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Ukraine confirms an F-16 gun kill as the air war evolves, while Sudan, Cuba, and Kyiv confront widening strains tied to protracted conflict.

U.S. forces are transferring ISIS detainees from Syria to Iraq as Damascus and the SDF begin security integration talks, while deadly floods hit Idlib displacement camps and coordinated militant raids escalate violence in Nigeria’s northwest.

From the chilling echoes of Roswell to the high-tech probes of today’s Pentagon, America’s enduring obsession with UFOs reminds us that the skies hold mysteries far beyond our grasp—or at least, that’s what they want us to believe.

DARPA’s Blackjack program demonstrates how low-cost, proliferated satellites in low Earth orbit can deliver resilient military space capabilities by leveraging commercial technology, autonomy, and distributed architectures instead of relying on a few vulnerable high-value systems.

A decade ago, a soldier asked me for the secret to enduring endless pain, and all I could offer was a chaplain’s silence. Today I know the brutal truth: suffering isn’t solved, it’s survived through raw, unglamorous defiance that forges meaning from the void

BROTHERS rips Yaël Sion out of the warm, so‑called safety of the team, strips her down past rank, résumé, and operator ego, and dares you to suck it up and ride shotgun while she bleeds, breaks, and still brings unholy hell to the world that cut her loose.

The Super Bowl’s Bad Bunny halftime show is less a culture-war flashpoint than a reminder that shared moments in football and music can still pause the noise and bring Americans together, if only for a night.

America is flexing across the board this week, pulling Raptors for real missions, parking a carrier off Iran during talks, cutting Harvard out of officer development, and shoving a battalion into Nigeria as another quiet front turns hot.

Washington should keep talking to Iran, but only if the talks stay locked on nukes, missiles, and terror proxies, backed by real sanctions, competent negotiators, allied unity, and zero daylight on Israel’s security.

SOFREP’s favorite pipehitter, Geo Hand, shares how he has modified his own personal defense weapon.

Trump isn’t a political accident; years of betrayal and weaponized institutions forged this version of him, and until the system that creates these outcomes is torn down and rebuilt, the cycle just keeps producing angrier monsters.

I went with the Glock 23 over the G-19, and I’m not looking back. Want to know why I think the G-23 is the smarter pick? Read on and I’ll break it down for you.