Images fro the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Naval Aviation University have shown arrested landing training being conducted on full scale replicas of carrier decks, with J-15 fighters in the university’s fleet used to train both naval aviators and crew on carrier decks. The J-15 first entered service in 2013 to form the fixed wing component of the air wing of the Navy’s first aircraft carrier the Liaoning, and was developed as a derivative of the Air Force’s J-11B air superiority fighter.
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In late December 2025, forces backed by the United Arab Emirates swept across six governorates in southern Yemen and seized oil-rich provinces along Saudi Arabia’s border. Within days, Saudi airstrikes and Saudi-backed troops erased their gains. The Emirati-backed Southern Transitional Council’s territory in Yemen was reduced to practically nothing. It then quietly declared its dissolution.This drama marked the first direct military confrontation between forces backed by the two Gulf states whose cooperation has shaped the regional security architecture for over a decade.
Following years of quiet ascent, Turkey’s combat drone industry now finds itself at a moment of decision. Having secured a rapidly expanding footprint across Africa, Central Asia, and the Middle East, Ankara is now pivoting toward NATO and European defense-industrial integration. But this dual-track strategy — expanding defense exports to fragile and conflict-affected regions and embedding in the NATO ecosystem — may no longer be sustainable as geopolitical polarization intensifies.
There’s no packout on your radar but you’re ready to cry anyway to a song from 2007 like it just personally attacked your nervous system.
Everything is “fine.” Nobody deployed. Nobody left. No dramatic countdown. No airport photo.
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And yet you’re sitting there, mascara doing its own thing, because your brain finally found five uninterrupted minutes and took it as permission to collapse.
1. The Pencil Problem
Military spouse life teaches you one core survival skill: never write anything in pen on the calendar.
Twelve British Royal Air Force Eurofighter FGR4 fighters deployed to Qatar will reportedly not be involved in possible U.S.-led attacks on Iran, and will instead be assigned air defence duties in the event of Iranian retaliation. The deployment was made at a time when the United States is reportedly considering a range of options to launch attacks on Iran, and has significantly expanded its regional military presence with eight destroyers, the supercarrier USS Abraham Lincoln, and dozens of supply runs by C-17 and C-5 strategic transports, among other redeployments.
The Belarusian Defence Ministry has confirmed the delivery of a new batch of Su-30SM2 fighter aircraft from Russia to equip the Belarusian Air Force, following the delivery of a prior batch in December 2025. The arrival of the aircraft was confirmed by the deputy commander of the Air Force and Air Defence Forces and chief of aviation, Colonel Aleksandr Belyaev, who observed: “The main task of our aviators is the protection of the air borders of our country. They stand on the first line of defence.” “The arrival of new aviation equipment is always a celebration for aviators.
Commander of the U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command General Stephen Davis has revealed that the LGM-35 Sentinel intercontinental range ballistic missile (ICBM) program has remained in a restructuring phase, and continues to face significant challenges after nearly two years of comprehensive review. A clear timeline for the development of the new strategic missile has yet to be established, forcing the Air Force to further extend the service life of the LGM-30 Minuteman III missiles from the 1970s as the only means to maintain the land arm of the nuclear triad.
Russian-Indian talks regarding a license production deal for the Su-57 fifth generation fighter to bring Indian Air Force fighter units into the next generation are currently at an advanced stage, according to the CEO of Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation Vadim Badekha. He referred to talks as having reached “deep technical stage,” observing: “such contracts, given our experience, determine the trajectory of our cooperation for several decades to come.
The Marine Corps is suspending its all-weather coat — also known as the “Inspector Gadget” trench coat — after a defect was discovered that caused the coats to “bleed” orange in the rain.
“The defect causes the coat to bleed a noticeable, orange-colored substance from the fabric when exposed to water or rain, resulting in a stained, unserviceable, and unprofessional appearance,” Marine Corps officials said.
Marine Corps and Defense Logistics Agency officials found “a significant manufacturing defect in a specific production lot of the All-Weather Coat,” according to a Jan.
Yes, they learn the basics in boot camp and basic training. Yes, they’ll acquire a general understanding of their military occupational specialty (MOS) while in advanced training. But that’s just it—bare-minimum knowledge. Don’t expect those under your command to be experts in everything straight out the gate. After all, if someone doesn’t know or understand a specific task relevant to their career, there’s no one to blame but you. This is the idea behind “hip pocket training.