J. Hill, Army Tech
The U.S. Army is reshaping its formation structure to be more soldier-centric and threat-informed, which requires an extensive digital plan.

Larry Porges, History Net
Seventy-Five years ago Lucky Lady II became the first plane to circumnavigate the world nonstop.

The first of an initial four UH-60M Black Hawks for Croatia (pictured) was delivered in February 2022. The former Yugloslav country has been approved to buy eight more such helicopters for a final fleet of 12. (Croatian Ministry of Defence)
Croatia has been cleared to buy additional Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk utility helicopters, with the US State Department granting approval for the proposed procurement on 26 January.

Greece is set to join the growing group of European and international allies operating the F-35, with the US State Department approving the sale of up to 40 aircraft. (Royal Norwegian Air Force)
The United States has approved combat aircraft sales to Greece and Turkey worth a combined USD31.6 billion.
In two separate notifications posted at the same time on 26 January, the US State Department approved the sale of new Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft to Greece, and new and modernised Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft to Turkey.

The Hawkei (seen here in a four-door configuration) is one of the platforms from the Thales Australia portfolio that will be offered for the Light Protected Mobility aspect of the LMP. (Thales)

Thales intends to offer its Bushmaster and Hawkei wheeled protected patrol vehicles for elements of the British Army’s Land Mobility Programme (LMP),
Janes
learnt at Defence iQ’s International Armoured Vehicle (IAV) 2024 conference held in London from 22 to 25 January.

As current and former Marines, we embrace the changes of Force Design 2030. We’ve come to this conclusion after critically examining the implications of these changes as well as considering the risk of failing to reform the Marine Corps for the modern era. We’ve observed that over the last four years, the collective weight of study, experimentation, and real-world actions has reinforced the validity of the reforms being undertaken by the Marine Corps. We’ve all contributed to this effort in various ways.

The Nurol Makina Ejder Yalçın is one possible contender for the LMP that was displayed at IAV 2024. A UK subsidiary of the company was formed in 2023 to market the company’s products to the UK. (Janes/Sonny Butterworth)
Details of the British Army’s Land Mobility Programme (LMP), including the number of vehicles required and procurement timelines, were revealed at Defence iQ’s International Armoured Vehicles (IAV) 2024 conference held in London from 22 to 25 January.

The Spanish Army is planning to upgrade the firepower, mobility, protection, command, control, and communications of its Leopard 2E fleet by 2032 under a three-phase modernisation programme. (Janes/Patrick Allen)

Spain is making progress on several armoured fighting vehicle (AFV) modernisation programmes and intends to start a three-phase programme to modernise its Leopard 2E main battle tank (MBT) fleet,
Janes
learnt at Defence iQ’s International Armoured Vehicles (IAV) 2024 conference held in London from 22 to 25 January.

Tower 22. (Image via Google Earth).
Three American service members were killed today after a drone attack hit their base in Jordan near the border with Syria. The strike left 34 other service members wounded, with eight of them having to be evacuated out of Jordan. 
The Tower 22 base was hit by a drone on Sunday, U.S. Central Command said. The Jordanian base is very close to the southern Syrian border in northeast Jordan. It is relatively close to the al-Tanf base that the United States uses for anti-ISIS operations.

U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Chris Thornbury
It looks like the crisis in the Middle East, spurred by the terror attacks by Hamas on October 7th, is about to escalate further after three U.S. service people were killed in a drone strike by Iranian proxies on an outpost near the Syrian border in Jordan. Dozens more were injured and the list is growing. Now the region braces for a response from the United States. Where this is all headed nobody can know for sure, but the possibilities are increasingly ominous, to say the least.

Sukhoi Su-47 “Golden Eagle” is an ambitious project of Russian military aviation that sought to establish a new paradigm in stealth fighter technology but ultimately failed to meet expectations.
Analysis of the design and functionality of the Sukhoi Su-47 in the era of 5th generation fighters
The Sukhoi Su-47, initially known as the Su-37, was a major project in the Soviet Union, later adopted by Russia. Conceived in the 1980s, its design aimed to rival the American F-22, positioning itself as a 5th generation fighter.

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Noxolone is a medication used to reverse or reduce the effect of opioids, taking the life out of our population.
The Ballot is the only political medication which can be used to reverse or reduce the effects of insidious progressive ideologies taking the life out of our Constitutional Republic.
America is slowly awakening from an overdose of inattention to the undermining of the sanctity of our Judeo-Christian roots, our founding ideals, and our leadership on the world stage as a beacon of freedom.

War Pigs Cotton, Graham want to Bomb Bomb Bomb, Bomb Bomb Iran!
Just like witches at black masses… (h/t to Black Sabbath)

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Did we call it or what?
This Middle Eastern War Is Engineered, Open Your Eyes, Stop Supporting It
Now OBiden and Klaus Schwab have their WWIII. It’s been obvious they have been pushing for it for some time.
Americans have been killed and injured en mass in Jordan, on the Syrian border, left there like sitting ducks, with no defenses.
Biden dreamed of American dead, so he could ‘start the big war’.

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In a major escalation of tensions in the Middle East, three U.S. troops were killed and more than two dozen injured by a drone attack on a U.S. base in Jordan near the border with Syria on Jan. 28, according to U.S. Central Command. This attack marked the first time U.S. troops were killed in the Middle East since the beginning of the ongoing Israel-Hamas war on Oct. 7. It is also the first attack on American troops in Jordan since that conflict erupted.
President Joe Biden and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin blamed the attack on Iranian-backed militia groups.

We told you it was coming…

U.S. Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr., Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, participates in an arrival ceremony before meeting with Major General Yousef Huneiti, Jordanian Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in Amman, Jordan, December 19, 2023.Image by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

United States military members were killed today in the Middle East, as a drone attack hit a U.S. installation in the nation of Jordan.
AFP has been warning for some time that those in power were looking for an excuse to expand the Middle East Gaza War.

Apple TV+ released the opening title sequence for the upcoming Masters of the Air, a limited series based on the World War II air war over Europe and the flyers in the 100th Bomb Group. Screen capture from YouTube.
After a long wait, Masters of the Air is finally out. The show, based on Donald L. Miller’s book of the same name, follows the crews of the 100th Bomber Group of the 8th Air Force during World War II and their missions over the skies of Europe. The “Bloody Hundredth” suffered immense casualties in the war, but kept flying until it was over.

Captain Danielle DeFant was relieved as commander of the USS Lake Erie in October. A report found she had created a “toxic” command climate with frequent yelling and a quick temper. Navy investigators found she struck or grabbed officers on the ship’s bridge and once yelled at an officer for pointing out dolphins swimming near the ship. US Navy photo.

A detailed examination of the B-21 Raider reveals its capabilities and strategic advantages in the modern military arena.
Technical analysis of the B-21 Raider, the successor to the B-2 Spirit
In December 2022, Northrop Grumman introduced the B-21 Raider, marking a milestone in military aviation. This strategic bomber represents a significant evolution over its predecessor, the B-2 Spirit. Designed to be the lynchpin of the modernized bomber fleet, the B-21 is distinguished by its ability to carry both conventional and nuclear weapons, thus offering unprecedented operational versatility.

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This is not your standard review. It focuses on a type of action that Hollywood gets wrong far more than it gets right — aviation sequences, and especially those having to do with air combat.
After two episodes of Masters Of The Air, which follows the 100th Bomb Group during World War II and is based on a book by the same name, I walked away stunned at how well it portrayed flight sequences. In fact, I can confidently proclaim that this show should be what Hollywood looks to as the gold standard for aviation action.

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In mid 2023 the United Services Automobile Association (USAA) notified its members that the company’s president and board of directors would stand for reelection later that year. USAA’s fiduciary priorities, service to member clients, and enthusiastic support of DEI and ESG programs provoked concerns about the direction and health of the company. Concerted attempts to communicate these misgivings directly to USAA’s President and Board of Directors proved to be an utter failure.

The US approved the sale and upgrade of F-16 fighter jets worth 23 billion USD to Türkiye after the country approved Sweden joining NATO.

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) of the Pentagon on January 26 announced that the US State Department had approved a potential contract worth 23 billion USD to provide up to 40 F-16C multi-role fighters. /D Block 70, with spare parts, technical equipment and training support.
In this contract, Washington also agreed to modernize 79 F-16 aircraft in Ankara’s payroll to the world’s most modern F-16V standard.

The Navy USS Carney defeats a combination of Houthi missiles and drones in the Red Sea, Oct. 19. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aaron Lau/U.S. Navy).
The U.S. Navy destroyer the USS Carney fired into Yemen, taking out a missile it said was aimed toward the ship. The strike came hours after another missile hit a commercial vessel sailing through the Red Sea.
U.S. Central Command said that the operation happened around 3:45 a.m. Sana’a time. The U.S. Navy identified what it said was an anti-ship missile in a Houthi-controlled area of Yemen, aimed toward the Red Sea.

FILE: Soldiers walk by a newly unveiled sign after a redesignation ceremony officially renaming the military installation Fort Liberty on June 2, 2023 in Fayetteville, North Carolina. (Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images).
A former U.S. Army soldier was sentenced to 15 years in prison for his role in trafficking ketamine and money laundering from his profits. 
Gordon Ray Custis was sentenced this week, the Department of Justice announced, following a guilty plea in September.

A new report produced by the RAND Corporation for the Pentagon recommends the U.S. military explore how new biotechnological innovations — including mRNA vaccines, CRISPR gene-editing and brain-computer interfaces — could change the nature of future warfare, investigative journalist Lee Fang reported Thursday.

By Brenda Baletti, Ph.D.
The Pentagon is exploring how new biotechnological innovations — including mRNA vaccines, CRISPR gene-editing and brain-computer interfaces (BCI) — could change the nature of future warfare, investigative journalist Lee Fang reported Thursday.

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Morgan & Yoshida, AmConservative
The United States is distracted like never before, says Colin Powell’s former chief of staff.

Michael Hochberg & Leonard Hochberg, RealClearDefense

The head of the British Army recently issued a warning, raising the possibility of citizens being called up in the event of a war with Russia. Gen. Patrick Sanders, chief of the General Staff, emphasized the need for civilian training and equipment, proposing a larger force of 120,000 troops within three years. While the government denies conscription, the discussion prompts consideration of how the nation would mobilize in wartime.
The Call for a Larger Military Force
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U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) is testing the market to see if anyone can provide “rapid fielding” of AESA (active electronically scanned array) radars to replace the existing radars on AC-130J Ghostrider gunships and MC-130J Commando II special operations transport/tanker aircraft. Such a move would replace the AN/APN-241 mechanically scanned weather and navigation radars on these aircraft with an AESA radar set, bringing vastly different capabilities to the platform. 
SOCOM placed a request for information (RFI) on the federal SAM.com contracting website Thursday.

Tibor Rubin survived the Nazi’s Mauthausen death camp as a boy and later joined the U.S. Army. He was awarded the Medal of Honor in 2005 for saving dozens of lives in combat and as a POW during the Korean War. US Army photos,.
When Tibor Rubin accepted the Medal of Honor from President George Bush in 2005, it had been half a century since he’d walked free from a Chinese prison camp in the Korean War.
“I was just a little Jew coming back from the most terrible place,” Rubin said in a video interview recorded soon. “How I made it, the lord only knows.

One possible additional UK Boxer variant is the MCCO, the concept demonstrator for which fitted with a launcher for eight Brimstone missiles was displayed at DVD 2022. (Janes/Christopher Petrov)

The UK plans additional variants of the Boxer armoured vehicle,
Janes
learnt at Defence iQ’s International Armoured Vehicles (IAV) 2024 conference being held in London from 22 to 25 January.

The Land Warfare School in Skövde is one of the various centres receiving the new Leopard 2A5 MBT simulators. (Swedish Armed Forces)
The Swedish Armed Forces is procuring new Stridsvagn 122 (Leopard 2A5) tank simulators from KNDS to improve crew training.

KNDS – a joint venture between Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) and Nexter – will be supplying the new simulators, replacing all current turret trainers as well as the “full mission simulator” at the Land Warfare School, a spokesperson from the Defence Material Administration told
Janes
on 23 January.

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The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 was a critical moment in history when the world was at risk of nuclear destruction. During this time, a Soviet submarine had a tense encounter with an American warship near Cuba.
In this article, we will explore the frightening events that occurred during this period of the Cold War. We will begin by discussing the encounter between the submarine and the warship and how it unfolded.

Everybody loves a good surprise, especially when it involves a deserving U.S. Marine Corps veteran. This year, Atlanta Falcons Running Back Bijan Robinson partnered with USAA, Official NFL Salute to Service Partner, and the American Legion to surprise one of our nation’s heroes with a once-in-a-lifetime experience: two tickets and a trip to this year’s Super Bowl in Las Vegas, where hopefully, my beloved Kansas City Chiefs will be playing. But I digress.
USAA goes above and beyond to partner with the NFL to champion the NFL’s Salute to Service initiative.

A Texas National Guard soldier installs additional razor wire at the U.S.-Mexico border on December 20, 2023 in Eagle Pass, Texas. (John Moore/Getty Images).
The Texas National Guard is at the center of a conflict between their own state’s governor and the federal government over Texas’ efforts to lay razor wire along the U.S./Mexico border. 
The dispute became one of the top political controversies in the country this week after the U.S. Supreme Court and the Republican frontrunner both weighed in.

Austin Butler and Barry Keoghan in Masters of the Air (2024). Photo by Robert Viglasky for Apple TV+.
Masters of the Air, created by Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman, and the award-winning team behind Band of Brothers and The Pacific, is an upcoming miniseries about the men of the 100th Bomb Group in World War II. Nicknamed ‘The Bloody 100th’ due to heavy losses and brutal encounters with the German Luftwaffe, the 100th paid a heavy toll for the Allied victory.
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The series is a must-see for fans of history, aviation, military valor, and American heritage.

Alex Dietrich in her F/A-18 Super Hornet. Photo courtesy of Alex Dietrich.
The Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet is a formidable fighter jet that has been around since 1999. You’ve likely seen its impressive capabilities while attending a U.S. Navy Blue Angels event or recruiting commercials from the U.S. Navy or Marine Corps.
Retired Lt. Cmdr. Alex Dietrich served in the Navy for 13 years, with over six years flying the F/A-18 Super Hornet and other fixed-wing aircraft. Dietrich was baptized by fire as one of the first females to fly the Super Hornet in a male-dominated strike fighter squadron.

RED SEA (Oct. 19, 2023) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) fires a Standard Missile (SM) 2 to defeat a combination of Houthi missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles in the Red Sea, Oct. 19, 2023. Carney is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations to help ensure maritime security and stability in the Middle East region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aaron Lau).
A U.S. Navy destroyer was forced to defend itself today after it came under direct attack from a Houthi anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM). According to one U.S.

The second episode of Masters of the Air picks up right where the previous episode left off. In interrogation, the crews are recounting their mission. Meanwhile, the wounded are being treated in triage. Aside from bullets and shrapnel, the freezing temperatures and high altitude of the bomber, war claimed their own casualties. Additionally, the 100th Bomb Group’s commander burst an ulcer on landing. Following this baptism by fire, the men look to their leaders to see them through.

Psychological Operations candidates at the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School carry a weighted ammunition can during Psychological Operations Assessment and Selection (POAS) at Camp Mackall, North Carolina, February 27, 2021. (K. Kassens/U.S. Army).
An ominous but motivational recruiting video titled “Ghosts in the Machine” rocked the internet in May 2022.

The Navy wants to increase its collaboration in the cyber domain with allies and other international partners to improve interoperability and the sharing of tactics.
The department’s first cyber strategy, released in November, calls for greater cooperation between the organization and foreign countries.
“We will engage with Allied and friendly nations to exchange best practices, share appropriate information, and coordinate our efforts in cyberspace,” it states.
Officials noted that there is a lot to be gained, in terms of tactics and tools, through greater partnership.

On January 19, 2024, USAA welcomed 225 lucky viewers from the military community to a special screening of the new Apple original series, Masters of the Air, at the World War II Museum in New Orleans. Viewers included military spouses, ROTC students, reservists and service members representing every branch. Despite their different backgrounds, the attendees’ responses to the screening were the same: Wow.

Service members and military community members gather at the World War II Museum in New Orleans for an exclusive screening of Masters of the Air.

The contract distribution is based on work quotas: Rheinmetall receives 607 million euros, Diehl Defense 339 million and Hensoldt 284 million.
ARGE is awarded a contract with the German Military Procurement Agency for a very short-range air defense system
The German government invests in an advanced air defense system to strengthen its military capabilities.
The Federal Office for Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support of the German Armed Forces (BAAINBw) has formalized a significant contract with ARGE NNbS.

Welcome to The Adversarial. Every other week, we’ll provide you with expert analysis on America’s greatest challengers: China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and jihadists. Read more below. *** Russia In the economic domain, new data at the beginning of 2024 brought some bad news for Russia. Account surpluses slumped in 2023, amounting to $50.2 billion from a record $238 billion at the end of 2022.

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A U.S. Navy E-6B Mercury recently turned heads in Tucson, Arizona after it appeared there with what looked to be a heavily weathered paint job. The War Zone subsequently reached out to the Navy for more information and have learned that the service is itself working to get to the bottom of the matter. The Navy’s E-6Bs are so-called ‘doomsday planes’ that serve as airborne command posts for America’s nuclear deterrent triad.
The E-6B in question has the Navy serial number (also known as Bureau Number, or BuNo) 164387.

Immense pressure has been put on Congress by patriotic Americans to force Congress and the Biden administration to deal with an invasion on our southern border, versus sending additional ‘aid’ (read money laundering) to Ukraine.
For now, it looks as if financing for the aid has been halted in Congress per Speaker Johnson.
In addition, today a letter was sent to Congress and the administration from former security offiicals warning of the dire threat from the invasion of the United States enabled by the Biden administration.

The Spanish MoD announced it will increase defence spending to a level that complements the nation’s growing procurement of systems.

The Turkish Navy’s Ada-class corvette TCG
Kınalıada
(F-514) test-fires an Atmaca anti-ship missile in the Black Sea in early November 2019.
(Roketsan)
Turkey has begun serial production of its indigenously developed Akya heavyweight torpedo (HWT), Atmaca surface-to-surface anti-ship guided missile, and Sapan anti-aircraft air-defence missile.