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‘It just blows your lungs out of your mouth’: A history of thermobaric weaponry
Palestinian officials have recently accused Israel of using American-made thermobaric weaponry in Gaza.
House appropriators want to shave $44M off Air Force’s flagship hypersonic program
Lawmakers said the flight test program had become "increasingly delayed and compressed," leading to larger risk of concurrency.
By Valerie Insinna
Raytheon wins $2B contract for new nuclear cruise missile
Raytheon Technologies will move the Long Range Standoff Missile into the next phase of development.
By Valerie Insinna
Big screen to battlefield: How sci-fi can inspire next-generation weaponry
Directed energy has captivated science fiction fans for decades, but we must not allow a failure of imagination to prevent us from converting directed energy from movie magic to military might before our adversaries.
By Henry A. “Trey” Obering III
Davis-Monthan, Nellis prepare for new missions as A-10 retirements loom
Congress still needs to approve the Air Force's request to retire some A-10s.
Cotton nominated to run Air Force’s nuclear enterprise at pivotal time
If confirmed, Lt. Gen. Anthony Cotton would be the first Black man to run Air Force Global Strike Command.
This enormous drone gun can pluck UAVs right out of the sky
When — or if — we might see it in action remains a mystery.
By J.D. Simkins
Top US general ‘shocked’ by report on AWOL guns, mulls fix
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff signaled Thursday that he will consider a “systematic fix” to how the armed services keep account of their firearms.
Troops who refused anthrax vaccine paid a high price
An unknown fraction of service members who were punished for refusing the anthrax vaccine in the late 1990s and early 2000s have sought to have their records corrected, but only a few have had success.
By Todd South
The shadow of anthrax: The voluntary COVID-19 vaccination effort owes much to past failures
The voluntary COVID-19 vaccine effort stands in stark contrast to the Pentagon’s mandatory Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program, which began in 1998. Those who refused often faced harsh penalties.
By Todd South
The Space Force wants to use directed-energy systems for space superiority
The chief of space operations acknowledged that the U.S. is developing a directed-energy portfolio that will help America maintain space superiority.
By Nathan Strout