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UAE Blames Iran for Drone Attack on Oil Tankers – Two Emirati tankers have been struck by drones while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, Reuters reported on Thursday.

No Casualties Reported

USS Gerald R. Ford Aircraft Carrier Training. Image Credit: U.S. Navy.

120501-N-WO496-013STRAIT OF HORMUZ (May 1, 2012) The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), left, and the guided-missile cruiser USS Cape St. George (CG 71) transit the Strait of Hormuz. Abraham Lincoln and Cape St. George are deployed to the U.S.

The U.S. is planning a shuffle of its aircraft carriers in the Middle East. The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that the USS George Washington is headed to the region, where it will replace the USS Abraham Lincoln.

While there have been reports in recent days about horrible conditions on the latter carrier, including multiple reports about sailors trying to jump overboard, the Journal reported that the switch is “part of a previously scheduled rotation plan.” The Journal did not specify when the USS Abraham Lincoln would return home.

(July 7, 2022) – U.S.

Rheinmetall has successfully demonstrated its new FV-014 loitering munition system integrated with a modular Containerised Missile Launcher.

The Army has identified two 1st Cavalry Division soldiers who died in an Apache helicopter crash earlier this week.
The pilots were identified as Chief Warrant Officer 2 Deontre T. Huey and Warrant Officer Seth L. Olmstead. The two soldiers were assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Army officials said Friday.
The soldiers were flying a maintenance test flight when their AH-64E Apache helicopter from Fort Hood, Texas, crashed Wednesday, officials said.

When Congress considered a resolution to make “The Star-Spangled Banner” the United States’ official national anthem in 1929, resistance soon followed.
One argument was that the melody came from an old English drinking song. Some felt that connection was too low-brow and should disqualify the song from becoming America’s anthem. Other concerns, according to the American Battlefield Trust, included claims that “The Star-Spangled Banner” was difficult to perform and wasn’t good for marching. Naysayers also asserted it was overly militaristic. (No kidding.

Russia’s Sukhoi Design Bureau has disclosed new details regarding the planned two-seat variant of the Su-57 fifth-generation fighter, presenting the aircraft not simply as a trainer, but as a platform intended to introduce technologies associated with sixth generation combat aviation. According to Design Bureau Director Mikhail Strelets, the additional cockpit will allow the aircraft to function as an airborne command post capable of directing unmanned combat aircraft while simultaneously carrying out conventional fighter missions.

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The US Air Force is seeking an AI agent to unify data…

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The future USS John F.

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