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U.S. Special Operators Are Getting New Sniper Rifles For The Second Time In Six Years
Sniper Rifles

U.S. Special Operators Are Getting New Sniper Rifles For The Second Time In Six Years

Snipers can configure the new rifles to fire three different calibers, allowing them to replace various existing weapons with one gun.

Japan Buying Joint Strike Missiles For Its F-35As Is A Much Bigger Deal Than It Sounds
Japan

Japan Buying Joint Strike Missiles For Its F-35As Is A Much Bigger Deal Than It Sounds

It's the first land attack capable cruise missile Japan has bought, opening the door to a whole new set of tactical and strategic possibilities.

The USAF’s Plans To Buy Six Aircraft As Part Of Its Never Ending Light Attack Experiment
Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC)

The USAF’s Plans To Buy Six Aircraft As Part Of Its Never Ending Light Attack Experiment

The service will now partner with the Marines, too, but has made it clear this is about helping foreign allies, not acquiring planes for its own use.

Marines Lay Out Plans For Their Own MQ-9 Reaper Drone Force In New Budget Request
U.S. Marine Corps

Marines Lay Out Plans For Their Own MQ-9 Reaper Drone Force In New Budget Request

This would give the service its first long-endurance drones and help pave the way for future unmanned aircraft capabilities.

Navy’s Budget Requests Two Huge Missile-Laden Drone Ships That Displace 2,000 Tons
U.S. Navy

Navy’s Budget Requests Two Huge Missile-Laden Drone Ships That Displace 2,000 Tons

The service wants to get the first two unmanned ships quickly to help refine its requirements and craft plans for employing them in actual combat.

Russia Unveils Plans For Sleek High-Speed Arctic Rescue Chopper With Jet Thruster In Its Tail
Russia

Russia Unveils Plans For Sleek High-Speed Arctic Rescue Chopper With Jet Thruster In Its Tail

The research and development work could support the Kremlin's broader requirements for new fast-flying rotorcraft in the far north and beyond.

SUV Plows Into Median Barrier Just As Presidential Motorcade Passes In Opposite Direction (Updated)
Presidential Transport

SUV Plows Into Median Barrier Just As Presidential Motorcade Passes In Opposite Direction (Updated)

The incident is a reminder of just how fast threats can appear for the Secret Service agents tasked with getting the President safely from A to B.

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

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

We can talk about old service revolvers, mysterious chaff clouds, geopolitics, saying goodbye to the Prowler, strategy—you know, no big whoop.

Blue Angels To Get 18 Early Production Super Hornets And Revised Routine For 2021 Season
U.S. Navy

Blue Angels To Get 18 Early Production Super Hornets And Revised Routine For 2021 Season

The Blue Angels' Super Hornet routine will be shorter and its maneuvers modified to reduce airframe fatigue and increase safety.

You’ve Never Seen Photos Of Low Flying Military Planes As Up Close And Personal As This
United Kingdom

You’ve Never Seen Photos Of Low Flying Military Planes As Up Close And Personal As This

Photographer Don Jackson Wyatt doesn't just snap planes flying through a valley, he zooms in and captures every rivet and paint chip, too.

We Cut Through The Conflicting Claims And Misinformation Surrounding India’s Strikes On Pakistan
India

We Cut Through The Conflicting Claims And Misinformation Surrounding India’s Strikes On Pakistan

The two countries are still trading accusations and social media and poor reporting continue to perpetuate false claims. Here's what we know.

Mysterious Cloud Of Chaff Lights Up Radar Over Dozens Of Miles Of New Mexico Airspace
U.S. Homeland

Mysterious Cloud Of Chaff Lights Up Radar Over Dozens Of Miles Of New Mexico Airspace

It is the latest in a string of peculiar chaff release events from across that U.S. that have drawn a lot of attention in recent months

Air Force’s Secretive XQ-58A Valkyrie Experimental Combat Drone Emerges After First Flight
XQ-58

Air Force’s Secretive XQ-58A Valkyrie Experimental Combat Drone Emerges After First Flight

The QX-58 may lead to a whole new class of highly-flexible and affordable unmanned combat air vehicles that could revolutionize how the USAF fights.

Don’t Be So Quick To Blame Trump’s No-Show At WWI Ceremony On The President Himself
WWI

Don’t Be So Quick To Blame Trump’s No-Show At WWI Ceremony On The President Himself

The decision to scrub a presidential airlift mission is up to the White House Military Office, HMX-1 which flies the aircraft, and the Secret Service.

Code Brown As This Gulfstream Jet Nearly Lands On Workers Repairing A Closed Runway
South America

Code Brown As This Gulfstream Jet Nearly Lands On Workers Repairing A Closed Runway

The close call happened at Paraguay's Asuncion Silvio Pettirossi International Airport and raises a mound of safety questions.

U.S. deploying THAAD battery to Israel, highlighting concerns about strain on U.S. air defense forces.
Iran

U.S. Sends THAAD To Israel For First Time As Both Countries Slam Iran’s Missile Programs

The United States and Israel have been laying the ground work for this type of deployment for years.

Check Out This Crazy Shot Of A C-17 Ingesting A Big Bird On Takeoff At The Avalon Air Show
C-17

Check Out This Crazy Shot Of A C-17 Ingesting A Big Bird On Takeoff At The Avalon Air Show

Even the Air Force's mightiest jets are far from immune from the danger posed by low-flying birds.

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

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

We can talk about the fighting between Pakistan and India, near extinct F-117s, geopolitics, loyal wingman drones, strategy—you know, no big whoop.

Trump Was Right To Walk On Kim, But Foolish To Have Gone To Hanoi In The First Place
North Korea

Trump Was Right To Walk On Kim, But Foolish To Have Gone To Hanoi In The First Place

It's good that Trump finally realized that Pyongyang isn't ready to give up its nukes, but it's ridiculous it's taken this long for him to see that.

Airman Schools Mark Cuban On How Military Procurement Is A Mess In Four Simple Words
U.S. Air Force

Airman Schools Mark Cuban On How Military Procurement Is A Mess In Four Simple Words

Innovation competition finalist was awesomely blunt to Mark Cuban and the USAF's leadership when it came to how broken Pentagon procurement is.