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U.S. Marine Corps

Congress Set To Put the Brakes On Marine Plans To Buy More Of Its Popular M27 Rifles

A new defense spending bill would slow purchases until the service explains how the guns align with an Army-led ammunition study.

India

There Was Literally An Elephant In The Room At This Indian Military Installation

Many in India are in close contact with local wildlife, but this is on a whole other level.

F-15

Exclusive: Unmasking The F-15X, Boeing’s F-15C/D Eagle Replacement Fighter

Boeing and the USAF have been in talks for a year and a half about replacing the aging F-15C/D with a brand new advanced Eagle derivative, the F-15X.

U.S. Homeland

Unique Horse-Mounted USAF Unit Went Hunting For That RQ-4 Drone That Crashed On Mt. Whitney

The Mounted Horse Patrol from Vandenberg Air Force Base was well equipped to scour the rugged terrain for parts of the drone.

Israel

Israel Shoots Down Syrian Jet As Tensions Along The Two Countries’ Border Ratchet Up (Updated)

The shootdown comes soon after Israeli forces tried to knock out Syrian missiles that appeared to be headed for the country.

Air Force One

USAF Offers New Details About New Air Force Ones, But Doesn’t Back Up Trump’s Cost-Cutting Claims

A formal justification of the deal with Boeing cites the president's personal intervention in the program, but doesn't say he saved any money.

OV-10

Those Suped-Up OV-10 Broncos That Took On ISIS In Iraq Are Being Sold Off

The planes are likely headed to the Philippines, but they might only be a stopgap until A-29 Super Tucanos replace the OV-10s for good.

U.S. Homeland

Watch This Stunt Helicopter Pilot Carve Through Lake Powell’s Crazy Tight Canyons

You will clench your phone or your desk with a death grip while watching this wild cockpit footage.

U.S. Homeland

Two Vintage Warbirds Crashed In Separate Incidents On Eve Of Oshkosh Air Show (Updated)

An antique Venom jet and a C-47 Skytrain were destroyed in separate mishaps and both had connections to the AirVenture Air Show in Oshkosh.

F-22

Watchdog Says USAF Is Wasting F-22s On Patrols And Deployments, Should Consolidate Force

A new report says the jets and their pilots are too busy with missions that don't require their unique capabilities to prepare for conflicts that do.

U.S. Navy

CVN-81, The Fourth Ford Class Supercarrier, Is Slated To Cost A Whopping $15B

The price of a single Ford class supercarrier is approaching the size of the entire annual defense budget of Canada.

U.S. Marine Corps

Marines Conduct First Field Test Of ‘Non-Lethal’ Mortar Rounds Full of Flash-Bangs

The shells could help rapidly disperse violent mobs and may also be useful for disorienting enemy forces in actual combat.

U.S. Army

Army To Replace M249 SAWs With New Squad Automatic Rifles Only In ‘Close-Combat’ Units

As the service begins evaluating five different prototype designs, it says that secondary units will continue using existing guns for years to come.

People

The World’s Oldest Active Fighter Pilot, A Grandfather Of Four, Retires

66-year-old Squadron Leader Phillip Frawley is finally hanging up his g-suit and retiring from RAAF service.

Russia

Russia Releases Videos Offering An Unprecedented Look At Its Six New Super Weapons

After a controversial summit between Trump and Putin, the Kremlin gives us a glimpse of its latest strategic weapons developments.

Russia

No, Russia’s Su-57 Stealth Fighter Program Isn’t Dead, At Least Not Yet

Moscow is deferring mass production of the fighter for a number of possible reasons, but it hasn't canceled the program outright.

F-5

TacAir’s Adversary F-5s Are Getting A Cutting-Edge Cockpit

The upgrade will offer greater situational awareness, ease of integration for future upgrades, synthetic vision, and night vision compatibility.

Europe

Oops! The Spanish Navy Is Constructing New Submarines That Are Too Big For Their Pens

Spain will likely have to spend millions of dollars to build a proper home for the boats, which have already suffered years of problems and delays.

United Kingdom

Forget The Fighters, Lockheed’s LM-100J Super Hercules Demo Slayed At Farnborough

The civilian version of the C-130J is anything but civilized when pushed to its max by Lockheed's top C-130 test pilot.

U.S. Army

Army Buys Small Suicide Drones To Break Up Hostile Swarms And Potentially More

Raytheon's Coyote is an inherently modular system that the United States has already tested as a possible weapon and a scientific tool.