Across the DMZ
ROK Navy units train near Pohang during the annual Foal Eagle exercise, which began yesterday (AFP image via the Washington Post) U.S. and South Korean forces have launched their annual…
Fantasy Land
A Russian SS-27 Mod 2 ICBM during a test launch. Variants of this missile are a cornerstone of Russian’s strategic modernization efforts. President Obama is holding his fourth–and last–nuclear…
The Missing Element
Eric Engberg passed away last week at his retirement home in Palmetto, Florida. The former CBS News correspondent was 74. Depending on your perspective, Mr. Engberg was either an accomplished…
(Not Quite) Ready for Launch
**UPDATE/15 April** U.S. and ROK defense officials report the test of North Korea’s intermediate range missile ended in failure. The missile, believed to be a BM-25 Musudan, exploded shortly after…
Calling the Air Police
A Russian SU-24 Fencer roars over the USS Donald Cook earlier this week (US Navy photo via CBS News). Many observers were stunned by video and still images of…
Grounded
Our friends in Western Europe can sleep well; NATO’s air forces are on guard, and ready to defend the alliance against potential airliner threats. For the second time in less…
"We Could Have Been There"
The Benghazi scandal might have passed quickly from public memory had it not been for the work of two journalists at Fox News, Catherine Herridge and Adam Housley. Ms. Herridge,…
Calling the Air Police, Redux
A Russian transport is shadowed by an RAF Typhoon of NATO’s air policing force near the Baltic coast (UK MoD photo via Sky News) Recently, we’ve taken a few shots…
Wiped Out
Few people realize it, but the U.S. Air Force has been at war for 25 years. Beginning with Operation Desert Storm in January 1991 and continuing through the current conflict…
Idiot of the Week (VA Edition)
It’s been far too long since our dubious honor was bestowed and we appeared to have an easy winner in Bill Kristol, the neocon pundit who’s been trolling for a…