Watch: The UK Navy invented a new way to land F-35s with heavy payloads on their carriers

Watch: The UK Navy invented a new way to land F-35s with heavy payloads on their carriers

The United States isn’t the only nation that’s looking to develop ways to extend the range and combat capabilities of carrier-based fighters. The UK’s Royal Navy may not boast a carrier fleet as massive or widespread as America’s, but its new flagship, the HMS Queen Elizabeth, is already working on ways to increase the capabilities […]

The Pic of the Day: Firefighters in California train with controlled fires

The Pic of the Day: Firefighters in California train with controlled fires

Los Angeles firefighter Ivan Del-Ril is instructed by Camp Pendleton fire captain Brian Gilmore on how to control fire behavior at the November training area, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, May 19, 2018. This prescription burn allowed Camp Pendleton firefighters to train with Los Angeles and Miramar firefighters, giving them the opportunity to build […]

The Pic of the Day: The Shockwave Jet Truck takes on Marine aviators at Miramar

The Pic of the Day: The Shockwave Jet Truck takes on Marine aviators at Miramar

The Shockwave Jet Truck races across the flight line during the 2018 Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Air Show at MCAS Miramar, California, Sept. 28, 2018. This year’s air show honors “100 years of women in the Marine Corps” by featuring several performances and displays that highlight the accomplishments and milestones women have made since […]

The Pic of the Day: Crew abandons burning ship, rescued by other boaters

The Pic of the Day: Crew abandons burning ship, rescued by other boaters

The 40-foot recreational craft Invictus burns on the water north of Protection Island, Wash., June 11, 2018. The three people who were aboard abandoned ship into the water after donning survival suits, and were picked up by a good Samaritan in another vessel, then transferred to Coast Guard small boat and taken to Port Hudson […]

Captured on video: SAS chopper almost collides with family

Captured on video: SAS chopper almost collides with family

Cumbria, United Kingdom—Imagine taking your family for a lovely weekend excursion. You don’t get to do it often, being busy with work and the children slammed with schoolwork. But today is different. You get into the car and drive up to the countryside. The weather isn’t ideal, but it isn’t so bad that it will […]

The Pic of the Day: Firefighters kneel to take on the blaze

The Pic of the Day: Firefighters kneel to take on the blaze

U.S. Sailors assigned to aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) and Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Momsen (DDG 92) practice firefighting skills and techniques by battling a simulated fire at the Bremerton International Emergency Services Training Center in Bremerton, Washington, March 22, 2018. Sailors assigned to surface ships in Bremerton undergo damage control training at the […]

The SAS train with the Warrior-King

The SAS train with the Warrior-King

Amman, Jordan—Always more comfortable in fatigues than in a suit and tie, King Abdullah spent 35 years in the military before he was crowned. As with many foreign royals, Abdullah was sent to Great Britain for his education. In 1980, he graduated from Sandhurst Royal Military Academy (the British Army’s West Point). As a newly […]

The Pic of the Day: Afghan elders participate in security talks

The Pic of the Day: Afghan elders participate in security talks

An Afghan elder from Delaram listens during a security shura with leaders from Task Force Southwest (TFSW) and the Afghan National Defense and Security Force (ANDSF) at Camp Delaram, Afghanistan, Feb. 5, 2018. Key leaders from TFSW and the ANDSF conducted the security shura to gain a greater understanding of the security through local elders […]

The Pic of the Day: Astronaut and cosmonaut embrace their families after emergency rocket abort

The Pic of the Day: Astronaut and cosmonaut embrace their families after emergency rocket abort

Cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, left, and astronaut Nick Hague of NASA, right, embrace their families after landing at the Krayniy Airport, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Hague and Ovchinin arrived from Dzhezkazgan after Russian search and recovery teams brought them from the Soyuz rocket emergency landing site. During the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft’s […]

Watch: The best videos from EU’s largest police SOF exercise

Watch: The best videos from EU’s largest police SOF exercise

Europe—Terrorists have simultaneously struck seven different places across Europe. What do you do? That was the scenario for the ATLAS COMMON CHALLENGE 2018. Involving over 1,000 operators, this was Europe’s largest law enforcement SOF exercise to date. It took place 9-10 October. Coordinated by the ATLAS network, which was launched after the 9/11 attacks to […]

The Pic of the Day: India to buy Russian weapons despite US threat of sanctions

The Pic of the Day: India to buy Russian weapons despite US threat of sanctions

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right, hugs Russian President Vladimir Putin before their meeting in New Delhi, India, Friday, Oct. 5, 2018. Putin arrived in India on Thursday for a two-day visit during which India is expected to sign a $5 billion deal to buy Russian S-400 air defense systems despite a new U.S. law […]