![Navy Capt. Chris "Chowdah" Hill, commander of the aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower, opens up about the carrier group's recent dangerous and grueling deployment to the Middle East.](https://www.twz.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Captain-Ike-Combat-.jpg?quality=85&w=1440)
Carrier Captain In Combat: What Went On During 7 Months Under Fire Around The Red Sea
We go in-depth with Capt. Chris “Chowdah” Hill about the Eisenhower’s grueling and dangerous deployment that faced a bevy of new tactical realities.
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![Iranian ground-to-ground Sajil missile launches at an undisclosed location in Iran on November 12, 2008.](https://www.twz.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/IRANIAN-BALLISTIC-MISSILE.jpg?quality=85&w=800)
Iranian Ballistic Missiles Have Arrived In Russia: Reports
The long-feared development comes as Western allies pledge more weapons to Ukraine but with no movement on the issue of using some of them to strike targets deep in Russia.
![A Boeing 737 carrying Senator J.D. Vance, former President Donald Trump's running mate for Vice President, and others, inadvertently intruded briefly into some of the most restricted airspace on the planet earlier this week as it left Washington, D.C.'s Reagan National Airport.](https://www.twz.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/vance-plane-airspace-restriction-dc.jpg?quality=85&w=800)
J.D. Vance’s Campaign Jet Inadvertently Buzzed The Washington Monument
Washington, D.C.'s skies are some of the most heavily restricted in the world and the airspace near the White House is totally off-limits.
![F-16 belonging to VFC-13, flying over Carson Valley, NV.](https://www.twz.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/VFC-13-F-16-in-flight.jpg?quality=85&w=800)
Navy Tried To Buy Greek F-16s To Turn Them Into Adversaries
The Navy nearly got a batch of Greek F-16s as 'red air' aggressors, before U.S. Air Force jets became available.
![A video has emerged showing a Ukrainian Su-24M Fencer swing-wing combat jet carrying what is said to be new air-launched guided munition.](https://www.twz.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Ukraine-SU-24-munition-mystery.jpg?quality=85&w=800)
Mystery Munition Appears Under Ukrainian Su-24 Fencer Attack Jet’s Wing
Ukraine is in great need of more air-launched stand-off munitions and ones that can be used without foreign restrictions.
![Chiefs aboard the USS Manchester created a huge security risk by setting up a private WifI network.](https://www.twz.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/USS-Manchester-Top2.jpg?quality=85&w=800)
The Story Of Sailors Secretly Installing Starlink On Their Littoral Combat Ship Is Truly Bonkers
The fact that an LCS deployed with a Starlink system operating onboard and the captain had no clue about it is a very disturbing revelation.
![Satellite imagery and videos offer new evidence of a surge in the development of the stealthy flying-wing uncrewed combat air vehicles in China, especially with regard to the GJ-11 Sharp Sword.](https://www.twz.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Sharp-Sword-testing.jpg?quality=85&w=800)
Chinese Flying Wing UCAV Testing Accelerating Based On Satellite Imagery, Videos
China's expanding work on flying-wing uncrewed combat air vehicles comes as similar designs have disappeared in the U.S., at least publicly.
![Dutch Decide To Bring Back Main Battle Tanks](https://www.twz.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/DUTCH-GERMAN-LEOPARD-2.jpg?quality=85&w=800)
Dutch Decide To Bring Back Main Battle Tanks
After more than a decade, the Netherlands has announced plans to reinstate a permanent tank battalion, as it continues to rebuild its armed forces.
![Adversary air company Top Aces' F-16 Vips, the only ones currently in the hands of a private operator, are now flying with podded infrared search and track (IRST) systems.](https://www.twz.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/top-aces-f-16-irst-pod-copy.jpg?quality=85&w=800)
World’s Only Privately Owned F-16 Aggressors Get Infrared Search And Track Pods
IRST sensors present particular challenges for stealthy aircraft and there is growing demand to include them in training and testing.
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