Venezuela

Venezuela: Trump Revives Monroe Doctrine in New Strategy, Reasserting U.S. Dominance Over Latin America

The 1823 proclamation effectively positioned the United States as the political gatekeeper of Latin America, setting in motion nearly two hundred years of interventions, military occupations, regime changes and covert operations across the region. For much of the 19th and...
F-35A Lightning II

Finland’s First F-35A Completes Maiden Flight in Texas, Marking Major Milestone in Fighter Fleet Modernisation

The Finnish Air Force has reached a defining moment in its multiyear HX Fighter Programme with the maiden flight of its first F-35A Lightning II on December 8, 2025. The new aircraft, carrying the serial number JF-501, took to the...
MQ-25 T1 test asset refuels

U.S. Navy Pushes First Flight of MQ-25 Stingray to Early 2026, Marking Another Slip in Pivotal Unmanned Carrier Program

The U.S. Navy’s first flight of the production-representative Boeing MQ-25 Stingray has officially slipped into early 2026, missing a long-projected 2025 milestone that senior officials had repeatedly described as crucial for the future of unmanned carrier aviation. The delay, confirmed...
China–Russia

China–Russia Joint Missile-Defence Drill Marks Deepening Strategic Alignment Amid Rising U.S. Tensions

China and Russia’s third joint anti-missile defence exercise, conducted in early December 2025 on Russian territory, marks one of the most consequential developments in their expanding military partnership. Far more than a routine drill, the exercise signals the steady maturation...
B-1B Lancers Return to Ellsworth AFB After Major Runway Overhaul - Clearing Path for B-21 Raider Era

B-1B Lancers Return to Ellsworth AFB After Major Runway Overhaul, Clearing Path for B-21 Raider Era

Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota marked a milestone in its transformation into the Air Force’s first B-21 Raider hub, as B-1B Lancer bombers from the 37th Bomb Squadron returned home on December 3, 2025, after a ten-month relocation...
Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet

U.S. Navy Recovers F/A-18F Super Hornet and MH-60R Seahawk Lost in October Mishaps Near USS Nimitz

The U.S. Navy has successfully recovered an F/A-18F Super Hornet and an MH-60R Seahawk from the seafloor following two separate mishaps that occurred within minutes of each other on October 26, 2025, while both aircraft were operating from the USS...
US -NATO

Washington Pushes Europe to Assume Majority of NATO’s Conventional Defense by 2027, Alarming Allies

The United States has privately urged European allies to assume responsibility for the bulk of NATO’s conventional defense capabilities by 2027, a timeline that several European officials say is far too short to be realistic, according to multiple sources familiar...
Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet

U.S. Navy Releases Investigations into Multiple Incidents During USS Harry S. Truman’s High-Tempo Middle East Deployment

The U.S. Navy on Dec. 4, 2025, publicly released the results of four major investigations stemming from a string of serious mishaps during the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) Carrier Strike Group’s (CSG) nine-month deployment across the Red Sea, Mediterranean,...
Boeing QF-16 Aerial Target, U.S. Air Force

Boeing Delivers Final QF-16 Aerial Target, Marking End of a 15-Year Conversion Program

The U.S. Air Force has received its 127th—and currently final—QF-16 full-scale aerial target (FSAT), closing a major chapter in one of the service’s most unusual but essential test and evaluation programs. Boeing Defense marked the milestone with a commemorative video...
Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II

US Opens Door for Turkey’s Return to F-35 Lightning II Program as S-400 Impasse Nears Breakthrough

NATO’s long-fractured air-power architecture appears to be entering a decisive period of realignment, as new indications suggest Washington and Ankara are inching toward resolving one of the most consequential defence disputes of the past decade. Fresh signals from senior US...
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