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A couple of weeks ago, Saab unveiled its next-generation fighter. Dubbed "The Smart Fighter," it's aimed at markets not yet cleared to buy the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, as reported by the 

In February 1967, the U.S. Army launched Operation Junction City, one of the largest operations of the Vietnam War and one that included the only major combat jump of the war. Joining the 173rd Airborne Brigade on their historic mission …

It's the kind of video that puts a lump in your throat. But it's also a crystal clear demonstration of the training that teaches Naval aviators to keep their cool. In this incredible clip from the USS Eisenhower, a Navy E-2C Haw…

A new book by a former SEAL dives into the gritty detail one of the most vicious fights of the 10-year Iraq War and helps fill in the blanks of the story about the legendary sniper who's heroism propelled his memory into a blockbuster film.

Political analysts are buzzing this week over rumors that presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is

More U.S. troops are headed to Iraq where they will be occupying an airfield that was just recently wrested from ISIS control. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter announced the new deployment of 560 service members, bringing the total to 4,64…

America has had a long tradition of picking up some foreign weapons. Whether it was getting military aid from France during the Revolutionary War to borrowing Spitfires from England in World War II to using Israeli Kfirs as aggressors in the 1980s, …

A State Defense Force (SDF) is a state militia under the command of the chief executive of that state only. Twenty-five states in America have some kind of SDF, and all states have laws allowing one. Whether they call it state guards, …

The National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio is airplane heaven. From prop planes to drones and decommissioned nuclear bombs, if it was flown or used by the U.S. Army Air Corps or the U.S. Air Force, it is probably here.

The 1970 movie "Waterloo" was one of the most intricately filmed war movies of all time. A story about Napoleon's famous last stand could not be told accurately without battle scenes on a grand scale. But these were the days before CGI and other…

Croaker, Virginia is America's version of Easter Island. In the grassy field that belongs to a farmer named Howard Hankin…

A new initiative from BAE Defense Systems wants to create a system for "growing" drones in vats in a next-generation version of 3-D printing. The process would be very quick, allowing military planners to manufacture new drones only we…

The Framers of the Constitution intended for there to be a, let's call it, "healthy tension" between the branches of government, especially around matters pertaining to the power to commit the nation to war. The Constitution stipulates that the P…

In the mid-1930s, baseball players Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Moe Berg (with a few others) formed an all-star group of baseball players who went on a goodwill tour of Japan to play some exhibition games. Ruth and Gehrig were already legends. Berg wa…

After some consultation between senior leade…

Being so far from home is a challenge for deployed service members in lots of ways. Voting is one of those challenges. Naturally, voting is an essential part of American citizenship, and it's important for the military to make their voices heard wh…

Music in the military has a long history. While marching toward the enemy, the armies of the ancient Greek city states would sing paeans to the God Apollo in unison. It was an homage to their god, inspired the Greek hoplites to fight, but…

Pentagon budgets are shrinking (or growing at a smaller rate than they had during the previous few decades). And while there's not a lot of money to procure new weapons systems, the threats to the nation aren't going away. The U.S. military still …