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U.S. Air Force Maj. Taylor “FEMA” Hiester, F-16 Viper Demonstration Team commander and pilot, performs aerial maneuvers in a U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon during AirVenture at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, July 24, 2026. The F-16, a multi-role fighter aircraft capable of both air-to-air and air-to-ground combat, demonstrates its versatility through dynamic aerial demonstrations across the U.S. and abroad. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Steven Cardo)

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Trump Says the U.S. Waited Until Iran Almost Finished Rebuilding Its Radar, Then Hit It, Because Tehran Cannot See Anything

Tuesday's strikes hit around a hundred targets, Axios reports, including American drones firing into the engine rooms of two Iranian state tankers under Trump's...

Georgia GilholySeptember 2, 2026

Dollars and Sense

America Tapped Its Emergency Oil Reserve Just Four Times Before This War, and Never Like This: The Biggest Release in Its History

The Strategic Petroleum Reserve fell by more than three million barrels last week to its lowest level in more than four decades. U.S.-Iran strikes...

Georgia GilholySeptember 2, 2026

Exercise Artemis Strike is a German-led tactical live fire exercise with live Patriot and Stinger missiles at the NATO Missile Firing Installation in Chania, Greece from Oct. 31-Nov. 09. Over 200 U.S. soldiers and approximately 650 German airmen will be participating in the realistic training within a combined construct, exercise the rigors associated with force projection and educate operators on their air missile defense systems. The 10th Army Air Missile Defense Command will deploy, operate and fire live missiles within a tactical scenario, under Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe operational readiness evaluation criteria.

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Iran Still Has Over a Hundred Million Barrels of Crude on Tankers, but the Stockpile Is Shrinking Fast Under the Blockade, per Vortexa

Iran's oil minister insists crude sales continue in distant waters, and tracking firms count more than a hundred Iran-linked shadow tankers active, but Buckby...

Jack BuckbySeptember 2, 2026

Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carrier in the Sunset

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Trump Just Drew His Line on Hormuz: No State Can or Should Control It, While Iran Claims a Twenty-Four-Mile Strait as Its Own

A month without U.S.-Iran combat ended with American strikes on launchers CENTCOM says were laying sea mines, and Iran's retaliation has reached the UAE,...

Shay BottomleySeptember 2, 2026

Capt. Andrew “Dojo” Olson, F-35 Heritage Flight Team pilot and commander performs a vertical climb in an F-35A Lightning II during the Bell Fort Worth Alliance Air Show Oct. 14, 2018, in Fort Worth, Texas. The F-35A Lightning II’s F-135 single-engine contains 43,000 pounds of thrust. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Alexander Cook)

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Donald Trump Just Started Bombing Iran Again: His Own Military Commanders Keep Stating the US Military Can’t Keep It Up

American forces struck Revolutionary Guard targets across southern Iran after attempted attacks on shipping, CENTCOM said, and Iran fired back despite Trump's warning that...

Jack BuckbySeptember 1, 2026

A U.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 14 participates in an air power demonstration near the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) April 24, 2013, in the Pacific Ocean. The John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group was returning from an eight-month deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet and U.S. 7th Fleet areas of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Ignacio D. Perez/Released)

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The Iran War Means One Thing for Sure: ‘The Strait of Hormuz Will Never Return to Prewar Levels’

Two supertankers carrying Saudi crude were hit by missiles while leaving the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, the report says, without naming who fired...

Georgia GilholySeptember 1, 2026

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Iran Has A Problem: Tehran’s Military Is Largely Destroyed, the Economy Is Crashing, Inflation Is Horrible, and Sanctions Are Coming

U.S. President Donald Trump has declared that Iran is “dead.” In a Truth Social post on Monday, 31st August, Trump described Iran as a...

Shay BottomleySeptember 1, 2026

President Donald Trump boards Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House en route to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland on Thursday, September 11, 2025, for a trip to New York. (Official White House Photo by Molly Riley)

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Donald Trump’s Kharg Island Invasion Fantasy Just Got Hit with a Heavy Dose of Reality

CNN has reported that plans to seize Kharg Island were drawn up months ago and repeatedly set aside as too dangerous, according to a...

Stephen SilverSeptember 1, 2026

A U.S. Air Force F-15EX Eagle II flies over the Gulf of America, September 16, 2025. The F-15EX, from the 40th Flight Test Squadron at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, is one of the first F-15EXs in the Air Force, and is going through developmental and operational test series at Eglin to confirm its operational capabilities before it is delivered to the combat Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Blake Wiles)

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Both Tankers Were Struck in Omani Waters, Inside the Very Country That Is Mediating the Talks

Clearing the mines was one thing. Persuading operators the passage is safe is another, and this week's strikes will not help. Traffic will not...

Shay BottomleySeptember 1, 2026

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Trump Says the U.S. Waited Until Iran Almost Finished Rebuilding Its Radar, Then Hit It, Because Tehran Cannot See Anything

Dollars and Sense

America Tapped Its Emergency Oil Reserve Just Four Times Before This War, and Never Like This: The Biggest Release in Its History

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Iran Still Has Over a Hundred Million Barrels of Crude on Tankers, but the Stockpile Is Shrinking Fast Under the Blockade, per Vortexa

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Trump Just Drew His Line on Hormuz: No State Can or Should Control It, While Iran Claims a Twenty-Four-Mile Strait as Its Own

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Donald Trump Just Started Bombing Iran Again: His Own Military Commanders Keep Stating the US Military Can’t Keep It Up

Dollars and Sense

The Iran War Means One Thing for Sure: ‘The Strait of Hormuz Will Never Return to Prewar Levels’

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Iran Has A Problem: Tehran’s Military Is Largely Destroyed, the Economy Is Crashing, Inflation Is Horrible, and Sanctions Are Coming

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Donald Trump’s Kharg Island Invasion Fantasy Just Got Hit with a Heavy Dose of Reality

Dollars and Sense

Both Tankers Were Struck in Omani Waters, Inside the Very Country That Is Mediating the Talks

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