US special operators are going back to their 'roots' with an eye on China and Russia, senior Pentagon official says
After decades of counterterrorism, special operators are shifting back to supporting the joint force as the US faces powerful ...
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Hurlburt Field pilots guide MQ-9 Reaper drone from dirt strips 1,100 miles away
Air Force demonstrates remote piloting capabilities across 1,100 miles as Special Operations teams test aircraft's ...
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The U.S. Air Force Looks to Operate the MQ-9 Reaper From Anywhere
Historically, the MQ-9 had only taken off and landed via line-of-sight antennas, with aircrew members manually flying the ...
139th Airlift Wing highlights Airman of the Year
The 139th Airlift Wing of the Missouri National Guard named its Airman of the Year on Thursday morning. The 139th Airlift Wing wrote a post on social media saying, "Congratulations to Airman 1st Class ...
Interesting Engineering15d
US: World’s 1st commercial 400MW nuclear fusion plant to power 150,000 homes
Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS), a fusion energy startup spun out of MIT, has announced that it will build the world’s first grid-scale commercial fusion power plant at the James River ...
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U.S. Highway 98 to undergo new traffic configuration for drainage work
A new round of construction work on U.S. 98 in Okaloosa County returns to the site of October's controversial lane closures ...
The Aviationist18d
35 Years Later, Retired AC-130H Spectre Crews Recount the Action from 1989’s ‘Operation Just Cause’ in Panama
six F-117 stealth fighter bombers and other aircraft from the 1st Special Operations Wing. These were mostly units from the 830th Air Division. An AC-130H Spectre gunship crew poses for a photo ...
Psychology Today18d
Don’t Wait for January 1st: Use This Week to Claim Your Year
Most of us fill the days with leftovers, holiday movies, and a vague sense of waiting for January 1st to begin again. But what if this week is actually your greatest opportunity for transformation?
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CIA Special Operations: The SECRET World of America’s Black Ops Units
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is home to a variety of secretive, black operations units that protect national security. These CIA special operations units perform some of the most ...
TechCrunch22d
Wing and DoorDash launch drone deliveries in Dallas-Fort Worth
Alphabet’s Wing announced on Wednesday that it’s expanding its partnership with DoorDash to bring drone delivery to customers in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Customers in the area will now ...
The Verge23d
Alphabet’s Wing will deliver DoorDash by drone in Dallas-Fort Worth
Wing, a subsidiary of Google’s parent company Alphabet, is expanding its drone delivery service to DoorDash customers in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Starting today, 50 merchants from malls ...
Military Times23d
Special ops leaders eye alarming levels of adversary collaboration
Christopher Maier, the outgoing assistant secretary for Special Operations-Low-Intensity Conflict, said today at a Center for a New American Security event that SOF troops have recently increased ...