Last week the Heritage Foundation released its annual “Index of Military Strength,” an exercise in threat inflation that argues for increases in the Pentagon’s already massive budget. The document, which could more accurately be called the “Index of Military Distortions,” gives low grades to the maj…

RAMSTEIN, Germany — F-16s and F-35s of the Royal Norwegian Air Force intercepted a large group of Russian bombers and fighters off the north coast of Norway, October 27.

The Russian group consisted of two BlackJack strategic bombers, MiG-31 Foxhounds and SU-24 Fencers fighters and a A-50 Mains…

BAE Systems has received a $26 million contract to equip the U.S. Navy’s Constellation class frigates with the fully-automatic 57mm Mk 110 naval gun.

The contract, awarded earlier this month, includes engineering support and calls for two Mk 110s for the USS Constellation (FFG 62) and USS Congres…

ARNOLD AFB, Tenn. — The Pratt & Whitney F135 engine, which powers the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, is back at Sea Level Test Cell 3, or SL-3, at Arnold Air Force Base for another round of accelerated mission testing, or AMT, to validate new hardware.

AMT provides a means to put engines through a …

LIMA — “Russian Helicopters” Holding Company (part of Rostec State Corporation) has overhauled six Mi-17-1V military transport helicopters at Lima Peruvian Air Force base SEMAN in two years.

Maintenance work was carried out by the Novosibirsk Aircraft Repair Plant (NARP), part of “Russian Helic…

MOODY AFB, Ga. — The 23rd Wing is one of the first lead wings to implement the Deployed Intelligence Combat Element (DICE) kit in an effort to support Agile Combat Employment.

The DICE kit allows intel analysts to establish secure communications downrange with a smaller footprint in the area of…