Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – On May 6, 2025, the U.S. Air Force’s 18th Wing at Kadena Air Base, Japan, conducted a massive “elephant...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The F-16 Fighting Falcon was born as a nimble, affordable dogfighter. -Five decades later, it’s still on flight lines...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The “Package Q” air raid over Baghdad in 1991, the largest F-16 mission in history, serves as a critical...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – A retrospective on the 1980s Enhanced Tactical Fighter competition concludes the Pentagon wisely chose the F-15E over the F-16XL....
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – A new RAND Corporation report warns that “interoperability” within NATO air forces is largely a myth, creating significant fragility....
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The F-16 Fighting Falcon—“Viper” to its crews—started as a nimble, low-cost day fighter and became the backbone of Western...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
F-20 Tigershark: Article Summary -Northrop’s F-20 Tigershark began as a simple idea: evolve the proven F-5 into a modern, exportable fighter with low costs,...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Israel’s F-16I Sufa (“Storm”) is the most customized F-16 ever fielded, built to give the Israeli Air Force day-one...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Born from General Dynamics’ SCAMP effort, the F-16XL transformed the Falcon with a cranked-arrow delta wing, added fuel, and...