Warren Gray

About the author

Warren Gray is a retired US Air Force intelligence officer with experience in joint special operations and counterterrorism. He served in Europe (including Eastern Europe) and the Middle East, earned Air Force and Navy parachutist wings, four college degrees, and was a distinguished graduate of the Air Force Intelligence Operations Specialist Course and the USAF Combat Targeting School. He is currently an author and historian, with seven published books and 245 published articles.
Super Flanker: The Exotic Su-30SM2 Flanker-H Fighter

Super Flanker: The Exotic Su-30SM2 Flanker-H Fighter

A two-seat predator with upgraded Su-35 guts and enough thrust-vectoring violence to snap a fight in seconds, the Su-30SM2 “Super Flanker” is Moscow’s blunt instrument for owning the sky while dragging a full warload into the kill box.

Ka-52 Alligator Gunship Killed by Ukrainian Drone

Ka-52 Alligator Gunship Killed by Ukrainian Drone

A $16 million Ka-52 prowling low over Nadiivka never saw the $10,000 hunter closing in, until a Ukrainian FPV drone turned its rocket pod into a fireball and proved, again, that in this war the smallest weapons are rewriting the rules of survival.

The A-10C Warthog at War in Iran

The A-10C Warthog at War in Iran

A-10 Warthogs are back over the Strait of Hormuz, hunting IRGC speedboats and striking drones with deadly precision.

Iran’s Kharg Island Defenses Blasted

Iran’s Kharg Island Defenses Blasted

After obliterating Kharg Island’s defenses with a precision strike that spared its oil lifeline, the United States has exposed Iran’s most critical export hub as both vulnerable and within reach, a warning shot that leaves open the option of boots on the ground.

Was Flight 93 Shot Down? The Truth Behind the Final Minutes

Was Flight 93 Shot Down? The Truth Behind the Final Minutes

A retired Air Force intelligence officer challenges the official account of United Flight 93, arguing that the evidence, eyewitness testimony, and timeline discrepancies point to a far more troubling possibility, that the aircraft may have been brought down by U.S. fighters in the final minutes of 9/11.

Men in Black: Iran’s Elite NOPO Force

Men in Black: Iran’s Elite NOPO Force

Iran’s feared NOPO commandos, the black-clad guardians of the Supreme Leader, have once again emerged from the shadows, this time to shield the wounded and newly installed Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei as war, revenge vows, and internal unrest threaten to tear the regime apart.

Medal of Honor Monday: Colonel John Ripley

Medal of Honor Monday: Colonel John Ripley

On Easter Sunday 1972, dangling beneath the Dong Ha Bridge with 500 pounds of explosives and North Vietnamese tanks massing on the far bank, Marine Captain John Ripley turned one man’s impossible task into the act that stopped an armored invasion and, decades later, finally earned him the Medal of Honor.