Features
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Ukrainian Drone Pilot’s Frontline Account Of Fighting Via Eyes In The Sky
Dodging incoming Russian mortars to spot where Russia is firing from is just a day in the life of a Ukrainian drone operator.
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This Is What USAF’s Future E-7 Radar Jet Is Actually Capable Of
The E-7A Wedgetail is now set to replace the Air Force’s aging E-3 Sentry AWACS and we got a very in-depth look at its capabilities.
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This Is What M1 Abrams Tanks Will Bring To The Fight In Ukraine
Veteran Abrams tankers paint a picture of the great attributes and challenges M1s will bring to the fight.
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This Is What Stryker Armored Vehicles Could Bring To The Fight In Ukraine
Strykers, even with their known limitations, could provide Ukraine with a host of desperately needed capabilities, especially when combined with other forces.
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This Is What Bradley Fighting Vehicles Will Bring To The Fight In Ukraine — Updated
With an initial batch of M2 Bradleys now slated for Ukraine, we dive into what impact these iconic vehicles could have on the battlefield.
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Ukraine’s Intel Chief On How The War Ends, Putin’s Nuclear Threats, Iranian Drones, And More
In a wide-ranging interview with The War Zone, Ukrainian Maj. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov answers our questions about the war and where it’s headed.
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New Details On The Secretive Air Force Plan For Teaming Fighter Pilots With Drones
Needing to balance solving unknowns about the Collaborative Combat Aircraft against demand for its disruptive abilities is driving decisions.
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The Latest Amernia-Azerbaijan Flareup Explained
Each side claims dozens were killed and blames the other for this latest outburst in violence between the two former Soviet Republics.
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The Intricacies Of F35 Operations Over The Frigid Alaskan Frontier
Now with 54 F-35s on hand, Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska is fine-tuning how it operates its fleet and how it projects power abroad.
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Keeping The E-2D Advanced Hawkeye On Top Into The 2040s
The E-2’s into its sixth decade in the air and has never been more potent. Here’s how the Navy and Northrop Grumman plan to keep it that way.
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No Engine, No Fly: Ongoing Propulsion Program Problems Are Grounding F-35s
Lack of spare parts and engines, an under-investement depot-level infrastructure, and much more, have put the F135 engine program under fire.
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The Afghan Army’s Last Commander On How His Country Really Fell
Haibatullah Alizai recounts the final five harrowing days of his government and how he reluctantly became the Afghan Army’s last general.
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Low, Fast And Dangerous: A Firsthand Account Of Ukraine’s Secret Helicopter Rescue Missions
In an exclusive interview, one rescuer describes the helicopter missions into the besieged Azovstal Steel plant in Russian-occupied Mariupol.
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An-225 Mriyas First Pilot On The Tragic Destruction Of The Worlds Biggest Plane
Hero test pilot Oleksandr Halunenko on flying the An-225 and surviving Russia’s invasion only to find his beloved giant jet destroyed.
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Ukrainian Nuclear Disaster Scientist Talks Worst-Case Wartime Scenarios
Ukrainian nuclear expert discusses the challenges of keeping the country’s nuclear facilities safe during a Russian invasion.
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Ukraine’s Intel Chief: We Have Sources In The Kremlin, But We Need Jets
Brig. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov is not surprised that Russia is making little headway in its all-out assault on his nation. “We understood how it would go,” Budanov told me Friday morning, via a translator, in a far-ranging interview with Coffee or Die Magazine.
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Why The Skies Over Ukraine Are A ‘Nightmare’ For Russian Pilots
David Shank served as commandant of the US Army’s Air Defense Artillery School at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, before retiring as a colonel, but when he considers how Russian pilots now see the airspace over Ukraine, he thinks it’s akin to how US troops viewed the side streets of Baghdad — full of dangers they couldn’t…
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Saving Tawfiq: How veterans rescued an Afghan interpreter and his family
PENTAGON & CONGRESS After days of waiting and worrying, Tawfiq Khairkhah, a former interpreter for U.S. forces in Afghanistan, received the message about his escape. It was from a stranger far away, working for an organization that dubbed itself Team America.
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‘We mishandled this so dramatically’: Trump acting SECDEF Chris Miller on US withdrawal from Afghanistan
FLASHPOINTS | AFGHANISTAN Former acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller–also an Afghanistan vet and retired Green Beret–talks to Military Times’ Howard Altman about Afghanistan
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CENTCOM commander vows to keep the pressure on adversaries even after leaving Afghanistan: Exclusive interview
NEWS | YOUR MILITARY Military Times conducted an exclusive June 11 phone interview with Marine Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., the CENTCOM commander, who talked about the withdrawal, the plight of interpreters, a drone attack in Iraq and the future of the region.
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The future of SOF: Exclusive interview with SOCOM commander Richard Clarke
NEWS | YOUR MILITARY After 20 years of constant deployment as a key element of U.S. military response around the globe, special operations forces are at an inflection point. Military Times sat down with Army Gen. Richard Clarke, commander of U.S. Special Operations Command and talked about the future of SOCOM and SOF.
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Candid reflections on Afghanistan from those whose lives were changed forever by the war
NEWS | YOUR MILITARY They fought. They led. They planned. They bled. They lost a loved one to combat. As the U.S. prepares to pull its troops out of Afghanistan on the orders of President Joe Biden, a look back on 20 years of war by people directly involved.
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What’s up Doc More than 70 vintage aircraft set to fly over Washington to celebrate end of WWII
SALUTE TO VETERANS Several thousand feet in the air and less than 100 feet apart, “Doc” and “Fifi” — the last two B-29 Superfortress bombers still flying — gently bounce in unison over the verdant fields of rural Virginia.
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What war with China could look like
NEWS | YOUR ARMY Pentagon war planners can envision a conflict with China starting in any number of ways. For example, they fear a scenario that might involve a mass of Chinese military forces posturing along China’s coast near Taiwan and the aggressive reorientation of Chinese missile systems that would start setting off alarms in…
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Why dissolving the Afghan Local Police program troubles its American architects
NEWS | YOUR MILITARY There are about 18,000 Afghan Local Police personnel trained by the U.S. who must be disarmed and employed. There are those concerned the weapons roundup and integration will be a “disaster” and worried about the Afghans who risked their lives to help America.
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Afghanistan’s ambassador to US says her nation is warily hopeful they will finally live in peace
Her Excellency Roya Rahmani, the first woman ambassador to the U.S. from Afghanistan, talks about her nation’s growing role in accepting responsibility for its own security, in light of ongoing conflict with the Taliban, and a new peace deal between the group and the U.S.
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Identifying fallen U.S. Soldiers carries a high emotional cost
News / Military What Memorial Day really honors By Howard Altman / Tampa Bay Times / May 29, 2016 PHOTO: The transfer cases containing the remains of Army Pfc. Michael C. Olivieri, left, of Chicago; Army Pfc. Christopher B. Fishbeck of Victorville, Calif.; Army Pfc. Michael B. Cook of Middletown, Ohio; and Army Pfc. Emilio…
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Building a nation, one village at a time
CHARKUSA, Afghanistan – Shortly after 1 p.m. on a searing hot, dusty day, three armored trucks begin a trip out beyond the security of the 12-foot concrete walls surrounding their military base. Just before the convoy turns onto a rutted dirt road into bad-guy country leading to the village of Charkusa, an alert sounds on…
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Interview with the Umpire
Cover Story Eric Gregg, the legendary plump ump from Philly, opens up about the game, the fans and the prospect of losing his job. The sun is bright, and a stiff, refreshing wind is blowing in from Lake Michigan, a mile or so from the right field wall of the time tunnel ballpark at Clark…