Special Operations Forces Week 2025

Escalade limos look to be a new addition, but the Secret Service has been using very similar Chevy Suburbans in this role for years.

Trump still issued a warning about his interest in the island and it isn’t clear how much trust is left with NATO allies to take him at his word.

The F-47 designation is a reference to Trump and his support for the program, but he seems ready to change it if things don’t go as planned.

Russia’s recent strikes on Ukraine reportedly involved a combination of new weapons and others repurposed from stocks of old target missiles.

More U.S. assets appear to be headed to Middle East as Israel is reportedly willing to weather a major missile barrage to end the regime in Iran.

Lawmakers already shot down Pentagon plans to buy E-2 Hawkeyes instead of E-7s Wedgetails.

The P-8 provided overwatch security while Trump attended a college football championship game in Miami.

The F/A-XX program saga continues with a new draft defense spending bill that would reverse Pentagon plans to shelve it indefinitely.

A new 120mm smoothbore gun is at the center of the remanufactured Challenger 3 and the British Army’s future armor plans.

Denmark is deploying more troops to Greenland over the increasingly hostile rhetoric coming out of the White House.

One of the many capabilities of the new SSM is the ability to spiral during its attack run to help evade close-in gun systems.

After 46 years, the Danish Viper has stood down from duty, but survivors will continue to fly in Argentina and Ukraine.

The mysterious Hyunmoo-5 short-range ballistic missile is estimated to carry a monstrous conventional warhead weighing over 17,000 pounds.

New ways to pair the unique capabilities of different ships could help better address commanders’ needs and do so faster.

The Army wants to start fielding its first MV-75 tiltrotors in 2027, years earlier than originally planned.

What does sunlight feel like?

As Trump mulls over what to do about Iran, U.S. forces are deploying to the region.

The Israeli Black Hawk careened into the ground during a recovery operation following an emergency landing in the West Bank.

The Navy is pushing back on concerns about the built-in capabilities of FF(X) frigates, including the lack of a vertical launch system array.

The “distributed shipbuilding” concept should reduce the time it takes to build the frigates, according to the Chief of Naval Operations. 

This absolutely glorious shot of an F-15EX ripping into the vertical over PDX while streaming a full vapor ‘cape’ is really something else.