Watch: 2014 Hornet Ball Video

The 2014 Hornet Ball Video made by “Wingnut”! The Hornet Ball is an annual event consisting of all the West coast Naval F-18 Hornet and Super Hornet squadrons, their pilots and guests. Each year’s ball features a video compiled from the squadrons’ year of flying in both combat and training missions. Intro Poem: “High Flight” […]

Watch: Video You May Not Have Seen – Southwest Airlines Engine Explodes in Flight

One person was killed and seven others were injured Tuesday after a Southwest Airlines plane engine apparently exploded midair, officials said. Flight 1380, which was headed from LaGuardia Airport in New York City to Dallas’ Love Field, made an emergency landing at Philadelphia International Airport around 11:20 a.m. The jet had 144 passengers and five […]

Al-Douri, the King of Clubs, resurfaces in Facebook livestream

Saddam Hussein era regime’s former deputy Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, also known as the King of Clubs, has resurfaced on social media with a Facebook live video that was later removed. The video’s emergence, lasting around 77 minutes, comes 15 years after the Saddam regime’s fall from power, marking the commemoration of the Ba’athist party’s 71st anniversary, […]

Watch: Vintage US Navy Video 1955 – Why an ‘Angled Deck’ on Aircraft Carriers?

You have to admit…if you love military aviation and especially Naval Aviation this is good stuff! So now you know why the US Navy uses an angled deck on their aircraft carriers! Featured image of The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Essex (CVA-9) taking spray over the bow while steaming in heavy seas. Essex, with assigned Carrier Air Group […]

Watch: Luke AFB Air Show Day 2 Highlight Video

In case you missed being there! Luke AFB Air Show Luke Days 2018 Day 2 wrap up video. Day 1 Featured image: Luke Air Force Base is hosting Luke Days 2018, Mar. 17-18. This year’s air show features the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels as well as other exciting aerial acts and static displays. Luke Days […]

Watch: Actual US Navy Training Film: Navy Carrier Mishaps Training

Landing on an aircraft carrier is serious business and filled with hazards. Check out this very interesting US Navy training video (below). Makes you realize how brave the people who fly off of and work on an aircraft carrier truly are. Some amazing footage you will want to see! Watch: Admiral asks “where do we […]

From the Editor: Why we published the Niger video

This morning, I have heard the voices from the Special Operations community, along with many of our readers, loud and clear. They are angry and disappointed that SOFREP chose to publish helmet camera footage from the ambush in Niger back in October in which two U.S. Special Forces soldiers and two support soldiers killed. We […]

Watch: US Marines in Africa celebrate with students after helping to repair school

After a group of American Green Berets were tragically ambushed in Niger, Africa last October, I watched as countless news outlets ran stories about America’s seemingly new “secret wars” in Africa. The idea that an American military presence on the continent was somehow a new or secret thing just didn’t quite jive with me, however, […]

Fighting in the information age

We live in the booming information age, where information of all sorts is readily accessible to countless people across the globe. Videos, articles and social media posts can be shared and viewed like never before — everything from cute cat videos in rural Japan to gruesome decapitations in Syria to wildfires in western America — […]