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Catalina Island’s Famous Cliffside Airport To Get Rebuilt In Marine Training Exercise
Europe

Catalina Island’s Famous Cliffside Airport To Get Rebuilt In Marine Training Exercise

It's a great training opportunity since rapidly building air bases in hard to access areas is becoming a cornerstone of U.S. military doctrine.

Rumors of Covert Russian Ops Swirl After Finland’s Police Raid Bond-Esque Private Island
Baltic Sea

Rumors of Covert Russian Ops Swirl After Finland’s Police Raid Bond-Esque Private Island

Finnish authorities said it was all about money laundering, but the island's strategic location, multiple docks, helipad, and more suggest otherwise.

USAF Had Faulty Data About Whether Hangars Full of F-22s Could Survive Hurricane Michael
F-22

USAF Had Faulty Data About Whether Hangars Full of F-22s Could Survive Hurricane Michael

The service is trying to figure out why its assessments of how strong the buildings were got battered in the storm, too.

NATO Unfazed By Russia Plans To Fire Missiles Near Its Massive Exercise Off Norway (Updated)
NATO

NATO Unfazed By Russia Plans To Fire Missiles Near Its Massive Exercise Off Norway (Updated)

The western alliance says it isn't worried about dueling drills as long as the Kremlin 'behaves.'

Look Back At The Birth Of The B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber In This Intimate New Video Series
B-2

Look Back At The Birth Of The B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber In This Intimate New Video Series

With the upcoming 30th anniversary of the B-2's roll-out, a video series packed full of new images and video spotlights those who made it all happen.

USMC Wants Truck-Mounted Plasma Weapon To Temporarily Blind, Deafen, And Even Yell At People
U.S. Marine Corps

USMC Wants Truck-Mounted Plasma Weapon To Temporarily Blind, Deafen, And Even Yell At People

The service is hoping the same less-than-lethal weapons will be able to do double duty as communication systems and short-range sensors, too.

American Hypersonic Weapons Could Shower Their Targets In Deadly Fragments
Air-launched hypersonic boost glide vehicles

American Hypersonic Weapons Could Shower Their Targets In Deadly Fragments

With advanced fragmentation warheads, the fast-flying weapons could destroy a group of disparate targets types arrayed over a finite area.

Huge Floating Dry Dock Holding Russia’s Only Aircraft Carrier Has Accidentally Sunk (Updated)
Russia

Huge Floating Dry Dock Holding Russia’s Only Aircraft Carrier Has Accidentally Sunk (Updated)

The Admiral Kuznetsov was undergoing a long-delayed and much-needed deep overhaul when the accident occurred.

Russia’s Dry Dock Accident Could Have Far Larger Repercussions Than A Damaged Carrier
Russia

Russia’s Dry Dock Accident Could Have Far Larger Repercussions Than A Damaged Carrier

Russia's biggest dry dock has completely sunk and it's debatable if it has anything that could fully replace it anytime in the foreseeable future.

Army Chopper Pilots Fly With Digital Co-Pilot That Could Revolutionize Flight As We Know It
News & Features

Army Chopper Pilots Fly With Digital Co-Pilot That Could Revolutionize Flight As We Know It

The U.S. military wants to trim the number of tasks aviators need to worry about during a mission to reduce fatigue and prevent accidents.

Army’s Newest Airborne Unit Gets Second-Hand But Air Droppable USMC LAV-25 Armored Vehicles
U.S. Army

Army’s Newest Airborne Unit Gets Second-Hand But Air Droppable USMC LAV-25 Armored Vehicles

The 82nd Airborne Division has been without its own light armored vehicles since it retired its M551 Sheridan light tanks in the 1990s.

Watch This F-15C Eagle Make A Very Hard Hook-Down Emergency Landing
F-15

Watch This F-15C Eagle Make A Very Hard Hook-Down Emergency Landing

This F-15 wasn't in a good place and there is plenty of tire smoke and sparks to show for it.

Navy’s Next Gen Jammer Is Three Pods, Not One, And Competition For One Of Them Just Heated Up
U.S. Navy

Navy’s Next Gen Jammer Is Three Pods, Not One, And Competition For One Of Them Just Heated Up

With Raytheon out of the running for one pod, Northrop Grumman and L3 are vying to be a major part of the Navy's future electronic warfare ecosystem.

Boeing Is Developing A New High-Speed Apache Gunship With A Pusher Prop On Its Tail
U.S. Army

Boeing Is Developing A New High-Speed Apache Gunship With A Pusher Prop On Its Tail

The revised design could be a contender Army's new scout helicopter requirements and help the service keep its Apaches combat capable past 2050.

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

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

We can talk about the chemical warfare, wrecked Raptors, geopolitics, torn-up treaties, strategy—you know, no big whoop.

Navy Rushes To Get Littoral Combat Ships Anti-Ship Missiles They Desperately Need (Updated)
U.S. Navy

Navy Rushes To Get Littoral Combat Ships Anti-Ship Missiles They Desperately Need (Updated)

The service is accelerating plans to give the ships more firepower, but serious questions remain about the ships' capabilities.

B-2 That Made Emergency Landing In Colorado Had Engine Out, Couldn’t Talk To Tower: Audio
B-2

B-2 That Made Emergency Landing In Colorado Had Engine Out, Couldn’t Talk To Tower: Audio

The stealth bomber—one of only 20 in existence—made an emergency landing at Colorado Springs Airport with its #4 engine offline.

Belgium Decides To Join The F-35 Club Over Competing Offers For European Fighter Jets
Europe

Belgium Decides To Join The F-35 Club Over Competing Offers For European Fighter Jets

Belgian authorities say the Joint Strike Fighters offered the best value, but NATO nuclear weapon sharing requirements may have been a factor, too.

What Pulling Out Of The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty Means And What Comes Next
NATO

What Pulling Out Of The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty Means And What Comes Next

The Russians are violating the deal, but ditching it could strain America's relations with its allies and kick off an expensive arms race.

Sky Penis Soars Again? Navy T-34 Appears To Have Made A Phallic Flight Over The Salton Sea (Updated)
U.S. Navy

Sky Penis Soars Again? Navy T-34 Appears To Have Made A Phallic Flight Over The Salton Sea (Updated)

The plane's peculiar track appears to represent a wing-borne wang.