The War Zone

Night Stalker Choppers Freak Out Manhattan With Nighttime Low-Level Training Exercise

Night Stalker Choppers Freak Out Manhattan With Nighttime Low-Level Training Exercise

The training mission caused confusion and criticism as helicopters went zipping down the city’s streets as part of an apparent mock raid.

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This F/A-18F Pilot Rattling Off His Launch Checklist Will Make You Want To Join The Navy

This F/A-18F Pilot Rattling Off His Launch Checklist Will Make You Want To Join The Navy

It’s always great to see someone with a dream job loving what they do as if it were just that—a dream.

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It Looks Like Russia Wants To All But Wall Off Ukraine’s Coastlines Next Week

It Looks Like Russia Wants To All But Wall Off Ukraine’s Coastlines Next Week

The timing of Russian drills that could restrict access to much of the northern Black Sea and the Sea of Azov is concerning.

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How a Small-Town Girl Ended Up in the Cockpit of an A-10 Warthog

How a Small-Town Girl Ended Up in the Cockpit of an A-10 Warthog

And in her spare time she rides horses.

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Russia Halts Years of Work On Ballistic Missile To Pay For Hypersonic Weapons

Russia Halts Years of Work On Ballistic Missile To Pay For Hypersonic Weapons

Less than a month after announcing a flurry of new strategic weapons, the Kremlin has effectively canceled one for the foreseeable future.

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Is the European Meteor Air-To-Air Missile Really the Best in the World?

Is the European Meteor Air-To-Air Missile Really the Best in the World?

Some would say the best arrow is the one still left in your quiver.

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The USAF’s Plan To Move F-22 Training Could Make Langley Air Force Base Raptor Central

The USAF’s Plan To Move F-22 Training Could Make Langley Air Force Base Raptor Central

The proposal would put more than a third of the entire F-22 fleet in one place.

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Ukrainian Il-76 Airlifter That Was Tracked Across U.S. Delivered Radar Asset To Utah Air Base

Ukrainian Il-76 Airlifter That Was Tracked Across U.S. Delivered Radar Asset To Utah Air Base

A radar from Ukraine would allow American personnel to assess how much of a threat it, or similar systems that potential enemies use, might pose.

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Fizzled Singapore Summit Showcases North Korea’s Art Of Not Making A Deal

Fizzled Singapore Summit Showcases North Korea’s Art Of Not Making A Deal

Kim outfoxed the self-proclaimed master negotiator, with Trump’s poor structural choices, concessions, and fawning putting N.K. in the driver’s seat.

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This Headcam Video of a Harrier Pilot’s Low-Level Mission is Like Being There

This Headcam Video of a Harrier Pilot’s Low-Level Mission is Like Being There

This extremely high-quality headcam footage of a Spanish Navy Harrier pilot rocketing low over the countryside puts you right in the cockpit.

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