Air Force Grounds M18 Pistols After Fatal Discharge at F.E. Warren Air Force Base
If a sidearm can fire from a table without a finger on the trigger, it’s not a weapon—it’s a liability with a serial number.
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Morning Brief: Hamas Accepts Ceasefire, Trump Invites Pilots to White House, Russia Pummels Kyiv, Again
While Kyiv burned under a record-breaking Russian drone assault and Hamas eyed a ceasefire deal with fingers crossed behind their back, President Trump saluted B-2 pilots at the White House—just not by name, because in 2025, even heroes have to hide. Welcome to Saturday, July 5th, 2025. This is your SOFREP Morning Brief.
Operation Midnight Hammer: The Night We Pummeled Iran’s Fordow Uranium Enrichment Plant
We did more than send a message—we carved it into the bedrock with a 30,000-pound pen named MOP and left Tehran to read it in the dark.
Morning Brief: US Bombs Iran Nuclear Sites, Iranian Reaction to the Bombings, Israel and Iran Exchange Missile Fire
After the U.S. dropped bunker busters on Iran’s nuclear sites, Tehran fired off missile barrages at Israel, kicking off a brutal exchange that’s drawn in Washington, rattled the region, and made clear this fight is only getting hotter. Welcome to Sunday, June 22, 2025. This is your SOFREP Morning Brief.
Rarely Used Nuclear Sniffer Aircraft Takes Flight From Offutt Air Force Base
When the WC-135R fires up its engines and climbs into the stratosphere, it’s not chasing storms or enemy fighters—it’s hunting radioactive ghosts that might signal the world’s next nightmare.
What is this “No Kings Day” We are Hearing So Much About?
On June 14, America’s stage splits in two: Trump rolls tanks down Pennsylvania Avenue for his birthday bash, while thousands from coast to coast march in protest, shouting ‘No Kings’ in a star-spangled standoff over patriotism and power.
When Free Costs a Fortune: The Inside Story of Trump’s Qatari Jet
Trump’s new ride may be wrapped in gold and gifted with a bow, but this Qatari jumbo jet is shaping up to be a four hundred million dollar headache masquerading as a bargain.
No More Weak Sauce: Army Recruiting Crisis Ends as Trump and Hegseth Light a Fire Under the Pentagon’s Backside
For the first time in years, the Army stopped chasing quotas with TikTok dances and started pulling in recruits with something far more potent—purpose.
Medal of Honor Monday: James P. Fleming – The Huey Pilot Who Flew Into Hell and Back
James P. Fleming didn’t fly into danger for medals or headlines—he did it because six men needed saving and he was the last man left who could do it.
Retire Richer: Top 3 Countries Where U.S. Veterans Can Live Large
You didn’t drag your boots through a war zone so some HOA Karen in Scottsdale could tell you what color to paint your garage door—retire where your dollars roar and the sun doesn’t burn you to a crisp.
Freedom Flyover 2025: A Sonic Salute Over Miami Beach
On a beach better known for rum drinks and sunburns, the U.S. Air Force turned the sky into a booming love letter to American air dominance.
SOFREP Pic of the Day: Indian Air Force Pilot Inspects an Astra Beyond Visual Range Air To Air Missile Mounted on His Flanker-H
Locally built and lethally capable, the Su-30MKI armed with Astra missiles is India’s way of saying, “We make our own monsters now.”
