Air Force A-10 will no longer bare teeth overseas with Korea exit
The Air Force will begin removing its A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft from Osan Air Base, South Korea, starting in January 2025, according to an Air Force release. Osan Air Base is the Warthog’s last location overseas, according to Air & Space Forces Magazine, meaning the...
Giving Guns as Gifts: Know the Law
With gift-buying season upon us, it’s natural for gun owners who enjoy target shooting, hunting, collecting or just plain plinking to want to share their enjoyment of firearms with others. What better way to do that than to gift a firearm to a family member,...
Piston Power: Getting Intimate With Faxon Firearms’ Prototype AR-15 Upper
[Editor’s Note] We’re delving deep into our back catalog in this column, revisiting designs that first surfaced over a decade ago to see what’s become of them. In this instance, Faxon Firearms has evolved from a one-trick pony to one of the biggest barrel makers...
Traser: Swiss Quality Since 1969
I have a confession to make. I’m a bit of a watch nerd. Can’t get enough of ’em. Don’t tell my wife, but my current collection is hovering somewhere in the 30-something range. When you are in the military, an accurate timepiece is an absolute...
Soldier creates device that speeds up Apache missile system rearming
Sgt. Travis Rogers took note of the excessive manpower, time and safety requirements each time his team had to swap out a key piece of gear on an Apache helicopter during rapid refueling and rearming. The AH-64 Apache’s Reduced Crashworthy External Fuel System, or RCEFS,...
Are Pete Hegseth’s tattoos symbols of ‘Christian nationalism’?
President-elect Donald Trump’s new pick to lead the Department of Defense, Pete Hegseth, is being blasted for tattoos that some allege are symbols of White supremacy and Christian nationalism. Hegseth, 44, is a former Fox News host and retired Army major who served in the...
Canto Arms A280-CFE .22 Blaster Build
If you like fun .22 builds with a sci-fi bent, then read on. My latest build is the A280-CFE Blaster from Canto Arms. If you hated my last blaster build, the DL-44, then this is still not the post you are looking for. The A280-CFE...
Bestech Brings Big Bad Vestige out with Justin Lundquist
Catch a glimpse of the latest Justin Lundquist production design, coming out this time via Bestech. The Vestige delivers a thoroughly modern vision of some very classic traditional knife tropes, and is one of the biggest designs yet from Lundquist to boot. Although it’s hard...
Army taps ‘Ghost Fleet’ authors to write novel on multi-domain warfare
The Army’s concept of future warfare is getting the Tom Clancy treatment. At the Association of the United States Army’s annual conference held in Washington in October, a session on the service’s plans to improve professional writing contained a teaser for a first-of-its-kind project: a...
China defense minister declines US meeting, breaking military talks
VIENTIANE, Laos — China’s defense minister will not meet with America’s secretary of defense this week, marking the first time in a year that Beijing has paused high-level military talks. A senior American defense official, speaking with reporters before a summit of Asian defense officials...
