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American Secretary of Defense James Mattis made the first stop in a three-day tour of America’s nuclear triad on Thursday, as he continues to review the nation’s nuclear posture and ballistic missile defense in the face of repeated threats of preemptive nuclear strikes from Kim Jong un’s North Korean regime. Mattis already visited the submersible leg […]
One of NASA’s most successful spacecraft to date, Cassini, is slated to make its fateful plunge into Saturn’s atmosphere today, ending its 13 year tour of the Saturn system and countless historic scientific discoveries. Cassini began making weekly dives toward Saturn’s atmosphere in April, collecting never before seen data on Saturn’s ring system and atmosphere […]
Little did you know but if mosquitoes are causing a problem who do you call??? The US Air Force! U.S. Air Force C-130 cargo planes began spraying insecticides over three eastern Texas counties over the weekend and will expand to other areas over the next two weeks, officials from the Texas Department of State Health Services […]
An amphibious assault vehicle with 15 Marines inside burst into flames during a training exercise at Camp Pendleton, California on Wednesday, according to a source with knowledge of the incident. Although the vehicle was engulfed in flames, all of the Marines were able to escape. The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity since they were […]
A few months ago, SOFREP reported on an important discovery made by scientists at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory that involved combining water with a newly engineered nano-powder based on aluminum. When water came into contact with the aluminum powder, it instantly released hydrogen that could be used as a fuel source to power electronics: […]
The company that runs the U.S. version of RT, the Russian state-owned outlet originally known as Russia Today, must register with the Justice Department as a foreign agent, signaling that all of their content would be labeled as propaganda from Moscow. In a report Monday, RT did not name the company that the Department of Justice (DOJ) has […]
While many of America’s war fighters come to terms with the concept of dying in a firefight well before they actually set boots on the ground, there are no shortages of other risks to the lives of those we send into harm’s way in defense of our nation. Recent headlines have made it frighteningly clear […]
In a story published late Monday, September 11, 2017 on AviationWeek.com, new information has been revealed about the type of aircraft that USAF Lt. Col. Eric Schultz, call sign “Doc,” may have been flying at the time of his mysterious crash 100 miles Northwest of Nellis AFB in the Nevada Test and Training Range. Speculation about the crash was fueled […]
With few exceptions, the DoD announcement on Labor Day of retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Kelly K. McKeague as director of the Department of POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) has been met mostly with praise. McKeague was finally appointed 16 months after the first director resigned in June 2016. During that hiatus, there has been derision […]
Yesterday we wrote about the tragedy of 9-11 and the horror that we all felt that day 16 years ago as we watched planes fly into the World Trade Center and the thousands of lives that were lost in New York City, in Washington D.C., and in rural Pennsylvania. Almost everyone in the country either […]
The US Army is sending in aviation assets from their 101st Airborne Division to assist in search-and-rescue operations following Hurricane Irma’s devastating strike on Florida. Watch: The US Army Playing a Major Role in Hurricane Harvey Rescues There have been no official orders to use the soldiers or equipment yet, but the move puts them in the […]
The U.S. Air Force has been tasked with supporting air strikes in combat theaters around the world since the onset of the Global War on Terror 16 years ago, but a growing pilot shortage is placing the branch’s ability to maintain continued combat operations at the same tempo at risk. In order to address this […]
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