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New video footage has provided a second look at the continued operations of a reported two delivered Su-57 fifth generation fighters in Algerian Air Force service, after the aircraft were reported in November 2025 to have become operational. This was followed by the release of the first footage of their operations in the first week of February. The Algerian Defence Ministry was estimated to have ordered 12-14 of the aircraft, which are speculated to be intended to replace Soviet MiG-25PD interceptors, the world’s fastest operational combat aircraft, in frontline service.

“I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.”
Well, that’s one way to make a memorable speech.
That line was part of a famous speech Gen. George S. Patton would deliver to troops before a battle, a screed historian Terry Brighton called “the greatest motivational speech of the war and perhaps of all time” in his book “Patton, Montgomery, Rommel: Masters of War.”
The general would always deliver the speech without notes, so it changed slightly each time.

The Army dubbed seven soldiers champions of its first drone competition Friday, each taking home accolades in various categories as the service looks to build-out its unmanned aerial systems repertoire.
Dubbed the “Best Drone Warfighter Competition,” the three-day event in Huntsville, Alabama last week brought more than 100 soldiers from across the Army — including the National Guard and Reserve — to vie for the three top titles and a chance to join the service’s competitive UAS team.

Since October, an intelligence battalion in the 82nd Airborne Division has been using home-grown AI tools that unit leaders say reduce staff work and make it easier to support the “All American” requirement of being able to deploy anywhere across the globe within 18 hours.
Officials told DefenseScoop in a recent interview that they’ve used the capabilities — created in Maven Smart System — to aggregate personnel, equipment and property management information across the unit, reducing “the amount of monotonous staff work” for soldiers, according to Maj.

At first, U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Kenneth Rice did not know what to make of the bright orange and green flash.
A block away from where an atomic bomb detonated over Nagasaki, Japan, on August 9, 1945, Rice was a prisoner of war at the time of the catastrophic explosion.
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“We were accustomed to B-29 bombers making attacks during the day and firebombing at night,” Rice recalled years later to The Record, a newspaper in his home state of Michigan. “But this was different, and a lot of us were confused and scared.

The Space Development Agency announced Monday that AST SpaceMobile has received a contract to conduct an on-orbit demonstration of commercial-based tactical satellite communications capabilities.
The $30 million other transaction agreement was awarded via SDA’s Hybrid Acquisition for Proliferated Low Earth Orbit (HALO) program that focuses on rapidly testing commercial space tools for defense applications. Under the deal, the Texas-headquartered company will put its broadband technology through its paces for high-speed tactical SATCOM.

A top Department of Veterans Affairs official said the VA has no plans to implement a new rule that veterans advocates fiercely resisted when it was announced last week.
“Our intentions were to put out a rule, which we thought would clarify our processes,” VA Deputy Secretary Paul Lawrence said on Sunday while addressing a conference held by Disabled American Veterans, or DAV. “But obviously, it did not. So we withdrew the rule. And candidly, we have no intention of ever doing anything or talking about it ever again.

Four military working dogs died over a three-year period at bases across the country because they were housed in aging kennels that were not kept in good condition, a Pentagon report found. Kennels at bases around the U.S. did not protect dogs “from extreme weather conditions, kennel mold issues, or manage quarantine and isolation areas,” a report from The DoD Inspector General found.
The IG also found conditions of neglect at the military-wide hub for dog training, the Air Force’s 341st Training Base at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. 
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Australia has taken delivery of two AH-64E Apache attack helicopters from the US as part of a Foreign Military Sales agreement.

In 1862, the Union Army was in striking distance of Richmond, the Confederate capital.
The Union commander hoped to wrap up the entire war with just a few more engagements. However, surprising aggression by the Army of Northern Virginia’s new commander caused a Union defeat, leading to two more years of warfare.
In May 1862, Gen. George B. McClellan, a railroad man turned military officer, was the Union’s top officer. While McClelland had many drawbacks, his organizational skills were top-notch.