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Boeing’s Troubled New KC-46 Pegasus Tanker Just Flew Across The Pacific Ocean To Japan
KC-46

Boeing’s Troubled New KC-46 Pegasus Tanker Just Flew Across The Pacific Ocean To Japan

Just as yet another target delivery date may be emerging, the KC-46 has hopped across the Pacific to visit its first export customer.

U.S. Carrier Enters Arctic Circle For The First Time in 28 Years As New Cold War Heats Up
U.S. Navy

U.S. Carrier Enters Arctic Circle For The First Time in 28 Years As New Cold War Heats Up

The region is notorious for rapid changes in weather conditions, frigid temps, rough seas, high winds...and Russian submarines.

Navy Wants New ‘Seawolf-Like’ Attack Submarines To Challenge Russian And Chinese Threats
USS Jimmy Carter

Navy Wants New ‘Seawolf-Like’ Attack Submarines To Challenge Russian And Chinese Threats

The boats would be a key part of the service's plans to revitalize its anti-submarine capabilities, but at a price of more than $5 billion each.

U.S. To Offer Surplus Oliver Hazard Perry Class Frigates To Ukraine: Reports
Ukraine

U.S. To Offer Surplus Oliver Hazard Perry Class Frigates To Ukraine: Reports

Although far from new, the ships would offer Ukraine a huge and desperately needed boost in naval capabilities.

Canada Chooses BAE-Lockheed Proposal To Build Frigates Based On U.K.’s Type 26 Design
Canada

Canada Chooses BAE-Lockheed Proposal To Build Frigates Based On U.K.’s Type 26 Design

The Canadians have already spent more than a decade working to identify a replacement for their aging Halifax-class frigates.

Let’s Discuss The Murder Of Jamal Khashoggi And Its Geopolitical And Strategic Ramifications
Saudi Arabia

Let’s Discuss The Murder Of Jamal Khashoggi And Its Geopolitical And Strategic Ramifications

The bizarre and tragic incident is jarring, but what comes next could have dramatic implications on an entire region.

US, South Korea Cancel Another Big Combat Exercise As Ties Between Seoul and Pyongyang Grow
North Korea

US, South Korea Cancel Another Big Combat Exercise As Ties Between Seoul and Pyongyang Grow

Canceling exercises could help negotiations with the North moving forward, but also could hurt the readiness of US and South Korean forces.

Japan Is Taking A Two-Step Approach To Fielding Its First Operational Hypersonic Weapons
Japan

Japan Is Taking A Two-Step Approach To Fielding Its First Operational Hypersonic Weapons

The Japanese are rushing to develop the weapons amid concerns about increasing Chinese encroachment on their territorial claims.

U.S. General Narrowly Escapes Brazen Taliban Attack, But It’s Still A Huge Blow To War Effort
U.S. Army

U.S. General Narrowly Escapes Brazen Taliban Attack, But It’s Still A Huge Blow To War Effort

The attack is both devastating and embarrassing for the Afghan and U.S. governments, who insist the insurgents are losing the initiative.

USAF Frantically Stole Parts From One RC-135 To Get Another Airborne To Spy On A Missile Launch
RC-135

USAF Frantically Stole Parts From One RC-135 To Get Another Airborne To Spy On A Missile Launch

The swap meant the missile monitoring mission went ahead as planned, but it forced the service to delay another intelligence-gathering sortie.

Lt. Col. Seth ‘Jethro’ Nehring Was USAF F-15 Pilot Who Died In Su-27 Crash In Ukraine
F-15

Lt. Col. Seth ‘Jethro’ Nehring Was USAF F-15 Pilot Who Died In Su-27 Crash In Ukraine

Members of the California Air National Guard's 144th Fighter Wing were in Ukraine for the first time ever to train when the accident happened.

Russia Rages At Pentagon Plans To Build U.S. Made Derivatives of Soviet-Era Small Arms
Russia

Russia Rages At Pentagon Plans To Build U.S. Made Derivatives of Soviet-Era Small Arms

The United States sends these weapons to allies and uses them for its own purposes, but is tired of relying on foreign suppliers.

Ukrainian Su-27UB Flanker Crashes, Reportedly Killing Ukrainian and U.S. Pilots Onboard (Updated)
Ukraine

Ukrainian Su-27UB Flanker Crashes, Reportedly Killing Ukrainian and U.S. Pilots Onboard (Updated)

The jet had been taking part in the Clear Sky 2018 multi-national training exercise which included F-15C/Ds from the California Air National Guard.

UAE Contracted An American Hit Squad to Kill Political Figures And More in Yemen
UAE

UAE Contracted An American Hit Squad to Kill Political Figures And More in Yemen

The revelations expose a worrying new dimension to the conflict in Yemen and could have consequences outside that country.

Army’s New Huge Barrel Packing 155mm Howitzer Doubles Range To 40 Miles In Tests
Cannons

Army’s New Huge Barrel Packing 155mm Howitzer Doubles Range To 40 Miles In Tests

Now the service already wants to double that range and get the guns hitting targets out to 80 miles.

China Reportedly Plans To Unveil H-20 Stealth Bomber At Air Force Anniversary Parade In 2019
China

China Reportedly Plans To Unveil H-20 Stealth Bomber At Air Force Anniversary Parade In 2019

The news comes after the Chinese Air Force revealed a new logo showing the silhouette of an unknown flying-wing-type aircraft.

China Says H-20 Stealth Bomber Makes ‘Great Progress’ Stirring Talk Of A First Flight Soon
China

China Says H-20 Stealth Bomber Makes ‘Great Progress’ Stirring Talk Of A First Flight Soon

Word of the bomber's developmental progress comes amid a growing rift between the Chinese and American governments.

Soyuz Rocket Failure Could Leave International Space Station In Risky Unmanned Mode
Falcon (SpaceX)

Soyuz Rocket Failure Could Leave International Space Station In Risky Unmanned Mode

With no crew, no one would be able to fix critical systems if they broke and important work related to the station would come grinding to a halt.

Rogoway’s Reviews: First Man Is A Stunningly Raw Tale Of Rockets And Reality
Hollywood

Rogoway’s Reviews: First Man Is A Stunningly Raw Tale Of Rockets And Reality

First Man is an unconventional film about an unconventional hero and like the rockets of the era, it adds up to far more than the sum of its parts.

USAF, Army, and Navy Join Forces To Field America’s First Operational Hypersonic Weapon
Air-launched hypersonic boost glide vehicles

USAF, Army, and Navy Join Forces To Field America’s First Operational Hypersonic Weapon

Concerns about Russian and Chinese threats have pushed the services to work together to try to get the weapon operational in two years.