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Summary and Key Points: The U.S. Navy may not build the fifth and sixth Ford-class aircraft carriers as planned. The service’s review of the future carrier force will conclude in 2026 and could reshape carrier procurement strategy for decades.
-Each Ford-class ship costs more than $13 billion — among the most expensive military platforms ever built.
USS Gerald R. Ford Aircraft Carrier. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
Analysts writing for the British conservative news outlet The Telegraph have warned that the new Global Air Combat Programme (GCAP) being developed jointly by the United Kingdom, Japan, and Italy, its projected to suffer from a wide range of issues that will significantly undermine the three partners’ aerial warfare capabilities. The assessment was the latest to note that the two preceding generations of British fighters, the Tornado and Eurofighter, were both very far from competitive and suffered from wide ranging issues.
Following the maiden flight of Russia’s first twin seat fifth generation fighter, the Su-57D, Chief Test Pilot of the Sukhoi Design Bureau which developed the aircraft, Sergey Bogdan, has provided new details on the aircraft’s likely future roles. The aircraft made its first flight on May 19, a day after its unveiling, and is the first fifth generation fighter with a twin seat configuration to enter flight testing outside China.
On this Memorial Day, American servicemembers remain deployed across the world. Many are in harm’s way. This simple fact makes the day less abstract, more real. Memorial Day is not only about wars filed away in history, but also about lives lost in service to the nation and the obligations those losses place on the living.For those who served in combat, the day is intensely personal. It is a day of names, missions, and memories that never fade away entirely. Three of the fallen return to me every year: Cpl. Andrew J. Kemple, 2nd Lt. Tracy Lynn Alger, and Sgt.
James M. Lindsay, CFR
The story of a U.S. Marine who made the ultimate sacrifice for the United States.
Story Corps, Story Corps
Memorial Day gives us an opportunity to remember those who have died while serving in the U.S. military.
Brandon Wile, Military.com
A national moment of observance takes place during the afternoon of Memorial Day that most people have never heard of.
Lara Korte, Stars&Stripes
The last time Paul Roach and Mike Dowe had seen the Rev.
In a recent interview on his new book on the F-35 fighter program, combat aviation expert Abraham Abrams elaborated on the possibility of F-35s being sold to the Republic of China Air Force, which currently has 64 F-16 Block 70 fighters on order and has for decades expressed interest in the newer aircraft. Abrams highlighted that attempts have been made to order the F-35 since the early 2000s, but noted that the Republic of China government “is not recognised by the United Nations or by all but 12 UN member states, all small countries that make up 0.