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With American bases in Iraq and Syria increasingly suffering direct hits from Hezbollah and Houthi ballistic missiles, the recent confirmation of Iranian made "358" systems in theatre may explain the failure of Western anti-drone air-defense programming.
Published: Tuesday, January 23rd, 2024 @ 10:16 pm
By: The Correspondent
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An Iranian drone harassed a U.S. air craft carrier in the Persian Gulf on Tuesday, according to a U.S. defense official.
Published: Monday, December 11th, 2023 @ 10:17 am
By: Daily Wire
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U.S. intelligence is stating that the Wagner Group, the Russian paramilitary organization, may try to give an air-defense system to the terrorist group Hezbollah, situated on Israel’s northern border, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Published: Saturday, November 18th, 2023 @ 1:51 pm
By: Daily Wire
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A barrage of Russian missiles damaged a U.S.-made Patriot air defense system near Kyiv early Tuesday morning, weeks after the $1 billion system shot a Russian hypersonic missile out of the sky.
Published: Tuesday, May 30th, 2023 @ 8:54 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall told U.S. lawmakers this week that China’s rapid build up of nuclear weapons was the most “disturbing” thing that he’s ever seen in his 50-year career in the defense industry.
Published: Sunday, April 16th, 2023 @ 5:50 pm
By: Daily Wire
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An air defense system that protected a U.S. coalition base in Syria was “not fully operational” when a suspected Iranian drone hit the base on Thursday, killing a U.S. contractor and wounding six Americans.
Published: Tuesday, April 11th, 2023 @ 4:06 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The Pentagon said Tuesday that defense officials would deploy U.S. Patriot missile defense systems and Abram tanks to Ukrainian forces much earlier than expected as troops wrap up an “aggressive” training schedule on American soil.
Published: Monday, April 3rd, 2023 @ 11:49 pm
By: Daily Wire
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House Intelligence Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH) said in an interview Sunday that the U.S. has holes in its homeland defense infrastructure that have been exposed by the recent incursions of foreign objects into U.S. airspace.
Published: Monday, February 20th, 2023 @ 8:52 am
By: Daily Wire
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) sent a notice to airmen (NOTAM) late Saturday night warning that it had designated an area in the northern part of Montana as a “national defense airspace” and that anyone who entered the airspace would be intercepted.
Published: Monday, February 20th, 2023 @ 12:50 am
By: Daily Wire
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Defense Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder said Tuesday that Ukrainian troops would begin training at Fort Sill in Oklahoma on the Patriot Air Defense System as soon as next week amid ongoing aerial attacks from Russian forces.
Published: Monday, January 16th, 2023 @ 8:33 am
By: Daily Wire
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South Korea scrambled jets as Chinese and Russian war aircraft arrived unannounced in its air defense identification zone (KADIZ) on Wednesday morning.
Published: Saturday, December 10th, 2022 @ 1:39 am
By: Daily Wire
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After Chinese warplanes invaded Taiwan’s air defense identification zone over the weekend, a newspaper that is run by the Communist Chinese government warned this week that war between China and those countries backing Taiwan, such as the United States, could be “triggered at any time.”
Published: Wednesday, November 24th, 2021 @ 9:59 am
By: Daily Wire
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South Korea has reportedly fired warning shots after Russian military planes violated the nation's airspace on Tuesday, according to South Korea’s Defense Ministry.
Published: Tuesday, July 23rd, 2019 @ 9:28 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Today, Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), James Lankford (R-OK), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) issued the following joint statement after reports today that a shipment of parts for the Russian S-400 air defense system had arrived in Turkey.
Published: Saturday, July 13th, 2019 @ 10:28 am
By: Thom Tillis
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We're in Iraq. We flew all night and arrived very safely.
Published: Friday, December 28th, 2018 @ 12:02 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel, chaired an open hearing on the markup of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019
Published: Thursday, May 24th, 2018 @ 8:36 am
By: Thom Tillis
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First, let me thank General Lori Robinson, who leads NORAD, and the entire team here at Elmendorf Air Force Base. Elmendorf, Fort Greely, and other facilities across Alaska represent the bulwark of our missile defense in the United States and I'm very grateful for the leadership that the General
Published: Wednesday, February 7th, 2018 @ 3:21 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee's Subcommittee on Personnel, held a hearing to receive testimony on the Department of Defense single servicemember and military family readiness programs
Published: Tuesday, February 14th, 2017 @ 6:18 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Yesterday, U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and Claire McCaskill (D-MO), members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, sent a letter to Secretary of Defense James Mattis following President Trump's executive order suspending immigration from seven countries for 90 days
Published: Wednesday, February 1st, 2017 @ 2:01 am
By: Thom Tillis
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Personnel, issued the following statement on General James Mattis' confirmation as Secretary of Defense
Published: Sunday, January 22nd, 2017 @ 9:22 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) has received the American Logistics Association's (ALA) Distinguished Service Award for his commitment to improving the quality of life for active duty and retired military, veterans, and their families
Published: Saturday, June 4th, 2016 @ 9:52 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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This just in, Santa Claus must register with the FAA. In past years, he was given a holiday dispensation but with the assault on Christmas from the fruitcakes, this year he must register his sleigh as a drone.
Published: Monday, January 25th, 2016 @ 7:44 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, questioned Secretary of Defense Ash Carter and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph F. Dunford on whether they were consulted by President Obama before his veto of the National Defense...
Published: Wednesday, October 28th, 2015 @ 4:22 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) is pressuring Secretary of the Air Force, Debra Lee James, to explain why the Air Force is prematurely proceeding with its plans to dismantle the 440th Airlift Wing (AW) at Fort Bragg, which violates the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2015.
Published: Friday, March 20th, 2015 @ 11:36 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Following news reports that the Air Force is proceeding with its plans to dismantle the 440th Airlift Wing (AW) at Fort Bragg in violation of a legal mandate to first notify Congress, Senator Tillis raised his objections to such efforts.
Published: Friday, February 20th, 2015 @ 12:17 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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