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Summary and Key Points: When fire broke out aboard the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford last March, the Navy described it as a minor, quickly contained incident — two minor injuries, no real operational impact. The newly leaked video suggests that it was far from the truth.
-The footage reportedly shows gutted berthing compartments, charred bulkheads, and melted wiring — the aftermath of a blaze the crew fought for some 30 hours.
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Summary and Key Points: It first took off when Harry Truman was in the White House. It will still be flying combat missions in the 2050s — nearly a century in the air. The U.S. Air Force just cleared a key design review for the B-52J Stratofortress, the most powerful version of its legendary bomber ever built, and the full rebuild begins this year. This is no nostalgia project.
Summary and Key Points: It was a tense night over the Red Sea in August 1990. A U.S. Navy cruiser picked up an extremely fast aircraft streaking in from the north, climbing past 60,000 feet — and with American warships on a hair trigger after a deadly missile strike years earlier, the call went out: “warning red, weapons tight.” Two F-14 Tomcats returning from a training run swung to intercept. But when the radar officer broke out a camera and focused on the contrail high above, what came into view wasn’t a threat at all.
James Handy, a Vietnam War veteran who spent nearly five decades as one of Hollywood’s most reliably present character actors, appearing in more than 140 films and television productions ranging from “Arachnophobia” to “Top Gun: Maverick,” was stabbed to death at his home in the Tarzana neighborhood of Los Angeles on the morning of June 3, 2026. He was 81.
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The Los Angeles Police Department said officers from the West Valley Division responded around 9:30 a.m.
On Wednesday, five Marine Harriers rose over North Carolina, hovered in midair like helicopters, and touched down together one final time — closing the book on one of the most remarkable warplanes America ever flew. After 55 years, the Marine Corps has retired the AV-8B Harrier II, the legendary “jump jet” that could take off straight up, land vertically, and operate from places no conventional fighter could reach. Its record is staggering.
The Harrier’s Time Is Over
British Sea Harrier aboard USS Intrepid back in 2025. National Security Journal Original Photo.
The world continues to live in mass delusion when it comes to the fallout from the Iran War. But even the most delusional are now coming to the stark realization that the world economy is about to go off a cliff because of the Middle East war. The stock market has been rallying despite spikes in inflation, fuel prices, and other costs resulting from the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
Summary and Key Points: It’s a war full of contradictions: a ceasefire that isn’t, an economy teetering even as the stock market soars, a public that’s furious and indifferent at once. Now, a Wall Street Journal report reveals President Trump has told aides he won’t return to all-out war with Iran “unless U.S. troops are killed” — a line that sounds simple until you see the trap behind it. Brandon Weichert argues that everyone hoping for a clean ending to this war will be disappointed.
The Iran War: No Happy Endings?
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Summary and Key Points: For three years, the West has waited for Russia to crack — and it hasn’t. Moscow absorbed the sanctions, replaced its losses, and kept its war machine running, defying nearly every prediction of collapse. But Dr. Andrew Latham argues the real danger to Russia was never losing the war. It’s winning it.
Russia Could Win in Ukraine and Still Have a Problem
Putin in 2019 Russian Federation Photo
Russia’s greatest challenge may not be winning the war. It may be living with the consequences of winning it.
That is not a prediction of Russian collapse.
The views and opinion expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of any entities mentioned.It is a terrible idea to use military promotions as political bargaining chips yet that’s where we find ourselves on Capitol Hill. The consequences ripple through the lives of service members, military families, and the readiness of the All Volunteer Force itself.
A U.S. Senate hold on hundreds of Coast Guard promotions once again highlights how quickly political fights can disrupt the lives of those who serve this country.
On June 4 it was confirmed that the Treasury of the United Kingdomwould take over the management of the massive expenditures for the Global Air Combat Programme (GCAP), injecting up to £6 billion (approximately $8 billion) in additional funding to prevent a repeat of past procurement mistakes by the Ministry of Defence. The United Kingdom currently faces a £28 billion defence funding shortfall, with officials having repeatedly expressed the need to increase military spending to over 2.5 percent of GDP at a time of escalated hostilities with Russia and other Western Bloc adversaries.