The complete base guide to Nellis Air Force Base
What happens at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada… stays at Nellis. At least, that’s the way it should be. Located just eight miles from downtown Las Vegas, Nellis is…
This is why Russia is eerily quiet about the fate of the soldiers stationed at Chernobyl
Five months ago Putin’s invasion of Ukraine involved the capture of the 1986 nuclear disaster site at Chernobyl. Originally, Putin’s troops intended to utilize Chernobyl as a nuclear shield knowing…
The complete Kirtland Air Force Base guide
Ready to call Albuquerque home? If you’re PCSing to the Land of Enchantment and have questions about Kirtland AFB lodging or housing, this guide is for you. Kirtland was named…
This is how powerful the Tsar Bomba would have been over America
In the heights of the Cold War, Soviet First Secretary Nikita Khrushchev banged his shoe against his desk as he vowed to show America at the United Nation General Assembly in 1960. The following year, on October 30th, the most massive nuclear explos…
Why Russia has three nuclear footballs – and who can use them
The United States closest geopolitical rival is Russia, but when it comes to the way their militaries operate, that’s where the two countries’ similarities end. Nowhere is this more apparent…
Today in military history: Atom bomb successfully tested
On July 16, 1945, the atom bomb was successfully tested by the United States. During World War II, the Manhattan Project was created to continue the efforts to develop a…
The Nazis had a nuclear reactor in World War II
The Germans were the first to propose nuclear science, and some of their top minds advanced the field in the 1800s and early 1900s. That’s why it’s probably a little surprising that America had the first functioning nuclear reactor. And the first …
The US plan to train nuclear suicide bomber paratroopers
It’s an idea as old as nuclear weapons themselves: If you could slip a nuke into a city and detonate it, the enemy would never know it was coming. No missiles detected, no early warning radar, just one day: BOOM. In Cold War lore, these man-portabl…
This American bomber-killing missile had a nuclear punch
In the early days of the Cold War, the United States was working on developing advanced surface-to-air missiles to intercept Soviet bombers. The first and only missile for a while that fit the Air Force’s bill was dubbed the “Bomarc.”
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Why the pilot who dropped the bomb on Hiroshima doesn’t have a grave
When Paul Tibbets died in January 2007, he had been retired from the Air Force since 1966. He was never forgotten, however, and never would be. He was the man who dropped the first atomic weapon used in combat against an enemy city. But instead of b…