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HMS Triumph
Maritime Security

Final Trafalgar Class Submarine HMS Triumph Returns Home for Decommissioning

HMS Triumph (S93) sailed into HMNB Devonport flying a decommissioning pennant on the afternoon of Dec. 12, 2024, marking an end to its 33 years of service in the Royal…

Kai Greet Kai Greet
December 13, 2024
Military Aviation

Interesting Photos of a Canadian CC-177 Globemaster III Transporting Great War Fighters in 2017

100 years after the Battle of Vimy Ridge, a Canadian CC-177 transported seven World War One fighters to France. April, 1917. The Great War is in full swing and the…

Andrew Stover Andrew Stover
December 13, 2024
Kratos Thanatos
Drones

Kratos’ Thanatos UCAV Has Flown for the First Time

A year after it was first unveiled, Kratos announced it flew the highly secretive Thanatos UCAV (Uncrewed Combat Air Vehicle) for the first time in the last few months. Kratos…

Rin Sakurai Rin Sakurai
Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
December 13, 2024
VMFA-251 CAG bird
F-35

New VMFA-251 Thunderbolts F-35C CAG-Bird Breaks Cover

Take a look at the specially painted aircraft of VMFA-251, the first East Coast operational unit of the U.S. Marine Corps to receive the F-35C. On Sept. 17, 2024, the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 13, 2024
Guam BMD test
China

Standard Missile-3 Intercepts Target in First Live Ballistic Missile Defense Test from Guam

The Ballistic Missile Defense, the first ever from Guam, saw the first use of the AN/TPY-6 radar and the tilting Vertical Launching System. The Missile Defense Agency has been preparing…

Parth Satam Parth Satam
Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
December 13, 2024
Doomsday plane
Military Aviation

U.S. Air Force E-4B Doomsday Planes Replacement Program Progresses

The first B-747-8i to be converted into an E-4C was relocated to Wichita last month for the next phase of work. As we have already reported, 0n Apr. 26, 2024,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 12, 2024
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