For the second time in five months, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth appeared to wade into an internal Army flight safety investigation late Thursday, tweeting support for eight AH-64 Apache pilots and crew who were suspended by thier unit earlier in the week after flying low passes past crowded July 4th beaches in South Carolina.
“We’ll fix this,” Hegseth tweeted Thursday night, hours after local news reports emerged that the eight South Carolina National Guard pilots had been suspended.
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Following indicates by multiple U.S. forces that a ground invasion of Iran is under consideration, the capabilities of the country’s ground forces have gained significant attention. Iran’s armoured warfare capabilities have undergone a profound transformation since the formation of the Islamic Republic, evolving from a force built around ageing U.S. and British tanks procured in the 1970s, into a more diverse force that also incorporates North Korea, Chinese, Soviet and indigenous vehicles.
Chinese-supplied L-15 fighters operated by the United Arab Emirates Air Force have begun operations in the United States, as part of the service’s Al Fursan aerobatic display team at the FourLeaf Air Show in New York. This marked the team’s first international deployment with the L-15, after orders for the aircraft were first reported in 2022.
Russian media outlets have confirmed the service entry of a new type of main battle tank, the T-72B3A, with military units operating in the Ukrainian theatre confirmed to have already received the vehicles. The armoured vehicles and crews are currently being actively trained for combat use, with local media reporting that their new capabilities will be “required to support our assault groups attacking enemy fortified areas.
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy has for the first time revealed the anti-shipping configuration of its new long ranged carrier-based fighter, the J-15T, with the aircraft seen carrying four YJ-83K anti-ship cruise missiles. The image highlights the significant anti-surface firepower that China’s latest carrier air wing is able to bring to bear, with the fighters having been procured both to modernise the air wings of the Navy’s two older aircraft carriers Liaoning and Shandong, and its new supercarrier the Fujian.
The United States launched a second consecutive day of strikes against Iran on Wednesday, July 9, as Washington responded to Tehran’s attacks on commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz and the memorandum of understanding (MOU) ceasefire collapsed.
Overnight, U.S. fighter aircraft struck around 90 military targets throughout southern Iran, targeting missile batteries and drone facilities, as well as Iranian logistics hubs and naval infrastructure.
The world’s largest aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) sails in the Mediterranean Sea, Dec. 31, 2023. The U.S.
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The Marine Corps is standing up two new organizations focused on drone warfare at its major training bases on the East and West coasts. Based at Marine training hubs at Twentynine Palms, California, and Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, the two units will develop and test drone tactics, technology, and training for Marines headed to real-world deployments.
Both new units are part of the Marine Corps’ full court press to adapt to new battlefield realities as small, inexpensive drones become prolific in war zones.
The two units will have different missions.
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