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Like ‘Time Travel’: US Air Force SR-71 Blackbird Pilot Recalls Flying So Fast He Landed at Beale AFB Almost Day Before Taking off From Kadena AB

David Peters was stationed at Kadena in Okinawa and took off at 1000 on a Saturday morning in an SR-71 Blackbird. The route ran...

Caleb LarsonSeptember 6, 2026

Aerospace & Defense

Military Quote of the Weekend By Albert Einstein: ‘I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.’

Anyone who saw Oppenheimer remembers Einstein as the film's quiet conscience, and the real man spent a lifetime wrestling with war. He organized against...

Stephen SilverSeptember 6, 2026

J-20 Stealth Fighter. Image Credit: Chinese Military.

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China’s J-20 And J-35A Stealth Fighters Don’t Have To Beat US Military F-22 Raptors And F-35s. Beijing Is Building Enough That They Don’t Need To

Doubling numbers quadruples combat power; doubling quality only doubles it. To offset three-to-one odds, each American jet must be nine times better than each...

Harry J. KazianisSeptember 5, 2026

A U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II aircraft assigned to the 355th Fighter Squadron, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, performs during the Joint Forces Demonstration at the Arctic Thunder Open House at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 8, 2026. The F-35A is an agile, versatile, high-performance, multi-role fighter that combines stealth, sensor fusion and unprecedented situational awareness. (U.S. Army photo by Correy Mathews)

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Canada Can Wait Until 2029 to Announce Its F-35 Fighter Decision. The Bigger Problem: It Cannot Wait to Start Flying Them

There is an obvious political case for waiting. The United States imposed 50 percent tariffs on $27.6 billion in Canadian goods on August 22...

Andrew LathamSeptember 5, 2026

The Embassy

Trump Calls the Iran War ‘Small Potatoes.’ The Polling Says He Is Right

Wars rarely win elections. George H.W. Bush ended the Cold War, won the most decisive American military victory in modern history, and lost in...

James Jay CarafanoSeptember 5, 2026

Aerospace & Defense

The US Air Force’s New Boeing F-15EX Eagle II Fighter Has Two Problems and It Has Nothing to Do with China or Russia

The Air Force went from 129 F-15EX Eagle IIs to 267 this year, more than doubling a program built around a fourth-generation airframe at...

Brandon WeichertSeptember 4, 2026

Aerospace & Defense

Hard Truth: China Doesn’t Need the H-20 Stealth Bomber That Tries to Copy the US Air Force B-2 and B-21 Raider

The Xi'an H-20 is a subsonic flying-wing stealth bomber with an estimated unrefueled range near 10,000 kilometers and a payload around 10 tons, nuclear...

Brandon WeichertSeptember 4, 2026

Aerospace & Defense

America Spent the Summer Insulting Canada. Canada Answered by Buying Australian Radar and Swedish Aircraft — and Both Purchases Feed NORAD.

Read the last three months as a divorce and you will get Canada wrong. Ottawa is cutting its dependence on American defense manufacturers and...

Andrew LathamSeptember 4, 2026

A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer assigned to the 34th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron undergoes pre-flight checks prior to a mission in support of Bomber Task Force 25-1, at Andersen Air Force Base, Jan. 31, 2025. The United States will continue to assure Allies and partners while simultaneously deterring opportunistic acts of aggression through forward presence and the ability to rapidly respond to crises. (U.S. Air Force photos by Airman 1st Class Alec Carlberg)

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The US Air Force’s B-1B Lancer Proved Its Power During the Iran War But There Is Bad News: The Bomber Is Nearing the End of the Line

Operational demand and aircraft losses have reversed the drawdown. The Air Force is regenerating 1980s B-1B Lancer airframes from desert storage at the same...

Harrison KassSeptember 4, 2026

A B-52H Stratofortress assigned to the 419th Flight Test Squadron at Edwards Air Force Base, California, departs for an evening test mission over the Mojave Desert. The B-52H test fleet is in high demand, testing a variety of advanced capabilities for the joint-force. The 412th Test Wing will soon begin developmental test work on new avionics, radar, and engines as part of the B-52J effort, allowing the Stratofortress to serve the warfighter into the 2050's. (Air Force photo by Todd Schannuth)

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B-52: Over 70 Years Ago, America Built a Bomber to End the World in a Russia War. It Never Did, and It Will Still Be Flying in 2050

What will happen when the B-52 finally reaches its 100-year service milestone? Who knows. Either way, the BUFF has already made its mark on...

Isaac SeitzSeptember 1, 2026

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Like ‘Time Travel’: US Air Force SR-71 Blackbird Pilot Recalls Flying So Fast He Landed at Beale AFB Almost Day Before Taking off From Kadena AB

Aerospace & Defense

Military Quote of the Weekend By Albert Einstein: ‘I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.’

Aerospace & Defense

China’s J-20 And J-35A Stealth Fighters Don’t Have To Beat US Military F-22 Raptors And F-35s. Beijing Is Building Enough That They Don’t Need To

Aerospace & Defense

Canada Can Wait Until 2029 to Announce Its F-35 Fighter Decision. The Bigger Problem: It Cannot Wait to Start Flying Them

The Embassy

Trump Calls the Iran War ‘Small Potatoes.’ The Polling Says He Is Right

Aerospace & Defense

The US Air Force’s New Boeing F-15EX Eagle II Fighter Has Two Problems and It Has Nothing to Do with China or Russia

Aerospace & Defense

Hard Truth: China Doesn’t Need the H-20 Stealth Bomber That Tries to Copy the US Air Force B-2 and B-21 Raider

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America Spent the Summer Insulting Canada. Canada Answered by Buying Australian Radar and Swedish Aircraft — and Both Purchases Feed NORAD.

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The US Air Force’s B-1B Lancer Proved Its Power During the Iran War But There Is Bad News: The Bomber Is Nearing the End of the Line

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B-52: Over 70 Years Ago, America Built a Bomber to End the World in a Russia War. It Never Did, and It Will Still Be Flying in 2050

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