Milestone Monday: The CH-47 Chinook At 54!

Milestone Monday: The CH-47 Chinook At 54!

The history of aviation is one of constant innovation. When you consider that mankind went from powered flight to breaking the sound barrier in a mere forty-four years, finding this continuous improvement and reinvention is not surprising. Thus, the history of the aircraft themselves is often full of rapid gains in technology and just as […]

A Former Navy SEAL’s 10-Point Plan for America’s Veterans in the 2016 Presidential Race

A Former Navy SEAL’s 10-Point Plan for America’s Veterans in the 2016 Presidential Race

In keeping with SOFREP’s efforts to help shape the political debate during this campaign season (see here and here), so that the discourse revolves around more than Donald Trump’s verbosity, hair, and numerous assurances of being “the best at military,” women’s issues, and the rest, this author offers the below outline version of a proposed […]

Espionage, Poison and Sabotage: Covert Guerrilla Warfighters in Syria target ISIS

Espionage, Poison and Sabotage: Covert Guerrilla Warfighters in Syria target ISIS

The roles of underground operations, guerrilla, sabotage and classic special operations units are groups who act in frustration to opposing forces. In this case the bullet meets the bone in Syria as Kurdish Forces are successfully deploying unconventional warfare tactics against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Kurdish forces have developed and deployed […]

9 Haunting Aviation Mysteries

9 Haunting Aviation Mysteries

Ever since flying machines began taking to the skies there have been instances of an airship or aircraft disappearing, sometimes with little or no trace, making it very difficult for investigators to ascertain exactly what happened. Over the years flying has become considerably less risky and the odds of vanishing in an aircraft became increasingly […]

Ukraine Update: Russia is Not Rattled

Ukraine Update: Russia is Not Rattled

Russia does not care what Americans are doing in Ukraine, and officially have so far only released a few words in opposition to their presence in Ukraine.

Product Review: Bremont MB II

Product Review: Bremont MB II

[Editor’s Note: In the interests of transparency: yes, Bremont is a sponsoring partner of Force 12 Media and Fightersweep. Yes, we have a project in the works with them. That being said, no, we didn’t get free MB II watches, and no, there’s no incentives for us in doing a review of their product. Let’s […]

Plane Crash Injures Navy SEALs

Plane Crash Injures Navy SEALs

Board a commercial flight here in the United States, or most anywhere in the world, and it’s all but a guarantee you’ll make it to your destination safely. You’ve all heard the stats: air travel is safer than traveling by car, you’re more likely to get attacked by a shark than die in a plane […]