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A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon of the Ohio Air National Guard’s 180th Fighter Wing flies over Iowa Aug. 11, 2022. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Tylon Chapman).

Once again, gamers apparently can’t help but post sensitive information about military technology online in order to make the game more realistic. In this case, it’s the game War Thunder, and the posts concern data about the F-16 Fighting Falcon and the F-15E Strike Eagle. 
War Thunder is a multiplayer online game in which players engage in simulated combat with tanks, planes, and warships.

USAF

The U.S. Air Force’s first operational F-15EX Eagle II fighters will not be equipped with conformal fuel tanks, or CFTs, according to a newly released Pentagon report. A lack of CFTs will significantly reduce the F-15EX’s range, which has been a major selling point for the type in the past.
Mention of the CFT decision was included in the most recent annual report from the Pentagon’s Office of the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, or DOT&E, which was released yesterday.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky with President Joe Biden

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While the U.S. Treasury is taking extreme measures to avert a crisis as the June debt ceiling deadline approaches, the Biden administration has promised another $2.5 billion in military aid to Ukraine. On Thursday, Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, announced the aid package and vowed that the U.S. “will stand united with Ukraine for as long as it takes.”
The current aid package comes after Congress passed a massive $1.

Royal Netherlands Air Force

Repeated calls from Ukrainian officials and pilots for F-16 fighter jets look like they finally could be a step closer to being answered, with confirmation from the Dutch government that it will look at any request to transfer its aircraft with an “open mind.” Those were the words of Wopke Hoekstra, the Dutch Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, speaking yesterday ahead of the meeting of defense ministers from around 50 countries at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, which you can read more about here.

U.S. soldiers drive an M1131A1 Stryker Vehicle to the Tapa Training Area to begin winter camp in Estonia, Feb. 15, 2016. (Staff Sgt. Steven M. Colvin/U.S. Army).

The 90 Stryker armored personnel carriers that Ukraine will receive from the United States in the coming months will allow Ukrainian forces to increasingly exploit openings in Russian lines as part of future offensives while adding to the challenge Ukraine faces as it tries to maintain its eclectic assortment of fighting vehicles, experts said.
The Strykers are part of the latest U.S.

The F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet have been the mainstay of U.S. Navy and Marine Corps aviation for the last four decades. The Hornet is also in service with the air forces of allies such as Canada, Australia and Spain, as well as several non-aligned countries, including Switzerland.
First entering Marine Corps service in 1983 and Navy service in 1984, the F/A-18 eventually replaced a variety of aircraft, including the A-4 Skyhawk, A-6 Intruder, A-7 Corsair II, S-3 Viking, and the F-4 Phantom II.

Ukrainian fears of a Northern Front opening up soon may not be as unfounded as some believed just a few short months ago. Russia and its longtime ally Belarus have expanded their joint military drills inside Belarus in the past few days, adding soldiers, weapons, and specialized equipment based on the Russian experience in Ukraine. 
Unconfirmed reports from Telegram channel lead experts to believe anywhere from 1,400 to 1,600 additional Russian troops have moved to training areas inside Belarus.

We all watched it happen on “Star Trek: The Next Generation.” Whenever a member of the Enterprise crew needed an injection, Dr. Crusher simply grabbed a hypospray and delivered the drugs, vaccine or whatever medical-plot device was necessary into the crew member’s neck, no needle required. 
At the time, we may have been thinking that it would be nice to have such medical trek-nology, hoping one day doctors come up with a way to make it happen.

When making epics and historical dramas such as the story of the Alamo, only Hollywood could come close to making a production as thrilling as the actual event. Perhaps more thrilling! Patton’s real-life drive through Sicily was of course gritty, bloody, horrific. Onscreen, it is made memorable by, for example, the eccentric general’s reading of his own poem to General Omar Bradley, amid ruins from long-ago battles.
T.E. Lawrence’s forays through the Middle East were defined by sweltering heat and warring tribal factions.

On January 8, 2023, a nearly 40-year old retired satellite weighing more than two tons began to fall out of low-earth orbit and back to the cradle of mankind. Its course had it falling on a track passing over Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and the westernmost areas of North and South America. That’s a lot of potential targets to hit on the way down. But researchers agree that the probability of being struck by falling satellite debris is very low for us targets here on Earth.