The Pentagon Is Paying $24,290,000,000 for 296 F-35 Fighters. The Engines Were Not Included. With Them, One F-35A Now Costs $92,000,000.
Summary and Key Points: The Pentagon has stated the cost of the…
Fort Sill basic trainee struck by vehicle on interstate before dawn
Before sunrise on Sept. 11, Pfc. Ocean K. Winfrey, a 27-year-old Army…
VA Awards Record $1.1B in Grants to 680 Organizations to Fight Veteran Homelessness
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) on Monday announced a record-high $1.17…
A US Air Force SR-71 Blackbird Came Apart Around Pilot Bill Weaver at Mach 3.2 and 78,000 Feet. He Never Pulled the Handle — the Aircraft Threw Him Out. He Survived and Was Flying Again 2 Weeks Later.
Summary and Key Points: In 1966, Lockheed Martin test pilot Bill Weaver…
The Youngest B-52 Was Built in 1962 and the US Air Force Plans to Fly It Until 2050 — 88 Years in Service. In Early March 2026, B-52s Struck Ballistic Missile Sites Inside Iran for the First Time.
Summary and Key Points: The B-52 entered US Air Force service in…
Russia Commissioned the Nuclear Battlecruiser Admiral Nakhimov in 1986 and Sent Her to the Yard at Severodvinsk in 1999. She Came Out in 2025. She Has Now Spent Roughly Twice as Long Being Repaired as She Ever Spent in Service, at a Cost of About $5,000,000,000.
Summary and Key Points: The Soviet Union laid down the nuclear battlecruiser…
I Am a Retired US Army Special Forces NCO: The Smith & Wesson Model 500 Puts Out About 2,580 Foot-Pounds at the Muzzle and Kicks Roughly 3 Times Harder Than a .44 Magnum. It Is Not a Range Gun.
Summary and Key Points: Somebody sets a Smith & Wesson Model 500…
Albert Einstein did not write the letter that started the Manhattan Project. Leo Szilard did. Einstein signed it, because his name was the only one Roosevelt would read.
Summary and Key Points: Albert Einstein did not write the letter that…
I Am a Retired US Army Special Forces NCO: The Glock Gen 6 Fixed the Trigger Guard, the Beavertail and the Optics Mount. It Did Not Fix the Grip Angle.
Summary and Key Points: Glock does not redesign often, and when it…
‘Usually Only in the Single Digits’: Just a Tiny Amount of Donated American-Made F-16 Fighters Can Fly for Ukraine Against Russia Because of Spare Parts Problems
Summary and Key Points: Ukraine has taken delivery of somewhere between 34…