Category: Air Force

The United States positions military assets as Trump warns Iran of possible strikes, Israel expands air operations inside Lebanon, Washington advances nuclear cooperation talks with Saudi Arabia, and Ukrainian authorities investigate an explosion in central Lviv.

U.S. naval forces mass near Iran as tensions rise, while fighting intensifies in Tigray and Myanmar and new allegations shake Ukraine’s foreign legion.

DARPA’s Blackjack program demonstrates how low-cost, proliferated satellites in low Earth orbit can deliver resilient military space capabilities by leveraging commercial technology, autonomy, and distributed architectures instead of relying on a few vulnerable high-value systems.

America is flexing across the board this week, pulling Raptors for real missions, parking a carrier off Iran during talks, cutting Harvard out of officer development, and shoving a battalion into Nigeria as another quiet front turns hot.

President Trump’s tough-love approach is forcing allies to grow up, adversaries to move faster, and the United States to confront the real costs of pressure as NATO strains, China postures, and America quietly expands its footprint in places like Nigeria.

A declassified look at how U.S. airmen turned ordinary cargo aircraft into deadly gunships, reshaping modern airpower through wartime improvisation.

Under fire in Vietnam, Bernie Fisher landed on a shattered runway, loaded his wounded wingman, and flew out through bullets to save a life.

Major John L. Plaster’s SOG is a blunt, first-hand account of MACV-SOG’s small-team missions behind enemy lines that makes Hollywood action look fake by comparison because it’s built on real consequences, brutal odds, and men who did not get to choose how it ended.

Maduro remains in U.S. custody as Venezuelans celebrate and stabilization plans take shape, RAF Typhoons struck an ISIS weapons cache in Syria, Wagner continues fueling Sudan’s RSF proxy war, and gunmen killed at least 30 in a raid in Nigeria.

Delta Force with DEVGRU support removed Nicolás Maduro as the U.S. moves toward prosecution and a short stabilization plan, Iran threatened U.S. forces after Trump warned Tehran over killing protesters, and Russia claimed Huliaipole while Ukraine and independent mappers describe a heavily contested gray zone in Zaporizhzhia.

Explosions hit Caracas amid claims of a major U.S. operation and possible SOF involvement, DPAA identified 231 missing Americans in FY25, the FBI seized a $40 million motorcycle hoard tied to a wanted trafficker, and Iraq says it no longer needs Coalition forces as Ain al-Asad is handed over.

The faceted black jet was dragged across a Saudi ramp like contraband in broad daylight, and if you listen closely you can hear the old rules of air war cracking in half.