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...
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...
U.S. Marine Corps AH-1Z Viper crews from Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 267 (HMLA-267)

U.S. Marine Corps AH-1Z Viper Crews Sharpen Crisis-Response Edge During Steel Knight 25 as Caribbean Tensions Rise

On 2 December 2025, AH-1Z Viper crews from Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 267 (HMLA-267) lifted off from Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton for a close air support (CAS) training mission during the annual Steel Knight 25 exercise. Images...
U.S. LUCAS Drone

U.S. LUCAS Drone: A Low-Cost Attack Drone Designed to Flip Iran’s Own Playbook Against It

The United States has formally unveiled and operationally deployed its newest unmanned precision-strike weapon: the Low-Cost Uncrewed Combat Attack System, or LUCAS, a reverse-engineered derivative of Iran’s infamous Shahed-136 loitering munition. The deployment marks one of the most dramatic shifts...
USS Gerald R. Ford

USS Gerald R. Ford Arrives in U.S. Virgin Islands as U.S. Recalibrates Caribbean Security Posture Amid Venezuela Tensions

The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), the U.S. Navy’s most advanced aircraft carrier and the lead ship of its class, arrived in St. Thomas on Monday in a deployment that underscores shifting U.S. security priorities close to home. The port...
A newly released photo of 11th Airborne Division paratroopers jumping from a C-17 over Hawaii offers a rare look at how the United States is refining rapid deployment skills for Pacific missions and crisis planning tied to rising tensions with Venezuela.

U.S. C-17 Airdrop Over Hawaii Highlights Expanding Role of Rapid Deployment in Pacific–Caribbean Readiness—and Beyond

A recently released image of a C-17 Globemaster III dropping paratroopers over Hawaii quietly illustrated far more than a routine training serial, as announced by DVIDS on 1 December 2025. The photograph shows U.S. Army soldiers from the 11th Airborne...
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