Published on Jan 27, 2023 · Updated on Nov 5, 2026·Peter Richman, Lauren Liebhaber The next generation is already taking shape. The B-21 Raider bomber is in flight testing, the Air Force's first drone wingmen are headed into production, and Boeing's F-47 fighter is…
by Tom Engelhardt | Nov 4, 2026 | News | 2 comments And consider that ongoing reality (think: Iran today) all too historically strange, if not simply inexplicable, for a great imperial power. In short, the single most powerful country on the planet couldn’t win a…
The amphibious transport dock John P. Murtha, right, at a shipyard in San Diego. Bradley Peniston / Defense One The Marine Corps thinks it will need 40 amphibious ships—up from the Navy’s current 31—to achieve its long-sought goal of keeping three Amphibious…
The next generation is already taking shape. The B-21 Raider bomber is in flight testing, the Air Force's first drone wingmen are headed into production, and Boeing's F-47 fighter is slated to make its first flight in 2028. - First flight: pre-WWI - Manufacturer: multiple…
Dandykin paid particular attention to the modernization of the heavy nuclear-powered missile cruiser Admiral Nakhimov, a project that has lasted more than two decades. The extensive overhaul equipped the warship with advanced missile systems, including Zircon hypersonic missiles, modern air…
Tom Kaminski looks at the new unit at Nellis Air Force Base, responsible for operational testing of CCAs and the ‘loyal wingmen’ under development This is a premium article and requires an active Key.Aero subscription to view. More about…
November 11, 2013 / 6:35 PM EST / CBS New York NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- In 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt asked the nation for volunteers for a "secret and dangerous mission." Three thousand young men volunteered. Just 200 of the Army rangers came home. They were known as…
During World War II, the United States Playing Card Company secretly collaborated with British intelligence agencies to distribute highly specialized decks to Allied prisoners of war in 1944. When the captured soldiers soaked these perfectly normal paper cards in water, the…
DVIDS A U.S. Air Force HH-60W Jolly Green II assigned to the 5th Helicopter Squadron arrives at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, Nov. 2, 2026. The arrival of the Jolly Green II brings a new generation of Air Force rotary-wing capabilities to the nation’s capital…
These World War I inventions made life easier during—and after—the war. While World War I redrew political borders and introduced modern weaponry such as poison gas, machine guns and tanks, it also spurred the development of practical innovations.
Major wars and peace settlements that frame today’s security environment.
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