- February 20th, 2026
A pair of U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jets sitting on alert at March Air Reserve Base were scrambled before sunrise Sunday after unidentified flying objects were reported over Nevada and later northern California, triggering a chain of military and...
The United States military is moving to replenish its stockpile of the GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) bunker-buster bombs, following their high-profile use against Iran’s nuclear facilities during “Operation Midnight Hammer” in June 2025. Recently published, partially redacted US Air...
The United States Army has embarked on the most sweeping transformation of its aviation fleet in decades, yet one of its most iconic aircraft remains without a clear successor. The venerable Boeing CH-47 Chinook, a tandem-rotor heavy-lift helicopter that first...
When people attempt to count how many fighter jets the United States Air Force operates, they are often looking for a clean. This single number captures the scale of American airpower. But that seemingly straightforward question quickly opens into a...
The Boeing T-7A Red Hawk was envisioned as a transformational leap for United States Air Force pilot training—a digitally engineered jet designed from the ground up to prepare aviators for fifth-generation warfare. Instead, the program has evolved into a multibillion-dollar...
In a scene that seemed pulled straight from a science fiction blockbuster, three massive Boeing C-17 Globemaster III transports lifted off from March Air Reserve Base this weekend carrying something no Globemaster had ever hauled before: the core components of...
US Spy Who Survived and Agent Who Waited: How James Donovan’s Strategy Made Bridge of Spies Possible
About 64 years ago, at the height of Cold War hostility, the world watched as two superpowers staged a tense but carefully choreographed exchange on Berlin’s Glienicke Bridge. On February 10, 1962, the United States and the Soviet Union swapped...
The United States Navy is redirecting its newest and most advanced aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, from the Caribbean Sea to the Middle East as tensions with Iran sharply escalate, marking a dramatic operational pivot that will see...
The U.S. Marine Corps is moving to significantly expand the air-to-air arsenal of its aging F/A-18C/D Hornet fleet by integrating air-to-air optimized versions of the 70mm Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System II (APKWS II), a step that reflects the rapidly...
The U.S. Air Force is intensifying efforts to protect its most vulnerable yet indispensable aircraft — aerial refueling tankers and heavy airlifters — by exploring a new class of “kinetic” self-defense systems designed to physically destroy incoming missiles rather than...
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