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Alex Hollings

Alex Hollings is an award winning journalist and U.S. Marine veteran who specializes in Defense technology with an emphasis on aviation. Hollings' written work can be found in a variety of mainstream news publications both on web and in print, including Popular Mechanics, Business Insider, Yahoo News, and Military.com — but the majority of Hollings' recent work can be found on Sandboxx News, where he serves as the editor-in-chief.

Two F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets assigned to the U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron “Thunderbirds” perform an aerial demonstration during the Aviation Nation 2022 airshow at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Nov. 4, 2022. The Thunderbirds perform maneuvers that test and showcase what is required from every combat aviator. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Josey Blades)

Two F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets assigned to the U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron “Thunderbirds” perform an aerial demonstration during the Aviation Nation 2022 airshow at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Nov. 4, 2022. The Thunderbirds perform maneuvers that test and showcase what is required from every combat aviator. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Josey Blades)

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The F-16 Fighter Almost Flew from Navy Aircraft Carriers

Published on August 16, 2025, 8:53 AM EDT – Key Points and Summary: In the 1970s, the U.S. Navy considered a carrier-capable version of...

Alex HollingsAugust 16, 2025

SR-71 Blackbird On Runway

SR-71 Blackbird On Runway

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How a JA-37 Viggen Fighter ‘Missile Locked’ a Mach 3 SR-71 Blackbird

PUBLISHED on August 16, 2025, 8:43 AM EDT – Key Points and Summary: While the SR-71 Blackbird was never shot down, it was not...

Alex HollingsAugust 16, 2025

F-117 Stealth Fighter Static Display

F-117 Stealth Fighter Static Display

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Odd F-117 Stealth Fighter Fact: It Was Never A ‘Stealth Fighter’

PUBLISHED on August 15, 2025, 8:49 AM EDT – Key Points and Summary: The F-117 Nighthawk was famously not a fighter, but an attack...

Alex HollingsAugust 15, 2025

F-117 Nighthawk Stealth Fighter

F-117 Nighthawk Stealth Fighter

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What About Stealth? How the F-117 Nighthawk Was Shot Down

PUBLISHED on August 15, 2025, 8:39 AM EDT – Key Points and Summary: The 1999 downing of an F-117 Nighthawk over Serbia remains a...

Alex HollingsAugust 15, 2025

YF-118G

YF-118G

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The YF-118G’s Secret Legacy Summed Up in 2 Words

PUBLISHED on August 15, 2025, 8:30 AM EDT – Key Points and Summary: In the 1990s, McDonnell Douglas’s Phantom Works secretly developed the YF-118G...

Alex HollingsAugust 15, 2025

A-10 Warthog

A-10 Warthog

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The Time the Air Force Tried to Put an A-10 Cannon on an F-16

PUBLISHED on August 15, 2025, 6:42 AM EDT – Key Points and Summary: In the late 1980s, the U.S. Air Force, concerned about the...

Alex HollingsAugust 15, 2025

YF-23 Up Close

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Did the Pentagon Pick the Wrong Stealth Fighter? A Look Back at the YF-23

PUBLISHED on August 15, 2025, 6:38 AM EDT – Key Points and Summary: The Northrop YF-23 was a highly advanced prototype that competed against...

Alex HollingsAugust 15, 2025

(July 11, 2014) – The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) is underway during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2014. Twenty-two nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC exercise from June 26 to Aug. 1, in and around the Hawaiian Islands. The world’s largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain the cooperative relationships that are critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2014 is the 24th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jacob Estes/Released)

(July 11, 2014) – The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) is underway during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2014. Twenty-two nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC exercise from June 26 to Aug. 1, in and around the Hawaiian Islands. The world’s largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain the cooperative relationships that are critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2014 is the 24th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jacob Estes/Released)

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The American Plan to Launch Mach 3 Fighters From a Submarine

PUBLISHED on August 15, 2025, 6:31 AM EDT – Key Points and Summary: In the early atomic age, before the doctrine of Mutually Assured...

Alex HollingsAugust 15, 2025

F-14 Tomcat Museum Photo

F-14 Tomcat Museum Photo

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‘A Nice Aircraft Powered by Two Pieces of Junk’: The F-14’s Engine Nightmare

PUBLISHED on August 14, 2025, 9:34 PM EDT – Key Points: The legendary F-14 Tomcat was a purpose-built fleet defense interceptor, but its early...

Alex HollingsAugust 14, 2025

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