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Zuni Mountain Project Fuels Conservation and Communities
Located within the Cibola National Forest in New Mexico, the Zuni Mountains are home to the National Wild Turkey Federationās…
Zumbo in Idaho: Stalking a Giant Bull in the Selway Wilderness
The night couldnāt get much darker. I held my hand a few inches in front of my face, but couldnāt…
Zumbo and Carmichel on Their Favorite Deer Rifles
This story first appeared in the October 1994 issue of Outdoor Life as āMy Favorite Deer Rifle Isā¦ā My Model…
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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 ā More Than 7 Times the Original Estimate ā 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 Office assessment puts the cost at roughly $10,600,000,000 per ship once development is counted, more than seven times the original unit-cost estimate, and the reason is partly that the buy…
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 exhaust stream behind the turbine, producing a large jump in thrust and an enormous jump in consumption ā which is why afterburner use in a fighter is measured in minutes,…
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 Forceās longest-deployed planes finally get to retire
The last of the Air Forceās 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 Forceās top flight safety honorĀ
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.Ā (September 8, 2026) ā 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 HSCFās Hunting Matters Podcast
(HOUSTON, TX ā 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…