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Wright-Patterson Air Force Base—affectionately known as “Wright-Patt”—is located just outside of Dayton, Ohio, home of America’s largest unacknowledged concentration of dive bars and greasy spoons. If you ask the locals or the airmen stationed there, they will tell you about the Air Force Museum, the Oregon District, and maybe even the Dayton Dragons baseball team.
But if you get a couple of beers in them or earn their trust by shouting “O-H,” the locals may even tell you about all the alien bodies, ghosts, and secret tunnels the Air Force hides there.

The Marine Corps is investigating reports that one of its artillery shells fired in yesterday’s celebrations at Camp Pendleton prematurely detonated over Interstate 5, sending shrapnel down onto the freeway and highway patrol vehicles.  
The New York Times first reported on the incident, citing a California Highway Patrol report. According to the report, officers reported pieces of shrapnel raining down and hitting a California Highway Patrol motorcycle and car, as well as the ground around them. Two officers reported that a two-inch piece of shrapnel left a dent in the patrol car.

Breast cancer didn’t stand a chance against the fighting spirit of these two military-connected women. Though their diagnosis and treatment differed, their journeys of courage began with early detection and ended with defeat. 
Lea is an Army veteran turned milspouse who survived a deployment to Iraq only to face a disease she hit head-on with a TKO strategy. Tawanda spent 21 years as an Air Force spouse, survived multiple overseas tours, and retired from human resources—before facing a Stage 1A breast cancer diagnosis.

Netflix released its first look at a new documentary about the Marine Corps this past week, dropping the trailer for the show simply titled ‘Marines.’
The four-part documentary series will follow Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, based out of Okinawa, Japan. The entire documentary is set to stream on Nov. 10, coinciding with the United States Marine Corps’ 250th birthday. Watch the trailer here.

‘Marines’ was produced by Amblin Documentaries and Lucky 8 TV; Amblin helped make ‘Band of Brothers’ and ‘The Pacific.

U.S. Army general tells us how the war in Ukraine has changed Army aviation’s future and what lessons are best left unheeded.

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hile both Ukraine and Russia have sustained large amounts of helicopter losses due to dense traditional frontline air defenses, in some cases, drones, and attacks on bases, the U.S. Army is taking a measured approach in applying lessons learned to the future of its own rotary-wing fleet, a top commander told us. Maj. Gen. Clair Gill, commanding general of the U.S.

On October 19 the first images were released showing a Chinese intercontinental range heavyweight stealth drone in flight, representing a major landmark in efforts to expand the reach of the People’s Liberation Army across the Atlantic and potentially into the Arctic. Satellite footage from an Air Force test base near Malan, Xinjiang province, provided a first look at the aircraft in mid-June, with its size being comparable to that of the American B-2 strategic bomber.

At the 7th China Helicopter Exposition in Tianjin China’s aviation sector has unveiled a model of the world’s largest cargo drone, the Ibis Shadow 60, which was developed based on the design of the currently operational Y-9 military transport aircraft. The new aircraft has a takeoff weight of over 60 tons, and has the potential to revolutionise the autonomisation of logistics by allowing semi-autonomous, and eventually fully self-piloted aircraft, to deliver large volumes of supplies across long distances.

China’s first heavyweight attack helicopter the Z-20T, which was developed to complement the Z-10, has been featured in flight demonstrations at the 7th China Helicopter Exposition in Tianjin. The new aircraft made its first public appearance during a military parade on September 3, and combines an airlift capability with integrated firepower in a single airframe. The manoeuvres performed included including hovering turns and O-shaped landings, which highlighted the aircraft’s applicability in a number of real-world combat operations.

The U.S. Army is working to ensure the completion of a pre-prototype of its next-generation main battle tank, the M1E3 Abrams, by the end of the year. The vehicle’s development is the result of a decision taken by the Army in 2023 to terminate plans for further incremental upgrades to the M1A2 Abrams, and instead pursue much more revolutionary and far reaching design changes.

The Russian Aerospace Forces have for the first time released footage showing the internal weapons bay of the service’s new Su-57 fifth generation fighter, the first full strength battalion of which was formed in 2024. Like all fifth generation fighters, the aircraft was designed to carry its full armaments suite internally for the vast majority of missions in order to preserve its radar cross section reducing stealth profile, and thus significantly increase its survivability against beyond visual range attacks.