An Army MH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed near Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington on Wednesday night, officials said in a release.
Four service members who were involved in the crash were assigned to the Army’s 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. The 160th SOAR is headquartered at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, with battalions, two at Fort Campbell, one at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, Georgia and a fourth out of JBLM.
The crash occurred in a rural area near the base on Wednesday at around 9 p.m. local time, officials said.
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Key Points and Summary – China’s J-20 “Mighty Dragon” is now fielded in the hundreds and blends low-observable design with a heavy weapons load.
-Its core threat is beyond-visual-range combat: internal bays carry PL-15 missiles for long-reach shots, while PL-10s cover close-in fights; external hardpoints enable a high-payload “beast mode.” The jet can also strike ground targets and suppress air defenses.
U.S. Air Force Nathalie Olarte, crew chief, launches an F-16 Fighting Falcon from an undisclosed location within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Jan.
Key Points and Summary – Saab’s upgraded JAS 39 Gripen E/F is tailored for NATO air policing and deterrence as Russia probes alliance airspace.
-The new variant adds supercruise, stronger EW and sensor fusion, IRST, and Meteor BVR missiles, while a GE F414 engine boosts speed and range.
JAS 39 Gripen. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
-Designed for Sweden’s Bas 90 concept, Gripens disperse to road bases, launch quickly, and turn around fast with minimal crews.
-The E/F’s open, rapidly updatable software and networking enable manned-unmanned teaming in the future.
Welcome to The Adversarial. Every other week, we’ll provide you with expert analysis on America’s greatest challengers: China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and jihadists. Read more below.***RussiaIn early September, the Russian and Belarusian militaries conducted a major military exercise, called Zapad 2025. This was the first Zapad exercise since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The exercise was notably smaller than the previous one held in 2021.
Bagram Airfield was the gateway to Afghanistan for a generation of U.S. service members. The last U.S. troops quietly withdrew from the base in July 2021, shortly before the Taliban took control of the entire country.
Now the United States may be seeking to reclaim Bagram Airfield from the Taliban, President Donald Trump said on Thursday.
“We were going to keep Bagram, the big air base, one of the biggest air bases in the world,” Trump said. “We gave it to them for nothing. We’re trying to get it back, by the way, okay? That could be a little breaking news.
Kirsten Davies, President Donald Trump’s pick to be the next Department of Defense chief information officer, told lawmakers that she plans to shake up the Pentagon’s IT enterprise, if her nomination is confirmed.
The department faces major challenges as it looks to acquire new capabilities and address growing threats, Davies noted Thursday during her opening remarks at her confirmation hearing with the Senate Armed Services Committee.
“America’s warfighter readiness and lethality depend upon secure, resilient, modernized systems and innovative technical and cyber capabilities.
Almost everyone gets email forwards from their family. In the days before social media, people emailed the jokes, memes, and urban legends that populate Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok in the modern era. Nowadays, it’s mostly older people who stick to forwarding emails instead of sharing via social media.
What never changes is our loved ones who forward things to their veterans, wanting to know if something about the military or life in the military is true. The list you’re about to read first made the rounds during the Global War on Terror, but much of it still holds true.
The EU has invested €30m into a new private credit vehicle that will support SMEs operating in the European defence industry.
Marine veteran Monty Dahm has long wanted to build a replica of Tun Tavern, the legendary birthplace of the U.S. Marine Corps, near its original site in Philadelphia.
Earlier this month, he reached an agreement to buy a restaurant in Old City Philadelphia that he plans to rechristen as Tun Tavern, hopefully in time for the 250th anniversary of the Marine Corps’ founding this Nov. 10, he said.
“I’ve always wanted to do it in Philadelphia,” Dahm told Task & Purpose recently. “I’m a block-and-a-half away from Independence Hall.
BAE Systems has delivered three BvS10 armoured personnel carriers to defence authorities of Sweden, Germany, and the UK.