Fire on the Bonhomme Richard is a severe setback to the US Navy’s ambitions for the Indo-Pacific region
Right after undergoing two years of intensive refit and upgrading, the Bonhomme Richard, an amphibious assault ship, burned through the night in San Diego harbor.…
Inscribed with a Message: Survivor Reunites with Family of GI who Gave her a Banknote
The banknote that changed her life. It was the summer of 1944, July in fact, when the Germans came for fourteen-year-old Lily Ebert and her…
They Want to Use a Crane Grab to Recover Short Stirling From the Lake
Plans to raise a Short Stirling bomber which crashed during World War II have come under criticism. The plane, BK716, was based at RAF Downham…
USS Gabrielle Giffords Still Missing Cruise Missile 9 Months After Firing One
Military enthusiasts around the world have been surprised to note that the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) USS Gabrielle Giffords is still operating in the South…
Air Force Delays Flight Testing of Laser Weapons System Due to Pandemic
As COVID-19 continues its plan to disrupt everything in the world, even the US Air Force is finding that it is as powerless before the…
UK Urged to Fund Memorial of French Sailors killed on Churchill’s Orders
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill made what he called “the most hateful decision, the most unnatural and painful in which I’ve ever been concerned” on…
U.S. Army Releases a Video of Green Berets Training Alongside Taiwanese Forces in Taiwan
The U.S. Army’s 1st Special Forces Group has released rare footage of the famous Green Berets training on the island of Taiwan. The government in…
Hero Pilot’s Book Enthralled the Country But Died Without Anyone his Knowing His Real Name
The author of a journal which was published as “Spitfire! The Experiences of a Fighter Pilot” was unknown to most of the world. With his…
Hope for New Royal Navy Supply Ships Being Built in Britain
UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace brought hope to British shipbuilders that the £1.5billion deal to produce supply ships for the Royal Navy will stay within…
Satellite Images Give Early Warning of USA Expansion on Wake Island
Wake Island is perhaps one of the USA’s most remote Pacific island airbases, located somewhere between Japan and Hawaii, that projects American airpower deep into…
Finnish Air Force Quietly Removes Swastika from Squadron Emblems
For nearly a century, the Finnish Air Force’s logo has featured the swastika, but this is now in the process of being quietly phased out…
Forrest Gump Turns TWENTY SIX Years Old
July marks the 26th anniversary of the 1994 movie classic that is “Forrest Gump.” 26 years ago, the world was introduced to Tom Hanks as…