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The A-10 Warthog Was Designed to Destroy Soviet Tanks in the Fulda Gap With a 30mm GAU-8 Cannon. In the Iran War It Used That Same Gun Against Drones and Missiles Over the Gulf, and in April 2026 the Air Force Reversed Its Early Phase-Out and Kept 3 Squadrons Until 2030.
Summary and Key Points: The A-10 Thunderbolt II was built for one war that never happened. Its job was to break up a Soviet armored offensive through the Fulda Gap, flying low and slow over advancing NATO armor with a 30mm GAU-8/A Avenger cannon that the entire airframe was designed around. The Cold War ended without that battle, and the…
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How to Hunt Swamp Bucks
A mud-caked buck appears out of nowhere, his legs stained from the bog. The deer scans its surroundings. He’s an old deer that knows just how perilous life can be outside the security of his…
Common Use vs. Military Utility: The Case That Changes Everything for AR-15s
The video argues that a Supreme Court amicus brief in AR-15 ban cases flips the usual anti-gun logic on its head: if a rifle is suitable for militia service and commonly possessed by law-abiding citizens,…
Indian National Sentenced to Prison, Ordered to Pay $99K for Defrauding Vietnam Veteran
A 37-year-old Indian national who is living in the U.S. on a student visa has been sentenced to two years in prison for defrauding a Vietnam veteran. On Thursday, U.S. District Judge John D. Russell…
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Inside the Pentagon on 9/11 | Ambassador Matthew Klimow
He was inside the Pentagon that morning. Hear it from him.
The US Navy Planned 32 Zumwalt-Class Destroyers and Built 3. Each One Cost About $10,600,000,000 With Development Included — More Than 7 Times the Original Estimate — and the 2 155mm Guns on Every Ship Were Never Fired Because Each Shell Reached $800,000.
Summary and Key Points: The US Navy set out to build 32 Zumwalt-class destroyers and finished three. A Government Accountability…
The US Air Force F-22 Raptor Stealth Fighter Holds Speeds Above Mach 1.5 Without Ever Lighting an Afterburner. Its 2 Pratt & Whitney F119-PW-100 Engines Make About 35,000 Pounds of Thrust Each, and the Fleet Just Passed 1,000,000 Flight Hours on an Engine Last Built in 2013.
Summary and Key Points: Most supersonic fighters get there the expensive way. An afterburner injects raw fuel directly into the…
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The F-111B Was Supposed to Be a US Navy Aircraft Carrier Fighter. It Exceeded 80,000 Pounds, Needed a Wingspan 7 Feet Wider Than the Air Force Version Just to Slow Down Enough to Land, and the Navy Walked Away in May 1968.
Summary and Key Points: In 1961, Defense Secretary Robert McNamara decided the Air Force and the Navy should buy two versions of the same aircraft. The logic was straightforward: shared development and shared components would save money. The problem was that the two services wanted opposite machines. The Air Force…
Air Force’s longest-deployed planes finally get to retire
The last of the Air Force’s longest-deployed airplanes finally retired earlier this month, as the last in-service EC-130H Compass Call electronic warfare plane took its final flight over Arizona. For its final on-duty sortie, it shared the sky with the modern jet that is replacing it. An EC-130 Compass Call…
The US Navy’s New $23,400,000,000 Nuclear Trump-Class Battleship Keeps Getting Called Obsolete Thanks to Drones. Chinese Military Experts Just Tested That Theory Out
Summary and Key Points: The Trump-class battleship, designated BBG(X), was ridiculed by naval experts and enthusiasts the moment it was unveiled, on the well-worn grounds that battleships have been obsolete for eighty years. The first serious technical argument on the other side did not come from the US Navy. It…
F-22 pilot awarded Air Force’s top flight safety honor
A F-22 pilot had to think quickly and work out a plan to save his plane af. After losing a landing wheel, Capt. Michael Cloninger of the 90th Fighter Squadron had to find a way to safely land the jet. His successful belly landing of the F-22 earned him the…
Comfort or Dry Feet? Pick Two.
The Whitewater Basin Deck Boot gives anglers the support of an athletic shoe and the protection of a rain boot, so weather and wetness never dictate the day By Glenn Walker MUSKEGON, Mich. (September 8, 2026) – When people think of fishing footwear, many picture an angler in flip flops, soaking…
45,000-Ton US Navy Battleship USS Alabama Was Towed Through the Panama Canal With 11 Inches of Clearance on Each Side. She Carried 9 16-Inch Guns Firing 2,700-Pound Shells, Earned 9 Battle Stars Across the Pacific, and Never Lost a Sailor to Enemy Fire.
Summary and Key Points: The USS Alabama measures 108 feet 2 inches across the beam. The locks of the Panama Canal are 110 feet wide. When the state of Alabama got its battleship back in 1964 and towed her home from Washington State, she went through with eleven inches to…
Victor L. Bretting to Appear on HSCF’s Hunting Matters Podcast
(HOUSTON, TX – September 8, 2026) The Houston Safari Club Foundation (HSCF) is pleased to announce that author, ranch owner, lifelong hunter, conservationist, and eighth-generation Texan Victor L. Bretting will be featured on an upcoming episode of the Hunting Matters podcast. With a lifetime rooted in Texas hunting and outdoor…
The Worst Hunters I’ve Ever Guided
This story, “How Your Guide Sees You,” appeared in the August 1973 issue of Outdoor Life. I’ve been outfitting and guiding big-game hunters in Wyoming since 1948. Some of my clients rank among the finest men and best hunters I’ve ever known. Many others would have had better hunts if…