Recently, the U.S. Department of Defense received a Boeing 747-8 jet from the government of Qatar, valued at $400 million. The plane is now in San Antonio, where it will undergo about $1 billion in upgrades to become the next…
President Trump was so frustrated with the Boeing Company’s delays in producing new versions of Air Force One that he accepted a new Boeing 747 from the Qataris to serve as that aircraft. Boeing failed to perform on a 2018…
Dear Mr. Hegseth Congratulations. The good news is that unless something extraordinary happens, you will be confirmed to the post of secretary of defense in the next week or two. President Trump comes into office with a mandate to reverse…
My relationship with drones oscillates between two states: hatred and extreme hatred. I consider that drone shooting should be an Olympic sport, I don’t see any need why people incapable of driving inside a single lane with their cars should…
The recent news that the U.S. Air Force may suspend its sixth generation Next-Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program fighter aircraft system due to “intensifying budget pressures” is concerning at a time when America is facing building challenges from the People’s Republic…
Last week I read the alarming headlines. West Point cadets will no longer be inculcated with and committed to the values of “Duty, Honor, Country,” the motto of the United States Military Academy since the end of the 19th Century….
Standing Up Space Force: The Road to the Nation’s Sixth Armed Service By Forrest L. Marion (Naval Institute Press, 289 pages, $82) In two much-publicized novels that envision the next world war, the United States is attacked first in space…
CAPTAIN KIRK: You have him on complete Life Support. Was he dead? DR. MCCOY: He was worse than dead. CAPTAIN KIRK: What do you mean? DR. MCCOY: Jim … CAPTAIN KIRK: Come on, Bones, what’s the mystery? DR. MCCOY: His…
A Congressional Research Service report (RL30563, issued May 2, 2022) tallies the total F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter program at 2,456 aircraft. Including development costs, this works out to $2.4 trillion, the largest defense aircraft procurement ever. From the…
