A F-35B fighter jet was involved in the military’s most severe type of aviation mishap near Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in Southern California on Friday morning, according to the Marine Corps.
“We can confirm a Class A mishap involving a Marine Corps F-35B in the vicinity of [Marine Corps Air Station] Miramar,” the Marine Corps said in a statement. “The pilot ejected and has been recovered. More information will be available as the situation develops.”
The Marine Corps added that the pilot is enroute to a medical facility.
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The Space Force has established a pool of 15 companies to build out a complex, digital environment for testing new systems and training guardians, the service announced Friday.
The National Space Test and Training Complex (NSTTC) Innovative Technology & Engineering – Space Test and Range (NITE-STAR) is a new contract vehicle designed specifically to accelerate the service’s development of modernized test and training capabilities. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity deal has a value of up to $981 million and includes two five-year periods, according to the Space Force.
Trump Approval Ratings Hit Second-Term Low: Amid rising fuel prices at home and a worsening situation in the Persian Gulf, U.S. President Donald Trump is watching his approval ratings slide only months before the country heads to the polls for the November midterm elections. Trump’s approval rating has fallen to its lowest point in his second term, according to a series of major national polls released over the past week, with respondents expressing concerns about the conflict with Iran, the economy, and a multitude of other political issues.
In a recent post in Russia Matters, the question was asked, “Is Russia Losing More Soldiers In Ukraine Than Its Recruiting?”
In the piece, they state, and correctly so, that this question has been asked since 2024, when the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) wrote that, “Russia may have increased its recruitment rate in recent weeks [of December 2024], although this recruitment rate appears to be thousands of troops short of Russia’s ever-increasing monthly casualty totals.”
Putin in May of 2021 Russian Federation Photo
The ISW repeated these claims several more times.
Rheinmetall has secured a contract to supply weapon systems for the British Army’s new fleet of RCH 155 wheeled howitzers.
Donald Trump, since the start of the Iran military operation earlier this year, has made quite a few major mistakes. He almost certainly thought that the war could be won quickly and painlessly, and that assassinating the Supreme Leader in the early stages of the war might cause the regime to collapse. Putting an end to Iran’s nuclear ambitions also proved a lot more difficult than Trump likely imagined.
Iran Responds: Iran has continued its retaliation against the United States, launching new attacks on American military facilities in Kuwait and Bahrain. The strikes come as Gulf states intensify their efforts to restore diplomatic talks, while Tehran appears unwilling to engage in negotiations that would hinder its ability to develop nuclear weapons.
The French Armament General Directorate has received its first NH90 Standard 2, a variant of the NH90 TTH helicopter from Airbus Helicopters.
As the Army cuts thousands of junior jobs in its aviation corps, the service is offering bonuses as high as $200,000 to senior pilots to remain on active duty for up to six years.
The move comes as the Army announced last year that it would cut 6,500 aviation jobs, and close down nearly all flying units in the reserves. The new Active Duty Service Obligation, or ADSO agreements, will be open to senior flyers but be capped at a soldier’s 25th year in service, according to a July 26 Army message.
Department of Defense CIO Kirsten Davies recently approved a far-reaching directive laying out policy, responsibilities and procedures for information technology category management and digital modernization investments.
The new guidance follows in the footsteps of other Trump administration tech-buying initiatives meant to streamline enterprise IT procurement and leverage economies of scale across the government’s massive footprint, like the General Services Administration’s OneGov initiative for federal civilian agencies.
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