An F/A-18 Super Hornet pilot from Strike Fighter Squadron 32 became the first American woman to engage and kill an air-to-air contact during the squadron’s recent deployment aboard the aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Middle East. The incident was one of more than 20 where Strike Fighter...

Naval aviator becomes first American woman to secure air-to-air kill

A female Naval Aviator has become the first woman in U.S. military history to sucessfully execute an air-to-air engagement, downing an enemy craft, in combat during recent operations over and around the Red Sea, according to that service. An F/A-18F Super Hornet pilot assigned to the air wing aboard the supercarrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, or “Ike,” achieved this milestone during a historic nine-month deployment that included a number of other notable firsts.

F/A-18F Super Hornet Pilot Is First U.S. Female Aviator To Shoot Down An Enemy Aerial Threat

A US Navy fighter pilot has become the first American woman to score a victory in air-to-air combat, the service has revealed.

Navy aviator scores first air-to-air victory by a US female fighter pilot

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The ship-fired weapon looks to be getting a new role as a long-range air-to-air missile that could be a big deal in a fight with China.

US Navy Super Hornets armed with SM-6s, a warship missile newly tested in combat, have been spotted in the Pacific

A U.S. Navy EA-18G Growler electronic warfare jet claimed the type’s first air-to-air kill, likely downing a Houthi drone, while deployed with the supercarrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, or “Ike.” Ike and the rest of its strike group just recently returned from a historic nine-month-long cruise that saw the expenditure of hundreds of missiles and other munitions against Houthi targets in and around the Red Sea and ashore in Yemen. Growlers from Ike’s air wing also employed AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missiles (AARGM) for the first time in combat in the course of those operations, including in a strike that destroyed an Mi-24/35 Hind gunship helicopter on the ground that The War Zone was first to confirm.

EA-18G Growler Scored Its First Air-To-Air Kill

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In July 1986, a Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk crashed in California's Sequoia National Forest - two years before it was announced to the public.

The US Air Force Scrambled To Cover Up The Crash of One of Its Top-Secret Stealth Fighters

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Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

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Insiders told reporters that one word would not be used in the former president's speech. It was — twice.

Trump Utters The 1 Word He Wasn't Supposed To Say During RNC Speech

The US Navy's Ohio-class nuclear submarines played a critical defense role during the Cold War. They were taken down by a cat-sized shark.

A Cat-Sized Shark Wreaked Havoc on the US Navy's Nuclear Submarine Fleet

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The Chicago Sky forward traveled to California for her brand photo shoot in 2022.

WNBA All-Star Angel Reese Took Our Breathe Away in These SI Swimsuit Photos

The U.S. Navy announced it has accepted delivery of its latest Flight IIA Arleigh Burke–class guided missile destroyer, the future USS John Basilone (DDG 122), on July 8. Built by General Dynamics Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine, DDG 122 will serve as a multi-mission surface combatant capable of conducting Anti-Air Warfare, Anti-Submarine Warfare and Anti-Surface Warfare.

US Navy Takes Delivery of Future USS John Basilone

Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall says questions about the future of a new sixth-generation stealth combat jet under development as part of the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) initiative are being prompted, in part, by larger “affordability problems.” This includes the nearly doubling of the estimated cost of the LGM-35A Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile program, which is now pegged at just shy of $141 billion. The service is in the midst of taking a deep look at what it wants out of the NGAD aircraft and Kendall has left open the possibility that it might not even necessarily be crewed design in the end.

Next Generation Air Dominance Fighter Uncertainty Tied To Sentinel ICBM Woes

The show of force comes amid continued tensions with Russia and follows the recent visit of a Russian navy flotilla to Cuba.

US Navy nuclear ballistic missile submarine surfaces off Norway in unusual flex as 'Doomsday' plane flies overhead

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 Channel 4 reality show star Harry Savage has been found dead at his home, aged 26.Police are treating the death of the Hunted star as unexpected with a man in his 30s arrested at the address and later bailed pending further enquiries. A post-mortem examination began on Saturday (20 July) and police are awaiting the outcome of toxicology tests.Paramedics were called to a home in Putney, southwest London at around 9:15am on Friday (19 July), where they found a man unresponsive before pronouncing him dead at the scene. Savage appeared on the fourth season of Hunted in 2019, alongside...

Harry Savage death: Channel 4 star found dead in his home as man arrested

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"Make this photo famous," one X user remarked.

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The F-16 Fighting Falcon that first flew five decades ago remains the backbone of American airpower and a popular jet worldwide.

The world's most popular fighter jet just turned 50, but it still packs a punch

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Tragic End for South Florida Hispanic Building Tycoon Sergio Pino. Fort Lauderdale, FL - In a shocking turn of events, prominent South Florida homebuilder Sergio Pino was found dead in his Coral Gables home on Tuesday morning. The Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner's Office confirmed that Pino died from an apparent suicide.

South Florida Tycoon Dead After FBI Raids on Homes and Office

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Caitlin Tan wanted to breed her childhood horse, JP, because she’s been “amazing” — the type of animal any equestrian would be lucky to have once in a lifetime. Having access to coveted bloodlines increased the allure. Via the Miller Ranch, she could pair her 18-year-old mare with a stud descendent of Playboy’s Buck Fever.

Cream of the crop: a cremello foal is born in Wyoming

Back in 2020, shortly after Joe Biden announced Kamala Harris as his pick for the vice-presidential nomination, the Biden/Harris campaign posted a short video on its social media channels. It took the format of a folksy, light-hearted video chat between Harris and former president Barack Obama. The former president, looking...

What Barack Obama really thinks of Kamala Harris (and why it might explain his silence)

Since his childhood, Randy Malmstrom has had a passion for aviation history and historic military aircraft in particular. He has a particular penchant for documenting specific airframes with a highly detailed series of walk-around images and an in-depth exploration of their history, which have proved to be popular with many of those who have seen them, and we thought our readers would be equally fascinated too. If Randy’s last name seems familiar, it is because the U.S. Air Force’s present-day Malmstrom AFB, near Great Falls, Montana is named in honor of his cousin, Col Einar Axel Malmstrom. Col Malmstrom commanded the 356th Fighter Group during WWII, flying P-47 Thunderbolts, the first of Randy’s articles featured an example of the type, P-47D 45-49406 (N7159Z) at the Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum in Everett, Washington.

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AIM-174 Missile Seen On Super Hornet About To Launch From A Carrier For First Time

We have just gotten our first look at an AIM-174 air-launched variant of an SM-6 missile riding under the wing of a Super Hornet about to...

AIM-174 Missile Seen On Super Hornet About To Launch From A Carrier For First Time

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