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Will Slovakia send Ukraine S-300 air defenses? The Pentagon is working on it.
A top Pentagon official told lawmakers on Wednesday the Biden administration is working to accommodate NATO ally Slovakia’s offer to send more S-300 surface-to-air missile systems to Ukraine, in the wake of Russia’s invasion.
By Joe Gould
Was Iwo Jima worth the cost?
After a staggering loss of life on the island, American military leaders scrambled to justify the invasion
By Robert S. Burrell, MHQ — The Quarterly Journal of Military History
What if the Navy and Marine Corps had bypassed Iwo Jima?
Adm. Ernest King dismissed Iwo Jima as “a sink hole in the hands of whoever held it.”
By Mark Grimsley, World War II Magazine
US cuts number of Black Hawks to Afghanistan by two-thirds
Success of the Afghan Air Force will be a key metric for Pentagon planners seeking to draw down U.S. troops in the country. The U.S. is still bearing most of the burden of air support for Afghan troops.
By Shawn Snow
Putin attends naval drills in Black Sea
MiG-31 fighter jets launched Kinzhal hypersonic missiles. Warships performed several launches of Kalibr cruise missiles and other weapons.
Russia: New weapon can travel 27 times the speed of sound
Moscow describes the Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle as a technological breakthrough comparable to the 1957 Soviet launch of the first satellite.
Operation Barney: Bloody payback in the Pacific
Nine American subs force a World War II reckoning with the Japanese fleet.
By Steven Trent Smith, World War II Magazine
Coasties rescue lost diver
The crew found her miles away from the shipwreck she had been exploring.
By Navy Times staff
Survey: Public confidence in the military is high, especially among older generations
More than 8 in 10 Americans say they trust the military to act in the public's best interest.
How the Navy built a better jet
Faced with an air superiority gap compared to Air Force jets in the late 1940s and early 1950s, the Navy embarked on an ambitious aircraft development program that produced one of the world’s best all-around fighters.
By E.R. Johnson, Aviation History Magazine
Afghan pilot training ends after almost half went AWOL in America
A program to train Afghan attack pilots has been ended after the airmen kept going absent without leave, or AWOL, while training in the United States.
By Kyle Rempfer