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Late last week, Tom Cruise broke the internet with a single image overlaid with the words, “Feel the need.” The line, of course, alludes to the famous bit of dialogue between Cruise’s Maverick and his Radar Intercept Officer/best friend Goose (“I feel the need — the need for speed!”) but perhaps the most memorable moment […]
The world was a different place in 1986. Mike Tyson won his first title that year, making him the youngest man ever to do so. A brand new Ford Mustang cost less than $7,500, and Tom Cruise was the face of what may have been the most successful military recruitment campaign in U.S. history. Here […]
Although details remain sparse, Israel has announced that the long-touted F-35 has officially seen combat for the first time anywhere in the world. Israel was not one of the original nine partner nations that helped to fund the F-35s development but is among the three foreign military sales (FMS) customers for the platform — and […]
In recent months, much ado has been made about America’s diplomatic opponents developing anti-ship capabilities that we currently have no defense against. Chinese and Russian anti-ship missiles, capable of achieving hypersonic speeds, represent a kind of threat the United States hasn’t faced in decades: a technology that America is not only behind on, but apparently, […]
On Wednesday, the Marine Corps took delivery of their first CH-53K King Stallion, the long awaited replacement for the branch’s troubled fleet of CH-53E Super Stallions. The new helicopter has the same basic footprint as its predecessor, but boasts the largest lift capacity of any helicopter ever to serve in the American armed forces — […]
The United States Department of Defense has ended its freeze on accepting deliveries of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, apparently ending a dispute over who would be financially responsible for the repair a significant issue plaguing most, if not all, of the air frames delivered thus far in the program’s lifespan. Early last month, […]
The F-35B, America’s most-advanced stealth fighter wowed a record 215,000 people Saturday at the base’s 42nd annual Friendship Day. In its first aerial demonstration in Asia, the F-35B Lightning II showed off its ability to hover and land vertically. “The best part of today is watching the Japanese people get excited about what we do […]
In today’s media climate, even the most ardent follower of the news could be forgiven for falling behind on the complex issues of the day. Between work, family, friends, and the other obligations that make up everyday life, it’s a miracle anyone has time to devote some thought and concern to the plight of civilians […]
As the United States Navy works to address looming concerns about the capability gap created by Chinese and Russian hypersonic capable anti-ship missiles, the solution to their problem may actually come from the U.S. Air Force. Advanced anti-ship missiles capable of traveling at speeds in excess of Mach 5 (the “hypersonic” barrier) are too fast […]
In recent years, both China and Russia have begun deploying ballistic missiles that were developed with one specific target in mind: America’s massive super carriers. As the most potent means of American force projection, Nimitz and Ford class super carriers provide the U.S. with a platform to launch air strikes from aircraft like the Super […]
Three US Senators (two Republicans and one Democrat) have introduced a bill that would block sales of the high tech F-35 stealth aircraft to NATO ally Turkey. “President [Recep Tayyip] Erdogan has continued down a path of reckless governance and disregard for the rule of law. Individual freedoms have been increasingly diminished as Erdogan consolidates […]
Three United States senators, James Lankford, Jeanne Shaheen, and Thom Tillis, have introduced a bill that would halt an future transfers of U.S. produced fighter jets to Turkey. The bill was established because of the concern over Turkey acquiring high end military equipment, such as the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, while continuing to act recklessly as […]
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