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For the first time, the U.S. Air Force is deploying the world’s most advanced fighter to the Middle East to participate in combat operations. While Marine Corps F-35Bs have already participated in combat operations over Afghanistan, this deployment marks the first outing for the Air Force’s F-35A iteration of the platform. The first F-35As reached […]
Despite lacking large teeth, claws, or a heavy fur coat to survive in the cold, human beings have managed to rely on their large brains and creativity to become the dominant species on nearly every land mass on Earth. Now, Chinese scientists and researchers have successfully implanted genes from the human brain into monkeys, producing […]
As the United States invests in new technologies aimed at defending its orbital assets against attack from foreign nations, Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson now claims in no uncertain terms the United States intends to field weapons in Earth orbit. While doing so would be a direct violation of the 1967 Outer Space […]
For months now, internet pundits and lawmakers alike have debated the logic behind the Pentagon-directed United States Air Force (USAF) initiative to procure new F-15s from Boeing. In an era of stealth fighters like the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and F-22 Raptor, many people would argue that purchasing new “old” fourth-generation fighters is a step […]
When President Trump first announced his intentions to establish a new branch of the armed forces dedicated specifically to orbital and space defense, many Americans scoffed at the prospect as science fiction, unaware that a similar enterprise was already in existence within the United States Air Force. Soon it became apparent that the debate about […]
In a world where the U.S. military employs massive cargo aircraft like the C-5 Super Galaxy, big is a word that can be attributed to a whole lot of airplanes. With an internal storage capacity that could feasibly transport not one, but two M1 Abrams battle tanks, the C-5 Super Galaxy is an engineering marvel. […]
In January, NEWSREP covered the revelation the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) had seen a dramatic drop in suicide prevention outreach efforts throughout 2017 and 2018, even leaving more than $6.2 million allocated for the effort untouched throughout the last fiscal year. VA officials blamed President Trump for the rapid turnover at the senior […]
As the United States attempts to close the capability gap presented by Russian and Chinese hypersonic missiles, another (even faster) weapon is quickly making its way toward operational service on American fighter jets: lasers. It may sound like science fiction, but with weapon systems like the AN/SEQ-3 Laser Weapon System (also known as the XN-1 […]
Northrop Grumman’s B-21 bomber program has, in many ways, proven to be quite stealthy already. As development has progressed in recent years, Air Force officials have paraded out the same artist’s rendering of the aircraft to accompany statements about its progress, offering little in the way of details beyond the fact that it is indeed […]
The U.S. Defense Department has released the names of the three Marines killed when an improvised explosive device was detonated near Bagram Air Base near Kabul in Afghanistan on Monday. Staff Sgt. Christopher K.A. Slutman, 43, of Newark, Delaware; Sgt. Benjamin S. Hines, 31, of York, Pennsylvania; and Cpl. Robert A. Hendriks, 25, of Locust […]
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was taken into custody by British police Thursday morning after spending seven years hiding in the Ecuadorian embassy in London. Shortly after his arrest, footage appeared on social media sites showing the bearded Assange being forcefully removed from the embassy. BREAK: Full @Ruptly video of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s arrest by […]
Russia’s sole aircraft carrier, the long-troubled Admiral Kuznetsov, has long been seen as a bit of an embarrassment for the Kremlin, which fancies itself the world’s alternative to America’s brand of Western geopolitical leadership. Now, however, the Russian government is faced with a far more embarrassing possibility than a simple breakdown: having to tow the […]