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The Controversial History of Turkey’s Baykar Bayraktar TB2

Baykar Bayraktar TB2 on the runway

The Baykar Bayraktar TB2 is a Turkish-made medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that has seen use in numerous conflicts. It was most recently…

US Navy Looking to Decommission 24 Ships, Despite Pushback from Congress

USS Little Rock at sea

The US Navy is looking to decommission 24 ships during the 2023 fiscal year: eight that have reached the end of their service life and…

US Navy to Name Future Vessel After Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Official portrait of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

The US Navy has announced the service will name a future John Lewis-class replenishment oiler ship (T-AO) after Ruth Bader Ginsberg. The late Supreme Court…

Dale Dye Has Dedicated His Life to the Authenticity of Combat in Hollywood

Dale Dye smirking

Dale Dye is a career military man. Enlisting in the US Marine Corps just two years into adulthood, he served three tours in South Vietnam…

Revolutionary War-Era Muskets Found Intact in Florida Shipwreck

Three British Brown Bess muskets on a table

Three largely intact muskets dating back to the Revolutionary War have been discovered off the Florida coast. They’ve since been cleaned by conservators with the…

Switchblade 300: The Drone-Like Vehicle Viewed as a Direct Fire Weapon

Cpl. Graham Rouse firing a Switchblade 300 + Switchblade 300 in flight

The Switchblade 300 is a small, loitering unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) used by branches of the US military. Classified more as a direct fire munition…

The US Military Dropped Pianos Onto the Battlefield with Parachutes During WWII

American soldiers standing around a Victory Vertical piano

During any conflict, it’s important to keep troop morale up. This was especially true during the Second World War, when a large portion of enlisted…

A B-52 Bomber Fire Almost Caused a Chernobyl-Like Incident in North Dakota

Clare Fitzgerald
B-52 Stratofortress in flight + Mushroom cloud

It might come as a surprise to some, but the United States came close to nuclear disaster more than once during the Cold War. The…

The Wardrobe Department Messed Up the Uniforms in ‘Top Gun: Maverick’

Clare Fitzgerald
Tom Cruise as Capt. Pete "Maverick" Mitchell in 'Top Gun: Maverick'

Top Gun fans eagerly awaited the film’s much-anticipated sequel. Its release was delayed by three years, and it earned a whopping $1.487 billion at the…

The Polish MANPADS Piorun Beats the Stinger In Every Aspect – And Might Replace It

PZPR Piorun with a CTP-1 termovision sight

If someone thought the era of MANPADS was coming to an end, they couldn’t be more wrong. While western NATO countries neglected the effectiveness of…

John Levitow: The Lowest-Ranking US Air Force Airman to Receive the Medal of Honor

Todd Neikirk
Tracer rounds in the sky at night + Military portrait of John Levitow

John Levitow came from humble beginnings, but achieved great things. By the time he retired from his career with the US Air Force, he was…

The Sinking of the USS Housatonic was a Turning Point in Naval Warfare

A print showing the sinking of the USS Housatonic

The US Navy has existed longer than the country itself. The branch was established in August 1775 and re-established in 1794 during the French Revolution.…