With several times more bases overseas that all other air forces combined, the United States Air Force confronts multiple potential adversaries across the world from Iran and Syria in the Middle East to Russia and Belarus in Eastern Europe. While the service currently has two classes of fighter on
The detection of structural damage on at least six of the U.S. Navy’s Independence Class Littoral Combat Ships (LCS), namely cracks in their hulls resulting from design flaws, has drawn the future of the class in service into question. This represents the latest of mute serious issues affecting the
The Syrian Arab Army was considered a priority client for delivery of new Soviet armaments during the 1980s, being the first in the world to receive MiG-25 Foxbat interceptors, S-200 long range air defence systems and T-72 tanks among a range of other armaments. The country’s priority status was a
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko stated on May 10 that his country would develop a new ballistic missile system with Russian support, elaborating that it could be based on the Russian Iskander system. “In my presence, President [Putin] told Rogozin to provide immediate support, so we
Following the latest of multiple dismal reports by the Government Accountability Office on the recent performance on the F-35 fifth generation fighter program, a nearly two-hour hearing on Capitol Hill saw head of the F-35 Joint Program Office Lieutenant General Eric Fick as senators vowed to
Following reports on May 8 that Ukrainian fighters had begun to launch strikes on Russian forces based on the strategically located Snake Island 50km off the southern Ukrainian coast, the Russian Defence Ministry reported that a two day battle for control of the island had taken place during which
May 2022 marks 50 years since the United States initiated a campaign to cut North Vietnam off from international trade by sea through concerted attacks on its harbour network under Operation Pocket Money. The campaign began on May 9 when the U.S. Navy launched six A-7 Corsair and three A-6 Intruder
On May 6 it was confirmed that the secretive death of one of the United States Air Force’s top pilots near Area 51, Lt. Colonel Eric Schult, occurred during the flight of a former Belarusian Air Force Su-27UB heavyweight fighter. The pilot was reportedly not even supposed to fly on the day of the crash on September 5, 2017, but he too the place of a pilot in the front seat of the twin seat Soviet jet after he had been grounded due to medical issues. The mission was a 45 minute “local area proficiency sortie” carried out under the secretive
Following deep cuts to numbers in the aftermath of the Cold War, and continuing during the War on Terror and following the 2008 financial crisis, the United States Air Force’s goal of recovering some of its former strength and rebuilding its fleet to 386 squadrons of aircraft has been
The U.S. Air Force’s sixth generation fighter currently being developed under the Next Generation Air Dominance Fighter program has been confirmed to have a cost measured in the hundreds of million of dollars, making it by far the most costly fighter in world history with a price tag likely several
