When innovation meets special operations: How German SOF improvise

When innovation meets special operations: How German SOF improvise

Special operations units are known for their improvisation. Since they are designed, trained, and organised to operate behind enemy lines, having the ability to think on their feet and make do with limited resources is essential. Bring this mindset and attitude to the training room, and you get marvels. The German Kommando Spezialkrafte (KSK) created […]

The Pic of the Day: Coast Guard dive operations under the Artic ice

The Pic of the Day: Coast Guard dive operations under the Artic ice

Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Adam Harris, a member of a joint Coast Guard-Navy dive team deployed on the Coast Guard Cutter Healy, holds a Coast Guard ensign during a cold water ice dive off a Healy small boat in the Arctic, July 29, 2017. The joint dive team successfully completed the first shipboard […]

The Pic of the Day: Service members’ remains return from the Philippines

The Pic of the Day: Service members’ remains return from the Philippines

Members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) conduct an honorable carry for the remains of unidentified U.S. service members at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Dec. 8, 2018. The remains were recently disinterred from graves at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in the Philippines as part of DPAA’s effort to identify personnel that […]

The Pic of the Day: SpaceX Falcon 9 misses its landing (videos from multiple angles)

The Pic of the Day: SpaceX Falcon 9 misses its landing (videos from multiple angles)

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 first stage boosters are able to return to earth in a controlled descent and land vertically. They are then recovered, serviced, and put back into launch rotation. This past week, however, one of those landings didn’t go quite as they planned. Tracking shot of Falcon water landing pic.twitter.com/6Hv2aZhLjM — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) […]

Watch: Aggressor A-4 runs for the hills as an F-22 hunts it down

Watch: Aggressor A-4 runs for the hills as an F-22 hunts it down

No one would contend that the long dated A-4 Skyhawk is a reasonable match for America’s best air superiority fighter, the F-22 Raptor, but U.S. pilots need experience contending with a wide variety of opponent aircraft — including dated platforms like those employed by many national militaries. That sort of training is why the U.S. […]

Military contractor jet goes down during Hawaiian fighter exercises

Military contractor jet goes down during Hawaiian fighter exercises

A civilian contractor’s jet went down while participating in fighter exercises out of Oahu. A Mk-58 Hawker Hunter, operated by the Virginia-based Airborne Tactical Advantage Co., reportedly crashed shortly after taking off at approximately 2:25 p.m. local time Wednesday afternoon. #BREAKING: First video into our newsroom of the military plane crash in waters off Honolulu. […]

The Pic of the Day: Four Presidents and First Ladies honor George H. W. Bush

The Pic of the Day: Four Presidents and First Ladies honor George H. W. Bush

President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump, joined by former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, former President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton and former President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Rosalynn Carter, watch as the casket of former President George H. W. Bush arrives to the funeral service […]

The Pic of the Day: A final farewell to an American president

The Pic of the Day: A final farewell to an American president

Members of the public paid their respects Monday evening, Dec. 3, 2018, at the casket of former President George H. W. Bush lying in state in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.   Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian   Watch a birds-eye view of the George H.W. Bush’ funeral […]

The Pic of the Day: London welcomes the RAF’s new F-35s

The Pic of the Day: London welcomes the RAF’s new F-35s

RAF F-35Bs fly over London during the RAF 100 Flypast event. According to the RAF: On 1 April 2018, the Royal Air Force celebrated its 100th birthday. To mark this occasion, we reflected on our history and our achievements. We also celebrated the work the RAF is currently doing and look forward to the next 100 years. The centenary […]