Houthi rebels in Yemen fired on a U.S. military F-35 during recent operations, and the missile came close enough to the aircraft for the pilot to take evasive action, a U.S. official confirmed to Task & Purpose.
The incident was first reported in the New York Times as part of a story about why President Donald Trump decided to end air and missile strikes against the Houthis earlier this month.
No further information was immediately available about just how close the F-35 may have come to being hit by Houthi air defenses.
It would have been an “absolute disaster” if the U.S.
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Estonia’s government is actively tracking the “shadow fleet” of vessels operated covertly by Russia that has been causing problems in the Baltic Sea over the last year and posing serious environmental risks for the region, Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur said Monday.
Pevkur hosted a small group of journalists at the Embassy of Estonia in Washington while he was in town for a two-day visit with his American counterparts and lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
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The Army tested and matured its “arsenal” concept for conducting electronic warfare at the service’s major capstone exercise earlier this year, according to officials.
The electromagnetic spectrum arsenal serves as a set of exploits in the radio frequency sense, that can be loaded on platforms for a set of targets. It’s a centralized location where soldiers can find details of each EW technique — including descriptions and implementation parameters or configurations — that can be used in support of electronic warfare mission planning and effects.
Troy Meink is set to become the new civilian leader for the Air and Space Forces after being confirmed by the Senate on Tuesday.
Senators voted 74-25 to approve Meink as the 27th Secretary of the Air Force, making him the third and final of President Donald Trump’s service secretary nominees to be confirmed during his second term.
In his new role, Meink will be the top civilian official for the Department of the Air Force — which also includes the Space Force — as it undertakes a wide range of modernization efforts.
HMS Dauntless shows off her firepower during a
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The Marine Corps built its own software to control commercial radar devices that can be purchased at fishing stores, allowing its forces to have greater maritime domain awareness.
A former Royal Marine who completed the longest
Hivers & Strivers is the most impressive Venture Capital group you’ve never heard of. Since 2010, they’ve quietly invested in over 20 companies, pouring $80 million (yes, million) into start-ups with one crucial caveat: The companies they invest in have to be founded by a U.S. veteran. With six exits, H&S is outperforming other VCs with impressive returns and big numbers. When asked how and why they’re so successful, founder Doug Doan (1979 graduate of West Point and former Army intel officer) says it’s easy: “We don’t invest in companies. We invest in people.