carl Gustaf Recoilless Rifle Into A Precision Weapon
Carl Gustaf Recoiless Rifle

Guided Rounds Will Turn The Beloved Carl Gustaf Recoilless Rifle Into A Precision Weapon

The new round also doubles the range of the weapon, which will still have the flexibility to fire all of the existing unguided ammunition.

These T-72 Tank “Costumes” For Idaho Army National Guard Humvees Aren’t For Halloween
T-72

These T-72 Tank “Costumes” For Idaho Army National Guard Humvees Aren’t For Halloween

These "visually modified" vehicles will help add extra realism during training exercises without the costs associated with actual tanks.

Engage The UFO Phenomenon By Telling Goose You’re Switching To Phasers With This T-Shirt
UAP

Engage The UFO Phenomenon By Telling Goose You’re Switching To Phasers With This T-Shirt

"That's no MiG-28!" Show your love for two pop culture phenomena—UFOs and Top Gun—with this out of this world T-Shirt!

Whoops! First F-35A Based In The Netherlands Got A Foam Bath By Mistake
Europe

Whoops! First F-35A Based In The Netherlands Got A Foam Bath By Mistake

Base firefighters were supposed to give the plane a water salute to mark the arrival of the first Joint Strike Fighter to be based in the country.

Check Out These Shots Of America’s New Supercarrier Ripping Through High-Speed Turns
U.S. Homeland

Check Out These Shots Of America’s New Supercarrier Ripping Through High-Speed Turns

The USS Gerald R. Ford is a mess developmentally, but it is one wicked-looking ship in a Star Wars Imperial Cruiser kind of way.

Army National Guard Bradley Fighting Vehicles Are Now In Syria Guarding Oil And Gas Fields
M2/3 Bradley

Army National Guard Bradley Fighting Vehicles Are Now In Syria Guarding Oil And Gas Fields

The mission, which is focused on keeping ISIS and Assad from getting these resources, is still rapidly evolving, but now includes heavy armor.

Our Analysis Of New Info And Video From The Raid That Killed ISIS Head Al Baghdadi
Syria

Our Analysis Of New Info And Video From The Raid That Killed ISIS Head Al Baghdadi

New facts, videos, and imagery give new insights as to how U.S. forces got to the compound and then obliterated it after the operation was complete.

Japan Cleared To Transform 98 Of Its F-15J Eagles Into “Japanese Super Interceptors”
Japan

Japan Cleared To Transform 98 Of Its F-15J Eagles Into “Japanese Super Interceptors”

The new configuration includes a new radar, mission computer, electronic warfare suite, and will also ensure the F-15J flies for Japan for years to come.

Ukrainian Officer Details Russian Electronic Warfare Tactics Including Radio “Virus”
Russia

Ukrainian Officer Details Russian Electronic Warfare Tactics Including Radio “Virus”

The officer said that sanctions that have targeted Russian made electronic warfare systems that use foreign-made components may be working.

Russia Sends Ten Subs Into North Atlantic In Drill Unprecedented In Size Since Cold War
Russia

Russia Sends Ten Subs Into North Atlantic In Drill Unprecedented In Size Since Cold War

It's thought that one of Russia's objectives for the drills is to signal to the U.S. it can operate where it needs to, when it needs to, and in force.