The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force has for the first time demonstrated its ability to utilise its new fleet of YY-20 aerial tankers to refuel its H-6 strategic bombers, extending the range of its large fleet of very diversely armed long range combat jets. The YY-20 was developed as a derivative of the world’s largest military transport jet in production today, the Y-20, and first began combat readiness training in late 2022.
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To start the company we know today as FedEx, Frederick W. Smith took a step that many entrepreneurs do. He used a combination of his family’s money, as well as the approximately $690 million (in 2025 dollars) in venture capital. To keep the firm going, he tried what no entrepreneur would recommend: he took the last of his money to Las Vegas.
The initial fleet of Federal Express’ aircraft consisted of 14 jets that served 25 cities across the country. In Smith’s leanest years, he faced a budget shortfall that threatened his entire operation: he couldn’t buy fuel for his jets.
In December 2021 the Finnish Defence Ministry confirmed that the F-35A had been selected as the winner of the HX tender to supply 64 fighters to replace the country’s F-18C/D Hornet fourth generation aircraft.
The UK will accept the new Nato target to spend 5% of GDP on national security, not necessarily extending much-needed military capabilities.
On June 14, 2025, the U.S. Army marked its 250th anniversary with a public parade in Washington. While billed as the Army’s celebration, the parade was unconventional in American terms. It featured corporate sponsors and was closely identified with President Donald Trump, falling on his birthday. Critics — ranging from veterans’ groups to some members of Congress — viewed it as politically charged, drawing uncomfortably close to spectacles more akin to what we would see in authoritarian countries.
Editor’s Note: This is the third in a series of three articles on the U.S. Marine Corps. The first article was published on June 16, 2025, and the second article was published on June 19, 2025.Commandant Eric Smith clearly articulated his vision for the future of the Marine Corps: While retaining focus on the China threat, the service will recenter on global crisis response. This means getting more marines — and more of their combat gear — on ship and deployed around the world.
The Air Force is likely to up its fitness standards, including the addition of a 2-mile run and twice-yearly testing, Air Force officials confirmed to Task & Purpose.
“Yes, PT changes are coming,” Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force David Flosi wrote in a memo that was widely distributed to Air Force leaders on Microsoft Teams last Thursday. Officials in Flosi’s office provided Task & Purpose with a copy of the memo, part of which first circulated on social media, including the Air Force amn/nco/snco Facebook group.
U.S. Cyber Command played a role in American military’s operation against Iranian nuclear facilities over the weekend, according to top Pentagon officials.
“The strike package was supported by U.S. Strategic Command, U.S. Transportation Command, U.S. Cyber Command, U.S. Space Command, U.S. Space Force and U.S. European command,” Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters in a briefing at the Pentagon Sunday morning, later thanking the cyber operators, among others, who made the mission possible.
Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar was attacked on Monday by short- and medium-range missiles “originating from Iran,” a defense official said.
“At this time, there are no reports of U.S. casualties,” the official said. “We are monitoring this situation closely and will provide more information as it becomes available.”
The official had no information about claims by Iran that it also launched attacks on U.S. troops in Iraq.
The missile attack on Al Udeid Air Base marks the first known retaliation from Iran since the U.S.
Nato allies will come together to determine a new defence spending target of 5% and debate the implications that come with this new policy.