The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is finally going up against the battle-proven A-10 close air support attack plane for the long-promised close air support fly-off. But the tests, as designed, are unlikely to reveal anything of real value about the F-35’s ability to support ground troops in realistic combat situations—which the F-35, as the presumptive replacement for the A-10, must be able to demonstrate....
"When it comes to winning America’s longest war, prevailing isn’t the top priority," Mark Thompson, POGO columnist claims....
U.S. Air Force weighs a cheaper way of waging wars in developing countries....
One almost wonders if the push to export unmanned aerial vehicles could be a secret plot to preserve the Pentagon’s combat edge....
From stealthy pilotless attack aircraft, to spy plane, to flying gas station....
Well, actually it wants it. Just not a new bureaucracy to run it....
Military pilots do breathtaking things, but suffocating shouldn’t be one of them, says Mark Thompson....
A Department of Defense Inspector General report investigating allegations that the Air Force illegally retaliated against one of the pilots concerned about F-22 hypoxia issues reveals how difficult it is to protect military whistleblowers....
The Trump Defense Department will continue and expand the nuclear modernization plan begun under President Obama, according to a leaked draft of the 2018 Nuclear Posture Review first reported on by The Huffington Post. A look under the hood of nuclear modernization reveals an extraordinarily excessive and expensive effort, the justifications for which seem to be heavily drawn from reports funded by companies with a vested financial...
