19FortyFive — Defense, National Security and Military Analysis

The U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor Demonstration Team performs a near-vertical climb during the Naval Air Station Oceana Air Show, NAS Oceana, Sept. 20, 2026. For more than 70 years, the NAS Oceana Air Show has been a cornerstone of the Virginia Beach community, strengthening the bond between our warfighters and the community we proudly serve. This year’s theme, “Celebrating 250 Years of America,” honors our nation’s founding, its enduring legacy and the generations of men and women who have answered the call to serve and defend it. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Wesley Velasquez)

Aerospace & Defense

‘Those Days Are Over’: US Air Force Says 38 Days of High-Intensity Combat with Iran in the Middle East Changed How It Will Fight

After 38 days of Operation Epic Fury — 10,000 sorties, 1,200 Alarm Reds — Gen. Ken Wilsbach said Air Force bases are no longer...

Georgia Gilholy2 hours ago

Aerospace & Defense

I Am a Retired US Army Special Forces NCO: SIG Sauer Put 10 Rounds Into a Grip 1 Inch Wide in 2018. The P365 Was the Best-Selling Handgun in America That Year and the Next One, and Every Micro-Compact Since Has Been Answering It.

The brief handed to design director Phil Strader was single-stack width with double-stack capacity and no compromise on either. The answer was an offset...

Steve Balestrieri2 hours ago

Aerospace & Defense

Decades Later, General George Patton’s Best US Army Line On Courage Is Still the Greatest Military Quote in Armed Forces History

George S. Patton told Eisenhower at Verdun he could turn the Third Army north in 48 hours. On December 26, 1944, the 4th Armored...

Jack Buckby2 hours ago

An F/A-18F Super Hornet, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 41, prepares to make an arrested landing on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), Aug. 4, 2026. Abraham Lincoln is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations to support maritime security and stability in the Middle East. (U.S. Navy photo)

Aerospace & Defense

USS Abraham Lincoln is 305 days into a cruise that is now the second-longest U.S. aircraft carrier deployment since the Cold War and after Iran combat, 208 days straight at sea, and a one-day stop at Naval Base Guam the strike group is still weeks from San Diego

USS Abraham Lincoln is 305 days out of San Diego, the second-longest U.S. aircraft carrier cruise since the Cold War. Carrier Strike Group 3...

Georgia Gilholy3 hours ago

F-117 Nighthawk Stealth Fighter Harry Kazianis Photo

Aerospace & Defense

Combat Veteran US Air Force F-117 Nighthawk ‘Stealth Fighter’ Joins the National Air and Space Museum Collection at Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

F-117A tail 85-0818, “The Overachiever,” flew in Panama, Desert Storm, Yugoslavia, and the 2003 Iraq War. The Smithsonian’s Udvar-Hazy Center is adding the Nighthawk...

Georgia Gilholy3 hours ago

Aerospace & Defense

‘Will Not Alter the Military Balance’: Saudi Arabia’s $24 Billion F-35 Approval Came With a Line for Israel

The Embassy

Putin’s Giant Gamble: Another Ukraine War Mobilization Is Filled with Unknown Risks and An Angry Russia Simmering

The Embassy

The Race to Succeed Putin Has Begun

Aerospace & Defense

‘It Was an Industrial Site’: I Served Aboard 57,500-Ton Iowa-Class Battleship USS Wisconsin and She Is a Floating History Lesson for the US Navy in 2026

Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

Why the Witkoff-Kushner Mission Failed: Washington Still Misreads the Stakes in Ukraine

Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

Germany Is Becoming Ukraine’s Most Important Ally in Europe — and Poland Is Paying the Price

Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

NATO’s Answer to the Pentagon’s Europe Review Already Exists: The Eastern Flank Deterrence Initiative

Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

The Eastern Flank Comes First: Inside NATO’s Post-Ankara Turn Toward Forward Defense and Industrial Muscle

Aerospace & Defense

Aerospace & Defense

Decades Later, General George C. Marshall’s Line ‘Don’t Look Back’ Just Might Be the Greatest Quote in All of US Army History

Aerospace & Defense

US Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon Fighter Fleet is Getting a New Mission Computer

Aerospace & Defense

The F-4 Phantom II Fighter’s Brute-Force Design Is Why Modern Air Forces Can’t Replace It in 2026 Even If It Is No F-15EX, F-16 or F-35 Stealth Fighter

Aerospace & Defense

Russia’s T-14 Armata vs. the British Army’s Challenger 3: A Tank Showdown That Would Come Down to Just 1 Thing on the Battlefield

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‘Effectively Closed’: The Strait of Hormuz Oil and Gas Crisis Is Going from Bad to Even Worse

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21 Years Ago, Apple Founder Steve Jobs Advice on Time and ‘Living Someone Else’s Life’ Is the Truth Serum That Still Shapes Our World

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“Money Never Made a Man Happy Yet, Nor Will It. The More a Man Has, the More He Wants.” Benjamin Franklin Was the 8th of 17 Children, Got 2 Years of Schooling Because His Family Could Not Afford More, and His Face Is on the $100 Bill.

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Iran’s Economy Is Buckling. That Is Not the Same as Iran Being Ready to Sign a Deal

The Embassy

The Embassy

‘Pivotal Meeting’: Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Donald Trump Will Meet Today. Here’s What’s on the Agenda to Try and End the Ukraine War

The Embassy

Putin Is Using Russia’s Election to Recruit for the War in Ukraine

The Embassy

‘They’re Playing With Fire’: A Russian Drone Struck 1.2 Miles From NATO’s Border, Beside a Train Carrying Former U.S. Intelligence Officials.

The Embassy

Why Putin Still Believes He Is Winning in Ukraine: The Reporting Problem Inside Russia’s Command Structure

Hermit Kingdom

Hermit Kingdom

Donald Trump Needs to Bring Concessions if He Wants a Deal with North Korea

Hermit Kingdom

What the Iran War Proved About America’s Nuclear Weapons Threat to North Korea

Hermit Kingdom

The North Korea Deal Donald Trump Should Actually Want

Hermit Kingdom

North Korea’s Fingerprints Are All Over Iran’s War Against America

Aerospace & Defense

‘Those Days Are Over’: US Air Force Says 38 Days of High-Intensity Combat with Iran in the Middle East Changed How It Will Fight

Aerospace & Defense

I Am a Retired US Army Special Forces NCO: SIG Sauer Put 10 Rounds Into a Grip 1 Inch Wide in 2018. The P365 Was the Best-Selling Handgun in America That Year and the Next One, and Every Micro-Compact Since Has Been Answering It.

Aerospace & Defense

Decades Later, General George Patton’s Best US Army Line On Courage Is Still the Greatest Military Quote in Armed Forces History

Aerospace & Defense

USS Abraham Lincoln is 305 days into a cruise that is now the second-longest U.S. aircraft carrier deployment since the Cold War and after Iran combat, 208 days straight at sea, and a one-day stop at Naval Base Guam the strike group is still weeks from San Diego

Aerospace & Defense

Combat Veteran US Air Force F-117 Nighthawk ‘Stealth Fighter’ Joins the National Air and Space Museum Collection at Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

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Aerospace & Defense

Boeing Spent $67,000,000 of Its Own Money Building YF-118G Bird of Prey Stealth Aircraft. It Flew 38 Times on Landing Gear From a Beech King Air and an Ejection Seat From a Harrier.

Aerospace & Defense

$850,000,000 Australian Submarine ‘Sank’ $5,500,000,000 US Navy Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carrier By Evading US, Japanese, Canadian, Chilean, Korean, and British Forces — 6 Navies — and Photographed the Supercarrier

Aerospace & Defense

Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird’s Pratt & Whitney J58 Engines Ran at Full Afterburner for Hours at a Time With Exhaust Temperatures Near 3,400 Degrees. At Mach 3.2 Cruise, Roughly 80 Percent of the Thrust Came From the Inlet, Not the Engine.

Aerospace & Defense

China’s J-20 And J-35A Stealth Fighters Don’t Have To Beat US Military F-22 Raptors And F-35s. Beijing Is Building Enough That They Don’t Need To

Aerospace & Defense

A Canadian Oberon-Class Diesel Submarine Built in the 1960s Worth About $80,000,000 Slipped Past an Entire US Navy Carrier Group. The Umpire Declared the $5,500,000,000 Nuclear Aircraft Carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Sunk.