On Oct. 1, a Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet that flew from the USS Abraham Lincoln on combat missions in the Iran war was spotted returning home to California with an unusual kill marking. Above rows of other icons representing bombs the plane had dropped was a submarine split in half, embossed with the words “Sub Buster.”
The jet belongs to VFA-41, a Navy fighter squadron known as the “Black Aces,” based at Naval Air Station Lemoore, California. The squadron flies a modified version of the Navy’s F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter that specializes in bombing ground targets.
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Ellen Gustafson was near the end of her talk at the 2026 Military Influencer Conference (MIC) in Tampa, Florida, when a man sat down.
Gustafson, co-founder and executive director of the nonprofit We the Veterans and Military Families, was discussing how much the military community plays in securing elections. Because of that, Gustason argued we should trust the results of elections.
That man wasn’t buying it. His brief retort—“Oh, let’s keep it clean”—caused Gustafson’s blood pressure to rise.
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With the significant Israeli and U.S. military attacks against Iran in 2025 and early 2026, analysts have discussed and debated Iran’s ability to replenish its missile and drone arsenal. Since 2024, Iran has burned through thousands of ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and one-way attack drones in its retaliatory attacks against Israel, U.S. military bases, and other targets in the region. In addition, air and missile strikes destroyed many more Iranian missiles and drones along with their launchers. Importantly, Israeli and U.S.
China’s Dalian Shipyard has continued the rapid assembly of the country’s first nuclear powered supercarrier, with three additional sections of the future flight deck reportedly installed in just five days. The latest construction activity provides a further indication of the pace at which the carrier is being assembled, with the vessel’s hull and upper structures becoming increasingly recognisable in recent satellite imagery.
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The Army will execute Nidal Hasan via firing squad, the Department of Defense announced Monday night. Hasan, a former Army psychiatrist, was convicted of carrying out a mass shooting at Fort Hood in 2009, killing 13 people before being stopped.
The use of a firing squad was approved by President Donald Trump, Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said in a post on X. Trump’s approval came after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recommended the method to the president, Parnell said. It will be the first time a firing squad has been used on a member of the U.S. military in an execution in decades.