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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 Space Force has awarded a $90 million contract to Rocket Lab for satellites to host payloads that tracks objects in geosynchronous orbit. The award, announced by Rocket Lab and the Pentagon on May 21, will expand the Space Force’s space domain awareness capabilities in a critical orbit. The satellites will carry a small optical sensor called Heimdall—the Space Force first awarded a contract to GEOST to develop a low-cost “hosted” payload…

There are fighter jets… and then there are aircraft that become mythology with wings.The Sukhoi Su-27 belongs squarely in the second category.Even people who couldn’t identify a MiG from a mailbox have probably seen footage of a giant twin-engine jet pulling impossible maneuvers at air shows, nose pointed skyward, seemingly hanging in midair like gravity forgot to clock in.That airplane was usually the Su-27 Flanker. And when Western pilots first saw it perform in the late Cold War years, the reaction wasn’t casual curiosity. It was concern. Real concern.Because the Soviet Union hadn’t just built another interceptor. It had built…

Johnny Manziel was a professional athlete, and Bob Menery is a comedian, and their fight went as one would expect.On Saturday, Manziel and Menery squared off in the main event of Brand Risk 14, the influencer fight promotion helmed by Adin Ross. The matchup had been building for a long time, dating back to when Menery was a part-owner of the Fan Controlled Football team that Manziel played for. But that long-growing tension did not lead to a long-lasting fight, as Manziel ran through Menery in just over two minutes when they finally did meet in the ring.A former Heisman…

Introduction If you want to trade your assault rifle for the bridge of a battleship, there has never been a better time to get into naval warfare. This sub-genre of simulation and wargaming has a long history of well-known titles under its belt, and is experiencing a massive renaissance right now, blending hyper-detailed historical simulation with cutting-edge graphics. Well, for the most part at least, some of the games in this list aren’t necessarily high-fidelity, but they do end up compensating for that. Anyway, whether you want to micromanage a single submarine, a task force, or command an entire theater’s…

I mean, who didn’t see this coming?Former Heisman Trophy winner and NFL quarterback bust Johnny Manziel smashed podcaster and internet personality Bob Menery via first-round TKO in the main event of BRANDRISK 14 last night (Sat., May 24, 2026) inside the Meta Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada.The fight started with both men wildly swinging sloppy punches at each other before Manziel eventually decided enough was enough and simply tackled Menery to the floor after throwing a few kicks.Once the fight hit the mat, it was over.Manziel quickly advanced into full mount and unloaded heavy ground-and-pound until the referee stepped in…

This April marked the beginning of the fourth iteration of Multi-Domain Command – Europe’s premiere exercise, Arcane Thunder, happening simultaneously at Fort Irwin, California, and throughout the European theater. The lessons learned by the Pershing Soldiers in California’s high desert will shape the future of large-scale combat operations. Multi-Domain Command – Europe is one of three units established within the past five years, charged with combining the five fingers of the Army’s air, land, sea, space, and cyber capabilities into a fist, capable of destroying any target. “The opening salvo of the next fight will not be something that comes…

A basic starting point for the combination of Christianity and IR’s theory of realism must be that Christianity has influenced realism, or that they share some fundamental assumptions about the world, so much so that a combination is justified. We refer here to what can be considered Christian based on biblical scripture, exegesis, and revelation, and its combination with the specific IR theory of classical realism, as opposed to other theoretical branches of IR realism. In recent years, a renewed interest for Christian realism and its core scholars can be observed (Polinder 2024; Moore 2020; Troy 2018). We also see…

Internet legend Supah Hot Fire scored a violent second-round knockout over R&B singer Ray J in the featured MMA bout at Adin Ross’ BRANDRISK 14 last night (Sat., May 24, 2026) inside the Meta Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada.Yes, you read that correctly.And somehow, the bizarre fight actually delivered a legitimate knockout.The opening round, however, was complete chaos for all the wrong reasons.Supah Hot Fire spent most of the first round circling around the cage without throwing a single punch, while Ray J awkwardly chased him around looking like a man who had never thrown hands in his life.Then everything…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Tulsi Gabbard resigned as President Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence on Friday, saying she needed to leave office as her husband battles cancer. She is the fourth Cabinet member to depart during Trump’s second term, all of them women. In her resignation letter, which she posted on social media, Gabbard said she told Trump she would leave her job overseeing the coordination of 18 intelligence agencies on June 30. She said her husband had recently been diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer and “faces major challenges in the coming weeks and months.” “At this…

Story May 21, 2026 Meaghan Keller, COO, Global SOF Foundation At the close of SOF Week 2026 in Tampa, Global SOF Foundation COO Meaghan Keeler discusses the Global SOF’s co-sponsorship with the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), meeting objectives of USSOCOM Commander Admiral Bradley, the large increase in event attendance, and the successful launch of the new “Outpost” aviation and drone hub at Peter O’Knight Airport. Keeler also details the two ways the SOF Week highlights non-profits — the SOF Community Corridor and the Nonprofit Round Robin. Topics include: Co-sponsorship of SOF Week with USSOCOM Admiral Bradley’s first…