F-117 Nighthawks Flew 2 Percent of Desert Storm’s Sorties and Hit 40 Percent of the Targets — More Than 1,500 of Them in 43 Nights, Without a Single Loss. 8 Years Later a 1961 Soviet Missile Shot 1 Down.
Summary and Key Points: In Operation Desert Storm, the F-117 Nighthawk flew…
A UK Ministry of Defence Official Says GCAP Fighter Will Carry Twice the Internal Weapons Payload of an F-35 and Control Uncrewed Aircraft Alongside It. Almost Nothing Else About the Aircraft Is Public.
Summary and Key Points: Britain, Japan, and Italy intend to field a…
How a US Marine Went to Somalia and Became a Warlord
Mohamed Farrah Aidid was one of Somalia's most dangerous and aggressive warlords.…
Japan’s Electromagnetic Railgun Has Fired More Than 100 Shots Without Replacing Its Rails. The US Navy Spent About $500,000,000 on Its Own Railgun and Shut the Program Down in 2021.
Summary and Key Points: The US Navy spent about $500,000,000 on an…
General Dynamics Is Delivering All 250 M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams Tanks to Poland in About 24 Months. Warsaw Ordered Them for $4,750,000,000 Along With 17 Bridge Layers and 26 Recovery Vehicles.
Summary and Key Points: Poland ordered 250 M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams tanks in…
Iran-Backed Houthi Rebels Take Strategic Port City in Yemen, Raising Threat to Red Sea Shipping
ADEN, Yemen (AP) — The Iran-backed Houthi rebel group on Thursday took…
The US Air Force Retired the F-117 Nighthawk in 2008 and Never Stopped Flying It. The Service Now Says the Aircraft Will Stay in the Air Until 2034 — 26 Years After Its Own Retirement.
Summary and Key Points: The US Air Force retired the F-117 Nighthawk…
Veterans ‘Appalled’ at How Trump’s 250-Foot Arch Would Disrupt Arlington Cemetery Burials
A group of veterans has warned that President Donald Trump's planned "Triumphal…
Northrop Spent More Than $750,000,000 of Its Own Money on the F-20 Tigershark Without a Dollar of Pentagon Funding. It Sold 0 Aircraft and Wrote Off About $1,200,000,000.
Summary and Key Points: Northrop paid for the F-20 Tigershark itself. More…
9/11 at 25: A Failure of Intelligence, Not of the Intelligence Agencies
Remembering 9/11 – This year marks the 25th year since the devastating…