Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
America's F-35 — at a lifetime cost some put above $2 trillion, the priciest weapon ever built — was fully combat-ready just 25 percent...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
It first flew when Nixon was president — a bundle of gambles: fly-by-wire, the side-stick, the bubble canopy. Fifty years and 4,600 airframes later,...
Dollars and Sense
Last year’s NDAA included right-to-repair provisions written into it by both the House and the Senate. However, those provisions were ultimately removed from the...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
What It Took To Fly The SR-71 Blackbird, And All The Ways It Could Kill You: Only 93 Air Force pilots ever flew the...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Many defense experts and military leaders widely believe that the U.S. Air Force is currently both too small and too old to confidently deter...
Dollars and Sense
Summary and Key Points: For the first time in history, all 22 National Guard generals who command America’s Air National Guard fighter squadrons have...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: When two American pilots ejected from their F-15Es over Iran and were pulled to safety, they survived something most people...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: It first took off when Harry Truman was in the White House. It will still be flying combat missions in...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
As the United States Air Force prepares to accept its newest jet, the F-47, into service, the reaction from America’s principal geopolitical adversary toward...