(U.S.F-22s: Master Sgt. Kevin J. Gruenwald / Balloon: Tyler Schlitt Photography / LiveStormChasers.com
Saturday afternoon, the world watched as an F-22 Raptor stealth fighter from the 1st Fighter Wing at Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Virginia fired a missile into the Chinese spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina that had been floating over the United States for days.
(U.S.F-22s: Master Sgt. Kevin J. Gruenwald / Balloon: Tyler Schlitt Photography / LiveStormChasers.com
Saturday afternoon, the world watched as an F-22 Raptor stealth fighter from the 1st Fighter Wing at Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Virginia fired a missile into the Chinese spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina that had been floating over the United States for days.
A GOP Congressman has accused former Secretary of Defense ‘Mad Dog’ Mattis of withholding Chinese threats from then POTUS and Commander-in-Chief, Donald Trump.
Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL): My office has been briefed by the office of the Secretary of Defense of the current Pentagon that it happened over Florida, it happened over Texas, and that it’s happened before.
America is Sending Our Adversaries Another Bad Message, They Heard It
By now most people know that my home state of Montana was all over the news as Chinese surveillance balloons moved overhead. As a good Montanan my first response, along with many of my fellow Big Sky country friends, was to ask if it could be ranged by high-caliber hunting rifles. If our government was not going to defend our nation, then we would take it upon ourselves.
Alas, at an estimated 60,000 feet of altitude, we could not reach it.
Sergeant Ronald J. Shurer is a retired United States Army Special Forces member and a recipient of the prestigious Medal of Honor. He earned his award for courageous action during the Battle of Shok Valley in Afghanistan in 2008.
Background
Shurer was born on December 7, 1978, in Fairbanks, Alaska, and he spent much of his youth in the Pacific Northwest. He came from a military family, his father serving in the United States Air Force. Before Shurer joined the military, he earned a bachelor’s degree from Washington State University, where he studied business administration.
The Air Force will soon tap small businesses to develop novel, decentralized methods for enabling the command and control of unmanned systems operating in vast quantities.
Via a new small business innovation research (SBIR) opportunity that’s set to open on Wednesday, the service aims to prototype reliable C2 capabilities for emerging, autonomous platforms that are designed to complete tasks independently or with minimal supervision from human operators. Broadly, the Pentagon considers such capabilities increasingly vital for mission needs now and down the line.
The fight for Bakhmut is getting more intense with Russian forces being only 200 meters from the city center in some directions.
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Chinese Paramilitary police officers salute each other as they stand guard below a portrait of the late leader Mao Zedong in Tiananmen Square on June 4, 2014 in Beijing, China. (Kevin Frayer/Getty Images).
When it comes to spying on the United State, China truly is in a league of its own.
Indian Navy
In a first-of-its-kind event, an Indian-made fighter jet has landed aboard an Indian-made aircraft carrier — the new INS Vikrant, which began at-sea trials back in August 2021, as you can read more about here, and which was commissioned last September.
Valentine’s Day is fast approaching and it’s time to sit down and write that special letter to your loved one who is away at training. The idea of writing something meaningful can be a bit daunting. This is your time to pour your heart out and share how much you care with your recruit. Here […]
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