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The world’s largest aircraft carrier, Ford-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), departs Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Dec. 6, 2025. U.S. military forces are deployed to the Caribbean in support of the U.S. Southern Command mission, Department of War-directed operations, and the president’s priorities to disrupt illicit drug trafficking and protect the homeland. (U.S. Navy photo)

US sends Ford aircraft carrier, fresh off Venezuela operations, to the Middle East

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted Yesterday

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51), arrives at Naval Station (NAVSTA) Rota, Apr. 11, 2021. Arleigh Burke’s arrival marked the completion of her homeport shift to NAVSTA Rota from Naval Station Norfolk.

Navy destroyer crew awarded Armed Forces Service Medal for downing Iranian missiles

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 6, 2026

F-15s in Middle East

F-15 squadron that took out Iranian drones returns to the Middle East

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 21, 2026

Peykaap III fast-attack craft, one of several Iranian designed or built weapons currently in use by Venezuela.

Inside Venezuela’s growing arsenal of Iranian weapons

Posted on Dec 17, 2025

F-15s Against Drones

No missiles, no problem. F-15 crews dropped bombs on Iranian drones.

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Sep 24, 2025

A THAAD rocket battery fires, with one munition launching from the system in a plume of fire into the sky.

The US used nearly a quarter of its most advanced missile interceptors against Iran

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jul 28, 2025

Air Force officers inspect the Modernized Enterprise Terminal at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar in January 2016.

More damage sustained than previously revealed in Iran missile attack on Qatar base

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jul 11, 2025

“An Air Traffic Controller from the 190th Air Refueling Wing stands in position as they wait for to marshal a B-2 Spirit Bomber to a designated parking spot at the 190th Air Refueling Wing, Forbes Field Air National Guard Base, Topeka, Kansas on March 2, 2024. Airmen from the 190th Air Refueling Wing teamed up with the 131st Bomb Wing, Missouri Air National Guard, to conduct a training mission involving B-2 Spirit Bombers and a hot pit refueling.” (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Brook Sumonja)

Pentagon now says Iran strikes set nuke program back 1-2 years

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 2, 2025

Israel managed to achieve control over Iranian skies in the opening hours of Operation Rising Lion, but they did it from the ground.

How Iran’s air defense systems were defeated so quickly

Posted on Jul 2, 2025

Leaked intel on Iran’s nuclear facilities came from report on whether to strike targets again

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jun 26, 2025

U.S. Air Force Capt. Trevor Williams, 912th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron pilot, reviews maintenance records with Airman 1st Class Zander Rafter, 379th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (EAMXS) crew chief, and Elijah Wade, 379th EAMXS aircraft electrical and environmental systems specialist, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, June 19, 2023. The KC-135 Stratotanker provides an aerial refueling capability in support of joint and coalition aircraft throughout the USCENTCOM area of responsibility. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jacob Cabanero)

Iran launches missile attack at US military base in Qatar

By Nicholas Slayton, Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jun 23, 2025

Satellite imagery showing the aftermath of US strikes on the Fordow nuclear enrichment site in Iran on June 22, 2025.

Operation Midnight Hammer damaged, but may not have destroyed Iran’s nuclear sites

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jun 22, 2025

A B-2 Spirit from the 509th Bomb Wing, 13th Bomb Squadron Whiteman Air Force Base, Miss., prepares to be refueled by a KC-135R Stratotanker from the 434th Air Refueling Wing at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind. during a nighttime aerial refueling mission over Southern Kansas, Oct. 21, 2015. The KC-135 has a system of exterior lights located on the belly of the aircraft, just behind the nose gear, and flood lights on the boom pod used to pass fuel to the receiver aircraft during low-light conditions. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Mota)

Pentagon releases details of ‘Midnight Hammer’ strikes against Iran

By Jeff Schogol

Updated on Jun 22, 2025

Five U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcons assigned to the 79th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron taxi within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, May 29, 2025. U.S. and Coalition forces are postured to rapidly establish credible, combat-ready forces within the AOR to deter adversary threats of aggression and, if necessary, respond with effective and overwhelming force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kevin Dunkleberger)

2 aircraft carriers, 9 destroyers, and multiple fighter wings gather in the Middle East

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jun 20, 2025

With USS Nimitz deployment, the US surges air and sea assets to the Middle East

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jun 16, 2025

The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer the USS Thomas Hudner taking part in the Formidable Shield exercise in May 2025.

Navy destroyer, air defense systems help intercept Iranian missiles

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jun 15, 2025