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Donald Trump is likely the last president that will get a chance to stop Iran from building a nuclear arsenal. Will he succeed? Tehran has been on the backfoot, having catastrophically misjudged the long-term repercussions of Hamas’ attack on Oct. 7, 2023, and Israel’s subsequent response, but even a diminished Islamic Republic can harm U.S. interests and force it to commit significant resources to managing yet another crisis in the region.
On Aug. 4, 2018, a drone exploded over Avenida Bolívar in Caracas during a speech by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. A second drone crashed and exploded a few blocks away. Maduro was unharmed, but the first blast injured several Venezuelan soldiers. The drones were part of an alleged assassination attempt against the Venezuelan president. At the time, the attack was front-page news.
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Obviously a deal has been made between the Trump administration and the Mexican government for the U.S. Air Force to be openly operating in Mexican airspace in a show of force to surveil cartel activity.
The RC-135V/W Rivet Joint reconnaissance aircraft supports theater and national level consumers with near real time on-scene intelligence collection, analysis and dissemination capabilities, writes the USAF website.
We wrote about the Mexican president caving to Trump’s demands this afternoon.
One of the few remaining Tuskegee Airmen was 100 years old when he died peacefully at his home Sunday in Michigan. Retired Lt. Col. Harry Stewart, Jr., was one of the legendary flying corps’ most decorated pilot during World War II, and was on a four-man team that won the first-ever ‘Top Gun’ contest in the years after.
He was also one of four Tuskegee airman to record three air-to-air kills on a single mission day — two of which he finished with his planes’ machine guns while recording the third through sheer flying skill.
Pentagon leadership revoked the department- and military-wide social media suspension that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s team temporarily instituted to “reorient” all public-facing communications to reflect the new administration’s vision and objectives, according to an internal government email obtained by DefenseScoop on Monday.
President Donald Trump has been moving swiftly since the start of his second term on Jan. 20 to reshape American policies and the federal government’s structure — particularly through a series of sweeping executive orders.