Ukrainian sources have reported that a Russian Ka-52 attack helicopter was hit and destroyed by a first-person-view (FPV) drone on the Pokrovsk region, with photos and video footage showing a burning wreckage of a helicopter near the site of the impact. The Ukrainian 59th Separate Assault Brigade was reportedly responsible for the shootdown, with the Ka-52’s status as Russia’s most costly and high value type of attack helicopter making its destruction particularly significant. The crew of the Russian aircraft appear to have managed to exit after impact.
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The United States Army has demonstrated the ability to launch very long-range rotary wing combat operations over distances exceeding 2,000 kilometres during the Talon Reach exercises in South Korea, highlighting the ability to deploy combat and transport aircraft for closely integrated assaults against East Asian targets. Multiple battalions deploying AH-64 Apache attack helicopters, UH-60 Black Hawk utility helicopters, and CH-47 Chinook heavy-lift helicopters, executed simultaneous operations including attack missions, air assault manoeuvres, and medical evacuation flights.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth gives an update on the Department of War’s efforts to reinstate those service members who were unjustly forced out of the military because of the Covid vax mandate.
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Today, in this video, as we said we would, I want to update you on our efforts to reinstate those service members who were unjustly forced out of the military during the COVID-19 panic.
While I’m proud of our efforts over the past year, our obligations to make things right are not yet complete.
Chinese state media has for the first time released footage showing the long range surface-to-air missile capabilities of Type 055 class destroyers, with the first warship of the class, the Nanchang, shown firingHHQ-9 surface-to-air missiles. The footage was taken during the ship’s first air defence and anti-missile mission in March 2021, shortly after the vessel’s service entry in January 2020. Five missiles were launched against test targets, and reportedly demonstrated high levels of accuracy.
The Ukrainians have destroyed numerous Russian Bombers on the ground at their bases; there is a need for vigilance to ensure this does not happen to the U.S. Air Force
Preparing for takeoff from Barksdale Air Force Base, La.Public Domain
Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana is where most of the remaining B-52H Bombers reside when they are not forward deployed to Anderson AFB in Guam, Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean or at Minot AFB, North Dakota.
There are roughly 70 B-52H Bombers still in combat coded status out of the 102 built.
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The U.S. military is working to increase its presence on Greenland, including adding special operations forces and potentially operating in three new areas on the island, the head of U.S. Northern Command said this week.
The United States is currently in talks with Denmark and Greenland over a wider American military presence on the island, Air Force Gen. Gregory Guillot told senators earlier this week. Stars & Stripes first reported on Guillot’s remarks regarding expanding U.S. infrastructure in Greenland.
How trailblazer Grace Hopper taught the US military all about computers
When we think of military innovation, we think weapons, up-armored vehicles, mortar rounds, and combat zones.
But what if not every battle is physical? What if not every military innovation and revolution begins with weapons?
Related: The Navy initially denied Grace Hopper’s enlistment. Then she revolutionized computers. Some of the most significant military innovations, contributions, and transformations have happened behind desks. In code, to be precise.
The U.S. military is surging more ground, air and sea forces to the Middle East including nearly 5,000 Marines as the war with Iran approaches its fourth week.
This week the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group left port in San Diego on Wednesday, ahead of schedule. The ready group includes the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship the USS Boxer as well as the dock landing ship the USS Comstock and amphibious transport dock ship the USS Portland; the latter two left port on Thursday. The Boxer Amphibious Ready Group is carrying the roughly 2,500 Marines of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit.
Sometimes we have to reclaim our ambitions, because it’s so easy to lose them while we do everything else required of us. Nothing can prepare you for the journey ahead as a military spouse—except for time and space. But what you do with and during that time and space, to include the choices you make along the way, will shape and define you.