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An F-16C fires an AIM-9M Sidewinder during Exercise Combat Archer in May 2023. Jamie Hunter. Jamie Hunter

“It’s incredibly important for us to get a weapons system evaluation of all of our munitions, whether it’s air-to-ground or air-to-air,” Col. Brian DeWitt, 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group (WEG) commander explains to The War Zone. To meet this requirement, the U.S. Air Force regularly invites its fighter squadrons to Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida to gain experience and hone their skills firing live missiles at real airborne targets.

As part of a foreign military sales (FMS) agreement, Poland has purchased a distributed intercative simulation-based systems integration laboratory from the US Department of Defense (DoD).
The DoD has contracted Northrop Grumman to complete the $19.7m contract in Poland by 7 June 2025.
A simulation laboratory allows the Polish Armed Forces, alongside its US partner, to test and verify components that can be used in different weapon systems.

Since the full-scale Russian invasion in February 2022, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has traded his suits and ties for olive drab and ballistic gear. As a wartime leader, Zelenskyy makes visits to combat zones where he dons protective gear. On international visits where he pleads his country’s cause and makes requests for aid, Zelenskyy wears simple, military-style clothing too.
Here are the main pieces of gear worn by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
1. Sweater
Zelenskyy addresses the U.S. Congress in his President’s Sweatshirt (Office of U.S.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY)

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Last week, a group of GOP senators introduced the End Endless Wars Act, which is a bill to repeal the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) that was passed after the 9/11 terrorist attacks and is still being used today.
The measure was introduced by Republican Senators Rand Paul (R-KY), Mike Braun (R-IN), JD Vance (R-OH), and Mike Lee (R-UT). If the measure were to be passed, it would repeal the 2001 AUMF 180 days after its enactment.

The National Museum of the Pacific War is located in Fredericksburg, Texas. Situated roughly in the middle of the state, the museum is about 673 miles from the Pacific Ocean. It seems odd to put a museum about the Pacific Theater in Fredericksburg. However, the city is also the boyhood home of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, the Commander in Chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet during WWII.
Nimitz grew up at his grandfather’s hotel (National Archives)
In 1852, Nimitz’s grandfather built the Nimitz Hotel in Fredericksburg. The hotel hosted such famous guests as Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S.

The ZMT SR-50M may feature multiple calibre options in future. (Zakłady Mechaniczne Tarnów)
Zakłady Mechaniczne Tarnów (ZMT) presented its ZMT SR-50M anti-materiel sniper rifle at a conference held at the Military Institute of Armament Technology in Zielonka on 2 June 2023.
The event included the first live-firing demonstration of the 12.7 mm (.50) calibre bolt-action rifle since it passed initial factory trials earlier this year.

BigBear.ai has been granted a $8.5m contract by the US Army for a six month extension to work on the Global Force Information Management (GFIM) system, announced 12 June.
GFIM is one of the first defence business systems to span the business mission area and the war-fighting mission area. The implementation of an automated Deploy to Redeploy and Retrograde of Material (D2RR) will add to the military’s efforts to enhance readiness, improve global force management, and streamline operations.
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WASHINGTON — The U.S.

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The command has deployed a team of defensive operators to a Central or South American nation for the first time, according to a Cybercom official.

Airforce Technology
he ability to communicate has always shaped the way militaries fight, with the flow of information often dictating the pace, momentum and accuracy of action…