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On Dec. 7, 1941, Japan's Imperial Navy infamously attacked the U.S. at Pearl Harbor. For the men and women working on Navy ships that morning, their normal peacetime duties were suddenly and violently interrupted with the outbreak of war.
Search and rescue efforts are underway for the pilot of a United States Marine Corps F/A-18C Hornet who was forced to eject from his aircraft 120 miles southeast of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni.
The Army's new body armor designs — slated for fielding in 2019 — include a new protector for soldiers' most sensitive parts. The harness system protects the femoral arteries, pelvis, and lower abdomen.
The attack on Pearl Harbor was mostly an aerial sucker punch. But history often forgets the role of Japanese submarines. Just before adding the finishing touches to his sneaky plan, Japanese navy Adm. Yamamoto caved into his fleet…
Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee didn't want to fight the Civil War. He thought the dissolution of the Union would bring about the end of the American experiment. Yet he led the Confederate Army through all four years of the American Civil…
General Tso is dead – long dead actually. But the man who invented his chicken dish just died in November 2016. Taiwan News reported the death of Chef Peng Chang-kuei, creat…
You might think that legendary fighter planes like the F4U Corsair and P-51 Mustang saw their last action in the Korean War. It seems like a reasonable assumption – but it'd be dead wrong. Believe it or not, the last combat thos…
What started as a way for Soviet ground troops to take out German tanks in World War II has since turned into a global weapons phenomenon: The rocket-propelled grenade.
Well, now we know why Russia is operating its carrier jets from land bases. It seems that when it tries to conduct actual air operations on the Admiral Kuznetsov carrier, …
The A-10 Thunderbolt II is the undisputed king of close-air support. But what you may not know is that the plane nearly wasn't picked to handle close-air support – it had to compete with the Northrop A-9. And that plane looks a …
The F-35B is a short takeoff, vertical landing fighter intended to replace the AV-8B Harrier, but it uses a very different system to achieve its V/STOL capability than the Harrier.
There's a nasty villain who's holed himself up in a compound somewhere in BadGuyLand. Both the United States and Russia want to nab this guy – and get him bad. Then, there is a need to rescue some hostages being held at a second compound.
Veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan rejoiced when retired Gen. James "Warrior Monk" Mattis was picked for the top job at the Pentagon by President-elect Donald Trump. The hard-charging Marine is known for his tenacity both on a…
Unmanned Combat Air Vehicles have been the rage lately. The Navy has been testing the X-47. Bell is offering the V-247 Vigilant for a number of missions. But one UCAV served in the active force way before drones became so popular. Meet th…
As kids growing up, we played games to pass the time, entertain ourselves, and meet other youngsters our age. It was an innocent time. In the military, it's sort of the same — except the games are much darker. Spending the major…
The crew of a U.S. Navy helicopter reported that the crew of an Iranian vessel pointed a machine gun at them earlier this week. The incident is the latest in a series of threatening actions by the theocratic regime. According to a…
Legend has it that no SEAL platoon will use the designation "X-Ray" anymore. The story goes that the last platoon to use the literal nom de guerre had the worst luck — that is to say, a high casualty rate — of any platoon before or since.
Every soldier wants maximum firepower. Firepower is something that can make the difference between life and death in a battle. It's even better if the firepower is readily portable, so a single soldier can deliver death and destruction a…
[brid video="114034" player="7965" title="Military Insider The Huey"]For more than 50 years of rotary wing aviation, lots of helicopters have come and gone from the U.S. military. But only one is still in service — the H-1 "Huey."
