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U.S. Air Force pilot Maj. Brian 'Brass' Burke, 104th Fighter Wing unit conversion officer, flies an F-35A Lightning II over Barnes Air National Guard Base at exactly 1:04PM EST, officially marking the historic first arrival of the fifth-generation fighter aircraft to the Wing, June 11, 2026.

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The F-35’s AIM-120D Missile Reaches About 100 Miles and China’s PL-15 Up to 186. The AIM-260 Now in Testing Is Built to Fit the F-35’s Weapons Bay at 120-Plus Miles and Nearly Mach 5

The F-35 Will Soon Have the AIM-260 Missile: For all of the impressive capabilities of the Lockheed Martin “Skunk Works” F-35 Lightning II 5th...

Christian D. Orr12 hours ago

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The M551 Sheridan ‘Flying’ Light Tank Has A Message for the M10 Booker and the US Army

The M551 Sheridan: An aluminum hull kept the weight low enough to airdrop. A steel turret carried a 152mm gun/launcher that could fire conventional...

Brandon WeichertSeptember 16, 2026

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I Am a Retired US Army Special Forces NCO: The Colt Anaconda Weighs Between 47 and 59 Ounces Depending on the Barrel. That Weight Is Not Styling. It Is the Reason You Can Shoot a Full Cylinder of .44 Magnum and Still Be on Target for the 6th Round.

Colt did not try to out-argue the Model 29 for the title Dirty Harry gave it in 1971. It built a revolver that could...

Steve BalestrieriSeptember 16, 2026

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2 US Army Delta Force Snipers Circling a Crashed Black Hawk Over Mogadishu on October 3, 1993, Asked to Be Put on the Ground to Defend the Wounded Crew, Were Refused Twice, Were Granted the Request on the Third Attempt, and Were Both Killed Holding a Position They Already Knew They Could Not Hold

The command question was whether the position could be held. Their question was whether wounded Americans would face what was coming alone. The complete...

Harry J. KazianisSeptember 16, 2026

Ruger Super Blackhawk YouTube Screenshot

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I Am a Retired US Army Special Forces NCO: Factory .44 Magnum Makes About 800 Foot-Pounds Out of a Ruger Super Blackhawk. Ruger Got There by Adding 8 Ounces of Steel to a Gun That Was Already Punishing, and Selling It for Less Than the Smith & Wesson.

Bill Ruger introduced the Blackhawk in 1955 as a .357 Magnum at $87.50. When Smith & Wesson and Remington produced the .44 Magnum a...

Steve BalestrieriSeptember 16, 2026

F-14 Tomcat Fighter on USS Intrepid Deck

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Iran Ordered 80 Made in the USA F-14 Tomcat Fighters Under the Shah and Took Delivery of 79 Before the 1979 Revolution. By 1986 Only 25 Were Still Operational. Israeli Strikes on Isfahan in March Destroyed at Least 2 More, and Nobody Outside Iran Knows Whether Any Are Still Flying.

The Shah bought the F-14 Tomcat because he wanted something that could reach Soviet reconnaissance aircraft at long range, and paid roughly $2 billion...

Jack BuckbySeptember 16, 2026

A detail photo of the Medal of Honor at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Arlington National Cemetery, Va., Mar. 25, 2025. The Ceremony was hosted by Maj. Gen. Trevor J. Bredenkamp, commanding general, Joint Task Force-National Capital Region and U.S. Army Military District of Washington.  (U.S. Army photos by Sgt. Christopher Grey)

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A US Army Sergeant First Class Soaked in Fuel from a Burning Bradley Went Back into the Fire Again and Again to Pull Out His Soldiers While He Was Himself on Fire, Died of His Burns, and Waited 16 Years for the Silver Star He Was Given to Be Upgraded to the Medal of Honor

The valor was settled within weeks. Everything after that was machinery. Cashe's battalion commander, then-Lieutenant Colonel Gary Brito, recommended the Silver Star in the...

Harry J. KazianisSeptember 16, 2026

Taurus Raging Bull Revolver Creative Commons Photo

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I Am a Retired US Army Special Forces NCO: A 240-Grain .454 Casull Load Leaves the Taurus Raging Bull at About 1,900 Feet per Second With 1,923 Foot-Pounds Behind It. That Is .30-30 Rifle Energy, Out of a 5-Shot Revolver.

Dick Casull began wildcatting his namesake round in 1958 and it took until 1997 to get a SAAMI standard — the same year Taurus...

Steve BalestrieriSeptember 16, 2026

A U.S. Army M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle assigned to the 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, engages targets during a combined arms live fire exercise on Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria, Jan. 24, 2026. Execution of the combined arms live-fire training exercise increased overall lethality and warfighting readiness along NATO's Eastern Flank by training units to shoot, move, and communicate effectively in complex operational environments. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Adel Pacheco Alvarez)

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The US Army Has Built 6,700 Bradleys, Is Buying 700 More at $4,350,000 Each Through 2029, and Said in 2019 the Design Had Hit Its Limits.

Summary and Key Points: The Bradley Fighting Vehicle was approved for production in 1980, named for Gen. Omar Bradley in 1981, and was never...

Brandon WeichertSeptember 16, 2026

The littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) arrives to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for a scheduled port visit. Fort Worth deployed for a scheduled 16-month rotational deployment to Singapore in support of the Navy's strategic rebalance to the Pacific. Fort Worth is the first littoral combat ship to deploy under the 3-2-1 manning concept, swapping fully trained crews roughly every four months and extending the littoral combat ship forward presence. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Diana Quinlan/Released)

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The Littoral Combat Ship Should Serve as a Warning to the US Navy

The Navy commissioned USS Cleveland, the sixteenth and last Freedom-class littoral combat ship, on May 16. Ten weeks later it decommissioned USS Fort Worth...

Andrew LathamSeptember 16, 2026

Nuclear submarine HMS Vanguard arrives back at HM Naval Base Clyde, Faslane, Scotland following a patrol. Image: Creative Commons.

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Contractors Glued Bolt Heads On Inside Britain’s Nuclear Submarine HMS Vanguard. Seven of 3,000 Bolts, and the Logbook Never Mentioned Glue.

Around seven of 3,000 bolts were involved, securing pipe insulation, not the reactor, and the ship's logbook recorded a procedural issue with no mention...

Georgia GilholySeptember 16, 2026

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The F-35’s AIM-120D Missile Reaches About 100 Miles and China’s PL-15 Up to 186. The AIM-260 Now in Testing Is Built to Fit the F-35’s Weapons Bay at 120-Plus Miles and Nearly Mach 5

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The M551 Sheridan ‘Flying’ Light Tank Has A Message for the M10 Booker and the US Army

Aerospace & Defense

I Am a Retired US Army Special Forces NCO: The Colt Anaconda Weighs Between 47 and 59 Ounces Depending on the Barrel. That Weight Is Not Styling. It Is the Reason You Can Shoot a Full Cylinder of .44 Magnum and Still Be on Target for the 6th Round.

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2 US Army Delta Force Snipers Circling a Crashed Black Hawk Over Mogadishu on October 3, 1993, Asked to Be Put on the Ground to Defend the Wounded Crew, Were Refused Twice, Were Granted the Request on the Third Attempt, and Were Both Killed Holding a Position They Already Knew They Could Not Hold

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I Am a Retired US Army Special Forces NCO: Factory .44 Magnum Makes About 800 Foot-Pounds Out of a Ruger Super Blackhawk. Ruger Got There by Adding 8 Ounces of Steel to a Gun That Was Already Punishing, and Selling It for Less Than the Smith & Wesson.

Aerospace & Defense

Iran Ordered 80 Made in the USA F-14 Tomcat Fighters Under the Shah and Took Delivery of 79 Before the 1979 Revolution. By 1986 Only 25 Were Still Operational. Israeli Strikes on Isfahan in March Destroyed at Least 2 More, and Nobody Outside Iran Knows Whether Any Are Still Flying.

Aerospace & Defense

A US Army Sergeant First Class Soaked in Fuel from a Burning Bradley Went Back into the Fire Again and Again to Pull Out His Soldiers While He Was Himself on Fire, Died of His Burns, and Waited 16 Years for the Silver Star He Was Given to Be Upgraded to the Medal of Honor

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I Am a Retired US Army Special Forces NCO: A 240-Grain .454 Casull Load Leaves the Taurus Raging Bull at About 1,900 Feet per Second With 1,923 Foot-Pounds Behind It. That Is .30-30 Rifle Energy, Out of a 5-Shot Revolver.

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The US Army Has Built 6,700 Bradleys, Is Buying 700 More at $4,350,000 Each Through 2029, and Said in 2019 the Design Had Hit Its Limits.

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The Littoral Combat Ship Should Serve as a Warning to the US Navy

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Contractors Glued Bolt Heads On Inside Britain’s Nuclear Submarine HMS Vanguard. Seven of 3,000 Bolts, and the Logbook Never Mentioned Glue.

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