Following confirmation on May 26 that the Russian Aerospace Forces had received a new batch of Su-35S fighters from the state run United Aircraft Corporation, significant questions have been raised regarding the capabilities of these aircraft to provide an effective defence against the F-35 stealth fighters fielded by the country’s NATO adversaries.
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You might have heard about how the weather almost capsized the Allied invasion on D-Day (literally). We’ve told this story. We’ve even shared the incredible planning documents used across branches and nations to plan the attack. Maybe you even know that D-Day was originally planned for June 5, 1944.
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So what exactly happened to change the date to June 6, 1944? It was not just a date change—it was an entire logistical campaign adjustment.
Summary and Key Points: When the Soviet Union launched the MiG 1.44 (MFI program) in the late 1970s, the goal was to field a heavy air-superiority fighter capable of Mach 2 speeds, supercruise, and extreme maneuverability — Moscow’s answer to America’s Advanced Tactical Fighter program that produced the F-22 Raptor. The Soviet Union collapsed before the program yielded an operational fighter; the prototype flew twice in 2000 and the program was officially canceled in 2002
The MiG 1.44 Was No F-22 Raptor
MiG 1.44 Russian Fighter. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
MiG 1.
In August 1988, F-15 pilot Daniel “Fig” Leaf experienced total hydraulic failure while taxiing back to parking, leaving him with no brakes and no nose gear steering. With a security forces pickup truck carrying two airmen crossing his path and a parked F-16 from the 314th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron directly ahead, Leaf pushed the right engine into afterburner.
The F-15 That Averted Disaster
As the U.S.
Summary and Key Point: The Air Force plans to keep the B-52J Stratofortress a core component of America’s long-range strike capability for decades, but the bomber faces a fundamental problem: modern integrated air defenses have made it too dangerous to fly over contested airspace.
The B-52J Problem
A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress assigned to the 23rd Bomb Squadron sits on the flightline during exercise Prairie Vigilance 25-1 at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, April 12, 2025. Vigilance series exercises are conducted with a focus on the safe and secure handling of equipment. (U.
The Justice Department charged former Cuban President Raúl Castro and other Cuban officials with murder for their roles in the February 24, 1996, shoot-down of two unarmed Brothers to the Rescue aircraft over international waters, and U.S. Southern Command has confirmed the USS Nimitz (CVN-68) and her Carrier Strike Group are now operating in the Caribbean.
The USS Nimitz Has One Last Mission: Make Cuba Think Twice
The U.S. Navy aircraft carriers USS Nimitz (CVN-68), USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) and USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) underway in the Western Pacific on 12 November 2017.
Summary and Key Points: During a May 13 House Armed Services Committee hearing, Air Force Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Deterrence Lt. Gen. David H. Tabor signaled that the long-standing requirement of 100 B-21 Raiders no longer reflects operational reality, given China’s rapidly expanding air defense and missile capabilities. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth subsequently confirmed that the United States will need “a lot more” than 100 Northrop Grumman stealth bombers.
Over Memorial Day weekend this year, as most Americans were paying exorbitant prices on beef and other meats for significantly pared-down barbecues, the United States military blasted Iranian naval facilities. Per the White House, the US military attacked Iran in self-defense and in no way violated the carefully agreed-upon ceasefire between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States.
Nor, according to the White House, did these attacks represent the abandonment of what many had hoped would be a successful end to the war that the United States initiated on February 28.
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Special operators are getting a new rifle that can fire both 7.62mm and 6.5mm Creedmoor rounds as a replacement for the MK17 SCAR-H Special Operations Forces Combat Assault Rifle-Heavy, according to U.S. Special Operations Command.
The MK24 Mid-Range Gas Gun-Assault features a “quick-change swappable barrel” that allows the weapon to fire both kinds of ammunition, said Navy Cmdr. Joe Vermette, a spokesperson for U.S. Special Operations Command.
Special Operations Command, or SOCOM, expects to begin receiving the MK24 later this fiscal year, which runs until Sept.
The Russian army is now losing ground in Ukraine for the first time since January 2024. As one top retired British Army commander told me several hours ago: “Ukraine might actually have a path to something that might look like a victory.”
The Ukraine War Is Changing Fast: Russia Has a Problem
MSTA-S Russian Army. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
That’s a big deal. This is not a minor tactical development, and it is not propaganda from Kyiv.