U.S. Air Force photo by William R. Lewis
U.S. Air Force A-10 Warthogs can now employ up to 16 GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bombs (SDBs) on a single sortie, among other stores, with the help of a new software update. Four of the five pylons under the fuselage were recently loaded with specialized bomb racks each holding four SDBs during a test sortie to validate the software for frontline distribution.
China, Russia, Iran and other nations are increasingly exploiting existing and emerging technologies — like surveillance biometrics and generative artificial intelligence — to advance authoritarianism, enable digital repression and undermine democratic governance globally, U.S. Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines warned on Monday.
During an event hosted by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, she spotlighted those three nations’ recent models and methods for deploying and exporting capabilities to facilitate dictatorial practices.
Harry Belafonte was among the greatest of the Greatest Generation. While he was known around the world for his singing, activism and humanitarian work, he also served the United States as a sailor in the Navy during World War II. With his passing today, we wanted to look back on his extraordinary life, including his service to our country.
Known as the “King of Calypso,” Harry Belafonte introduced America to the sounds of the Caribbean, singing songs from Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, among other countries.
Russia has sent Ukraine its latest main battle tank, the T-14 Armata, state media reports. Russia expects the tank will perform better than the most recent shipment of NATO armor since it is a radical departure from previous designs of Russian armored vehicles.
The tanks are being used to fire on Ukrainian positions but “have not yet engaged in direct assault operations,” according to a report from the state-run RIA news agency on Tuesday, citing a person with knowledge of the situation.
US special forces have evacuated the US embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, amid ongoing regional fighting.
The situation in Sudan
The conflict in Sudan shows no signs of resolution, posing a growing risk to foreign nationals in the country. In response, the United States, the United Kingdom, and France launched military operations to evacuate diplomats, citizens, and foreigners.
On Saturday night, US special operators, in collaboration with the State Department, evacuated approximately 100 diplomats and their families to neighboring Ethiopia.
Harry Belafonte in his Navy uniform (left) and at theRipple of Hope Awards Dinner, Show (right) in Dec 2017 (Defense Department andStephen Lovekin/Variety/Penske Media via Getty Images).
Famed Calypso singer and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte, who served in the Navy during World War II, died on Tuesday at the age of 96.
Belafonte, whose repertoire of hit songs includes “Jump in the Line” and “Banana Boat Song,” left high school in 1944 to enlist in the Navy on the day after his 17th birthday.
Ryan recently tagged along on a little trip to Alabama with Gen. CQ Brown, the chief of staff of the Air Force. They recorded this episode on the flight back to Washington. Gen. Brown discussed basing and posture in the Indo-Pacific, what the Air Force might be learning from the war in Ukraine, his vision […]
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The Ukrainian military has asked for “patience” in the face of information about a possible offensive. A full-scale advance across the wide river under the threat of Russian attacks would be a large and difficult undertaking.
“The conditions of a military operation require silence until it is safe enough for our military,” a Ukrainian military spokeswoman said, adding that she could not confirm or deny the ISW report.
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The Chinese aircraft carrier Shandong has entered the South China Sea after nearly three weeks of operating in areas further east. This included sailing with the rest of its strike group within around 400 miles of the strategic U.S. island territory of Guam. This recent cruise in the Western Pacific underscores ongoing efforts by the People’s Liberation Army Navy to expand the scale and scope of routine operations using the flattops it has now and its still growing carrier ambitions overall.
The Son Tay Raid was a daring attempt to rescue approximately 50 American prisoners of war from North Vietnam. It was not successful.
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