Buzzed by the Bear… On Sept. 23, 2024, a U.S. Air Force F-16 operating under the direction of North American Aerospace Defense Command, was conducting a routine intercept of a Russian Tu-95 aircraft in the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ), when a Russian Su-35 air superiority fighter craft conducted …
Read More »‘Arm Yourself’: We Went to DefCon 2 When North Korea Captured the USS Pueblo
by Ed Meagher, The War Horse I’d been communicating with B-52 pilots on the verge of nuclear war, and I hadn’t even known it. January 23, 1968, was an exciting day for me. I had no idea just how exciting it would turn out to be. I’d recently returned from …
Read More »IDF Releases Footage of Soldiers Uncovering Extensive Tunnel Network Beneath Gaza
Soldiers discovered rooms and equipment used by Hamas terrorists for prolonged stays. In this newly released imagery, IDF soldiers discover an extensive tunnel network beneath civilian areas of central Gaza. The helmet cam video traces soldiers as they proceed through the tunnel to map out its features. This route is …
Read More »Rescue at Sea: Coast Guard Saves a Man and His Dog Who Were Trapped Aboard a Sinking Sailboat
A Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater helicopter crew rescued a man and his dog from a disabled 36-foot sailboat in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. The boat began to take on water while 25 miles off Sanibel Island, Florida, on Sept. 26, 2024. Petty Officer 2nd Class Hudson, an aviation …
Read More »WATCH: Coast Guard Preps for Hurricane Helene
WATCH: Coast Guard crews from Air Station Clearwater get ready to assist in Hurricane Helene. Once the hurricane passes through the area, Coast Guard crews stand ready for search and rescue. They will assess ports and waterways to ensure mariners can transit safely through the area. Thank you for the …
Read More »A Nuclear Blast Would Bring Hell on Earth: Blinding Light, Searing Heat, and Intense Winds
The degree of hazard depends on the type of weapon, height of the burst, distance from the detonation, hardness of the target, and explosive yield of the weapon. by Susan Katz Keating Russian President Vladimir Putin again raised the specter of nuclear war when he announced that a conventional attack …
Read More »‘Targeted: Beirut’, A Conversation With Authors Jack Carr and James M. Scott
by Susan Katz Keating Jack Carr and James M. Scott have produced a master class in how to write contemporary history. Morning reveille had not yet sounded on Oct 23, 1983, when a terrorist drove a bomb-laden truck into the headquarters and barracks building of the U.S. Marine Corps peacekeeping …
Read More »When Things Went Wrong On the Road to Al Asad
by Mike Holmes In late October 2005, my team and I had been dropped off in a terrible little place on the Baghdad-to- Amman highway called Ar Rutbah, to coordinate supply convoys coming out of Jordan with the Marines who controlled this sector. The convoys mostly carried fuel and supplies …
Read More »Fast Roping With the 160th SOAR
Tell us you have an amazing video team without telling us you have an amazing video team. The 160th SOAR in action…
Read More »Chechen Warlord Has to Tow His Disabled Cybertruck; Blames Elon Musk
COMMENTARY by Susan Katz Keating “We had to tow the iron horse,” Ramzan Kadyrov said. Chechen warlord Ramzan Kadyrov said he had to tow his broken down Tesla Cybertruck from the combat zone in Ukraine, blaming Elon Musk for disabling the vehicle remotely. “We had to tow the iron horse,” Kadyrov …
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