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The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. The “brrrt” of the GAU-8 Gatling gun in action, the whistle of the TF34 engines as A-10 Warthogs fly at low level, the hurried calls of Joint Terminal Attack Controllers needing support from above – welcome to the first episode in our opening season of “Special Access” on TWZ’s YouTube channel, a series where we take you up close to the latest military technology and inside the wire at elite military units. In this episode, Jamie Hunter visits the U.S. Air Force…

Trending:Conor McGregor didn’t want to fight at UFC 329, says Din ThomasZuffa LLCQuillan Salkilld delivered an emphatic first-round finish at UFC Vegas 120, but he may not have walked away unscathed. Salkilld met his biggest name to date in Mateusz Gamrot this past Saturday. The Contender Series alum delivered by securing a first-round submission finish via rear-naked choke. The 26-year-old is on a fast track towards top five competition, as Gamrot was the No. 6-ranked lightweight on the Meta rankings panel entering the bout. While Salkilld has raised his stock significantly, he’ll be hoping to avoid time on the shelf…

Key PointsThe Army selected Camp Grayling and the National All-Domain Warfighting Center in Michigan as one of four U.S. sites opened to private industry drone testing.The Army will host a special electromagnetic warfare test event at Camp Grayling during the week of September 13, 2026, with quarterly repeats planned.A patch of forest and lakeshore in northern Michigan has become one of the most important pieces of real estate in the U.S. military’s race to catch up with China on drone warfare. Camp Grayling and the National All-Domain Warfighting Center, a sprawling military training complex in Michigan’s northern Lower Peninsula, has…

Trending:Arman Tsarukyan vs. Charles Oliveira 2 cancelled as Tsarukyan set for new UFC 331 fightUFC BroadcastMuch has been made over Anthony Smith’s arrest, and Matt Brown isn’t thrilled about the fan reaction. Smith was arrested by Sarpy County police in Nebraska at the end of July. The UFC on Paramount+ analyst and retired title contender is facing charges of terroristic threats, domestic violence, and first-degree false imprisonment. Police details later revealed that Smith allegedly threatened to kill his wife and tried running her over following an argument at a bar. Brown vented over fans who have been making assumptions about…

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. — The Project Office for the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft recently executed a critical design iteration of the Army’s next-generation assault aircraft, the MV-75 Cheyenne, at Redstone Arsenal during a special user evaluation. Over the course of a week in mid-May, a team of operators from the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB), engineers and trainers gathered to focus on a critical aspect of modern aviation: the pilot display system and its impact on cognitive workload. Welcoming the group, Col. Jeffrey Poquette, project manager for FLRAA, highlighted the unique capabilities this new assault tilt-rotor will bring to…

Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. President Donald Trump will impose a 15% tariff on certain polysilicon-derivative products, citing a national security threat from imports he said have eroded U.S. production capacity for materials used in semiconductor and solar manufacturing. The duty, which will go into effect on Dec. 4, applies to polysilicon ingots and specified derivatives, including solar cells and certain semiconductor devices, with imported polysilicon and derivatives also falling under a minimum import price program, according to a proclamation issued by Trump on Thursday. The Section…

Here are all the releases I’ve rounded up from these first few days of August, and as expected, the month is absolutely packed with promising RPGs and strategy games. I know plenty of you have eyes for nothing but Star Wars: Zero Company on the horizon, but it’s worth looking around so you don’t risk missing other titles that could be just as important and compelling. From historical expeditions and demonic dungeon crawls to wartime tactics and supernatural investigations, the week ending August 8 delivered another varied collection of RPGs and strategy games. Several arrived as complete releases, while Expeditions:…

The federal government’s merit-based hiring system is intended to identify, assess and select qualified applicants based on competence, job-related qualifications and public-service capability. In that system, veterans’ preference is not an exception to merit. It is part of merit. Congress created veterans’ preference to recognize military service, sacrifice, disability incurred through service, and the practical leadership value that veterans bring to public institutions. Therefore, when federal human resources offices and hiring managers fail to properly understand, apply, document or respect veterans’ preference, the issue is not merely administrative error. It is a failure to follow a statutory requirement that Congress…

Abstract The available evidence suggests that Badakhshan, in northeastern Afghanistan, may be witnessing the earliest signs of a localized anti-Taliban insurgency, the first since August 2021. Several days of fighting around Yaftal-e Payin and Zebak, followed by dispersed attacks across the north, appear more consistent with a nascent, geographically bounded insurgency than with the isolated incidents that have punctuated Taliban rule. This challenge cannot threaten the Taliban nationally or overthrow the movement, and the evidence is fragmentary. Its significance is cumulative: persistence, adaptation, spread, and political resonance force the Taliban to spend political, military, organizational, and financial resources to contain…

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.org The KC-135 Stratotanker that lost part of its vertical stabilizer in a deadly midair collision over Iraq in March is among a group of damaged tankers that have returned to Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., to be fully repaired. This Stratotanker is one of a handful of KC-135s that were damaged while supporting operations against Iran earlier this year. The tankers were repaired by Airmen from the 76th Aircraft Maintenance Group’s…