Air force

April 20, 2026 | Josh Birenbaum |

The dangerous national security shell company game

A national security crisis is unfolding before our eyes and we can’t even see it. A failure by the federal government to enforce the law is allowing hidden Chinese companies to use opacity loopholes and...

April 17, 2026 | Jonathan Schanzer |

What Victory Looks Like When Your Foe Won’t Surrender

The U.S. can win without Iran acknowledging it lost

April 6, 2026 | Janatan Sayeh, Samuel Ben-Ur

5 Men Now Running Iran

The joint U.S.-Israeli campaign has eliminated the Islamic Republic’s former supreme leader Ali Khamenei, and his son and successor Mojtaba has yet to appear publicly. However, the regime remains intact. The...

April 6, 2026 | Samuel Ben-Ur, Aaron Goren

IDF: Palestinian terrorists violate Gaza ceasefire 22 times since start of Iran war

While the United States and Israel continue to carry out combined strikes against the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has not halted its strikes against Hamas and other Palestinian...

March 26, 2026 | Samuel Ben-Ur

Interim Venezuelan president ousts defense chief as Washington makes limited progress in Caracas

Venezuelan acting President Delcy Rodríguez replaced longtime Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López with General Gustavo Gonzalez López on March 18, followed by implementing a sweeping reshuffle of...

March 3, 2026 | |

‘Too Late’: Trump Rebuffs Tehran Regime’s Request for Talks

Trump Rejects Islamic Republic Request for Talks: President Donald Trump said of Iran on March 3, “Their air defense, Air Force, Navy, and Leadership is gone. They want to talk. I said, ‘Too Late!’” In a separate interview with Politico the same day, Trump asserted that Iran is “running out of launchers” for its ballistic missiles. “They’re running out and they’re running out of areas to shoot them,” he stated. “Because they’re being decimated.” IDF Strikes Targets Across Iran: The Israeli military said on March 3 that it had attacked “sites used by the regime to produce weapons, with an emphasis on ballistic missile production sites” in Tehran. The IDF also reportedly struck “the building that hosts the body of religious experts whose primary role is to select Iran’s new supreme leader.” Clashes With Hezbollah Intensify: The IDF also announced “extensive strikes on infrastructures of the Hezbollah terrorist organization” in Lebanon since Hezbollah “chose to join the campaign [against Israel] and act on behalf of Iran.” The IDF said one of its strikes eliminated Daoud Ali Zada, deputy commander of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force (IRGC-QF), “the highest-ranking Iranian commander responsible for Iranian operations in Lebanon.”

March 2, 2026 | Ahmad Sharawi |

Iran expands retaliation for US-Israel campaign across Arab states (February 28–March 2)

Iran has responded to the joint United States and Israeli military campaign against it with widespread retaliatory strikes across the Middle East. The Iranian attacks consisted of coordinated drone and...

January 22, 2026 | Samuel Ben-Ur, Aaron Goren

As Gaza ceasefire plan progresses, IDF reports Palestinian terrorists violate first phase 11 times from January 9 to 22

On January 16, US President Donald Trump officially established an international Board of Peace, which the White House states aims to support Gaza as it “transitions from conflict to peace...

November 26, 2025 | |

Putin Aide Says ‘Serious Analysis’ Needed of New Trump Proposal To End Russian War on Ukraine

Russia To Examine New Trump Proposal: Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov said that the latest version of the Trump administration’s proposal to end the war in Ukraine warrants...

November 21, 2025 | Sinan Ciddi |

London’s Eurofighter sale to Turkey: A win for industry, a loss for strategy

When British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stood side-by-side in Ankara on Oct. 28 to announce Turkey’s purchase of 20 Eurofighter Typhoons...

November 21, 2025 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery |

Establishing a Cyber Force: A Defense Imperative

September 26, 2025 | Bridget Toomey |

Israeli military targets Yemeni capital in response to Houthi drone attacks on Israel

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) struck the Houthi-controlled capital of Sanaa on September 25, targeting the Iran-backed terror group’s military and economic infrastructure. The Houthi-controlled...

September 9, 2025 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Dr. Erica Lonergan, Joe Dougherty

Building the Future U.S. Cyber Force

What Right Looks Like

August 12, 2025 | Cameron McMillan, Roc Iore

U.S. and Partners Conclude Month of Military Exercises in the Pacific While Eyeing China

The Department of Defense concluded large-scale military exercises in the Indo-Pacific on August 8 that honed skills critical to thwarting potential Chinese aggression. REFORPAC 2025 focused on demonstrating...

July 16, 2025 | |

‘Working to Save Our Druze Brothers’: Israel Strikes Syrian Military Targets as Violence in Suwayda Escalates

IDF Strikes Damascus: The IDF struck the entrance of Syria’s military headquarters and another military target near the presidential palace in Damascus as it continued nationwide...

July 15, 2025 | Ryan Brobst, Cameron McMillan, Bradley Bowman

Can the U.S. Arm Itself and Ukraine?

Donald Trump announced on Monday that the United States will continue arming Ukraine through a deal with NATO, whereby European allies will pay for American-made weapons to be delivered to Kyiv. That...

June 21, 2025 | |

‘Completely and Totally Obliterated’: U.S. Strikes Iranian Nuclear Facilities, Including Underground Fordow Enrichment Site

U.S. Bombs Iran: The United States bombed three key Iranian nuclear facilities on June 21, including the heavily fortified, underground nuclear enrichment facility at Fordow, the...

June 14, 2025 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Ben Cohen

Iran’s lies about its nuclear plans finally at an end

Iran’s nuclear weapons strategy lies in tatters in the wake of this week’s extensive, and ongoing, targeted Israeli strikes.  Ever since the Islamic Regime’s clandestine program to obtain...

May 22, 2025 | Seth J. Frantzman |

US-backed Syrian Free Army secures airbase east of Damascus

The US-backed Syrian Free Army says it has been working to secure and protect the Al Seen Military Airbase in Syria. “Our teams continue to work at Al-Seen Airport to secure it and protect it from...

May 15, 2025 | Dr. Erica Lonergan, RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery

10 Reasons Why America Needs a Cyber Force

1. The next war the United States fights will begin in cyberspace. Cyberattacks will almost certainly be used by an adversary in the opening phases of a crisis or conflict to target the U.S. homeland...