Author: Michael

Chinese government sources have for the first time reported the deployment of personnel to Pakistan to support combat operations against India in early May, 2025, specifically in the form of on-site technical support for the Pakistan Air Force’s newly procured J-10C fighters. Chinese state broadcaster CCTV on May 7 broadcast an interview with a Chinese engineer Zhang Heng, from the Chengdu Aircraft Design and Research Institute responsible for developing the J-10, who was among the personnel deployed on the ground during the conflict.

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The Defence Intelligence of Ukraine has released computer generated imagery of a new type of Russian air-launched cruise missile, designated in the West the S-71K Kover, which has reportedly begun to equip Su-57 fifth generation fighter units and be used in combat. Ukrainian intelligence has also released information on the missile’ssubsystems and electronic components, based on assessments of the remains of missiles used in the conflict.

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The Pentagon is preparing to take additional steps to address a major bottleneck that could limit the military’s ability to proliferate artificial intelligence capabilities throughout the force: compute.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Pentagon CTO Emil Michael and other senior officials are pushing the department to accelerate AI adoption, touting its benefits for warfighting and back-office functions.
Chief Digital and AI Officer Cameron Stanley noted that the technology has demonstrated its utility during the Iran war.

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Software vulnerabilities recently discovered by Anthropic’s new Claude Mythos Preview artificial intelligence model have raised alarms in the cybersecurity community, but a senior Pentagon official sounded upbeat Thursday about the benefits of frontier AI technology.
Mythos Preview, an unreleased frontier model with coding capability, reportedly found thousands of “high-severity” vulnerabilities that need to be fixed by the public and private sectors so that China or other adversaries can’t use similar technology to find and exploit them.

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An Army decision to assign an active-duty lawyer as a prosecutor in a civilian trials in Minnesota runs afoul of military regulations, a judge said Friday.
But U.S. Magistrate Shannon Elkins ruled she doesn’t have the authority to enforce the Pentagon regulation, allowing the case to proceed. 
“Department of Defense regulations recognize that having military lawyers prosecute civilians in cases that lack a military nexus would be ill-advised,” Elkins wrote.

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The Navy retired the F-14 Tomcat from active duty in 2006, but lawmakers are once again feeling the need for speed.
The Senate recently passed the Maverick Act, which would send three retired Navy F-14 Tomcats to a museum in Alabama for preservation, with at least the ambition of getting at least one back in the air.
Sponsored by Sen Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.), the bill would authorize the Navy Secretary to transfer the Navy’s last three surplus Tomcats to the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville.

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Let’s be clear: if the German high command had any respect for American generals at the outset of World War II, they would never have declared war in the first place. But as we all know, respect is earned and not issued, so it took a little time for the United States to earn respect on the battlefield.
By then, however, it was too late for Nazi Germany.
Also Read: 5 Seldom-told tales about Air Force legends
History may remember the most audacious personalities and events, while some figures end up quietly stealing the spotlight through bravery and determination. James Doolittle was both.

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