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This past week the United States and Kenya broke ground on a major expansion of a key air base in the country used by the U.S. military for counterterrorism operations.
The United States launched a $70 million overhaul of the airfield infrastructure at the Manda Bay Air Base in Kenya. The base, operated by the Kenyan Defense Forces, is also used by American troops and is a hub for operations in the Horn of Africa. The groundbreaking also comes amid a sharp increase of U.S. military airstrikes against militant groups in Somalia such as al-Shabab and ISIS-Somalia.

by Colonel (Ret) John D. Rosenberger

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In his classic article, The Principles of War, published in Military Review in September 1981, General Donn Albert Starry—the father of Air Land Battle—argued that a thorough historical analysis of successful campaigns, battles, and engagements in the past reveals there are nine fundamental principles of war—principles that if artfully applied at the strategic, operational, and tactical levels of war, will assure victory in conventional land combat.

The Air Force plans to conduct no-notice inspections of units to test their combat readiness, a senior Air Force official announced last week. 
Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Scott Pleus announced the plans on Thursday, while speaking at the 2026 Airpower Forum on a panel about the force’s readiness. Pleus said that Air Force leaders “have reinstituted combat readiness inspections; they are no-notice.”
The news was first reported by Air & Space Forces Magazine. The decision was made by Air Force Chief of Staff Gen.

L Todd Wood and former special unit commander Pete Blaber discuss the continuing false propaganda coming out of Ukraine.

The post Continuing Propaganda – Ukraine SitRep – Pete Blaber 1/29/26 appeared first on Armed Forces Press.

In the remote South Pacific, on the rugged island of Tanna in what is now the nation of Vanuatu, one of the most fascinating and misunderstood religious movements of the modern era continues to endure.
Known as the John Frum Movement, it is often described as a cargo cult. That’s a term used by anthropologists to explain belief systems that arose when Indigenous societies encountered the overwhelming material power of industrialized nations. Yet to reduce the John Frum Movement to a curiosity or anthropological oddity is to miss its deeper meaning.

During World War II, balloons became one of the most feared weapons of the day.
Yes, balloons. Although they’re used today to gather weather information, or as celebratory décor, WWII was a time of great uncertainty and mistrust. Seeing a balloon didn’t mean a scientist was gathering data about the atmosphere; it meant an enemy was causing havoc.
Related: That time the Japanese tried to bomb the US using balloons
Japan tried to do just that by manufacturing the Fu-Go balloon bombs, creating a mobile way to bring injury and chaos to their enemies.

Since the unveiling of the first technology demonstrator of China’s J-20 fifth generation fighter in December 2010, analysts have widely speculated regarding the potential client base to which the aircraft could be marketed for export. Expectations for exports were disappointed, however, after it was made clear in the 2010s that the fighter was not being offered abroad, with the lighter FC-31 fifth generation fighter having been developed to compete on foreign markets in its stead.

The U.S. Navy has deployed six EA-18G Growler air defence suppression aircraftto Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan, which has emerged as a leading hub of a major regional military buildup at a time of high tensions between the United States and Iran. The aircraft departed from Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia with aerial refuelling support, stopping over at Naval Station Rota in Spain, before flying to Jordan.

There is a specific, quiet madness reserved for the family that lives by the bugle. It is a world where time is not a linear progression from arrival to departure, but rather a recursive loop that would make the most seasoned philosopher question the nature of reality.
Related: 8 Signs you’re a military brat (and are forever ruined for civilian life)In the civilian world, Groundhog Day is a quirky cinematic trope; in the military, it is the foundational plot to existence.

Footage released by the primary developer of the J-20 fifth generation fighter, the Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group, and for the first time shown several of the new and heavily enhanced J-20A variants undergoing test flights in January 2026. The firm announced that the aircraft has successfully completed the systematic test flight organization and training of ten types of aircraft across five locations, which and specifically noted that this included manned and unmanned operations, which are expected to be one of the new defining features of the J-20A.