Author: andrei

Remnants of the car used in yesterday’s suicide bombing against a bus carrying the children of Pakistani Air Force personnel, assigned to the Karma weapons complex. The Karma facility is…

An F-22 Raptor on the ramp at Langley AFB, VA (USAF photo)After a three-year conversion process, the Air Force’s first F-22 wings have achieved full operational capability (FOC). According to…

Anyone who served in the U.S. Air Force over the past 20 years experienced their share of unit reorganizations. Beginning in the early 1990s, the service initiated a series of…

The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) destroyer Kongou. Equipped with the Aegis radar system and SM-3 missiles, the Kongou conducted the first successful intercept of a ballistic missile by a…

A couple of days ago, Reuters reported on a strange dust-up between in Iraq between the private security firm Blackwater, and members of The New York Times’ Baghdad bureau. “Blackwater…

As we detailed in late October, the 5th Bomb Wing (BMW) at Minot AFB, North Dakota faces a tough road in being recertified for its nuclear strike mission. The unit…

A little over a month ago, we noted that Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul had received contributions from a thoroughly despicable source–an avowed Neo-Nazi. What’s more, the racist organization had…

The AP reports from Tehran that Iran has concluded a deal to purchase the S-300 long-range air defense system from Russia. Iran’s defense minister, Mostafa Najjar, said that the system…

A vehicle-mounted Cyclone blower, used to expose trash and other debris that hide IEDs in Iraq; more than 100 are currently in service with U.S. forces in Iraq (Buffalo Turbine…

We rarely agree with Michael Scheuer, the former CIA officer best known for his “second career” as a Bush Administration critic. But, reacting to the day’s events in Pakistan, Mr.…