Decades after winning the world's first jet-powered dogfights, US fighter pilots are still flexing their muscles over Korea

Mon, 02/06/2023 - 18:07
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Air Force F-80C Shooting Star fighter jets
US Air Force F-80C Shooting Stars during the Korean War in 1950 or 1951.

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After US pops 1st balloon, China admits the 2nd one floating over Latin America is also theirs and gave the same excuse that it was just lost

Mon, 02/06/2023 - 15:46
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A Chineses surveillance balloon flies above in Charlotte, North Carolina, on February 4, 2023.
A Chineses surveillance balloon flies above in Charlotte, North Carolina, on February 4, 2023.

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Meet the 'Arizona Balloon Buster,' the ace WWI pilot famous for shooting down enemy balloons on 'suicide' missions

Mon, 02/06/2023 - 13:22
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Lt. Frank Luke (standing next to the wreckage of a recent hit) is in a spirited race with Lt. Eddie Rickenbacker for the honor of being called the
Lt. Frank Luke can be seen here in this 1918 photo standing next to the wreckage of a kill.

A Russian officer who brandished the skull of a Ukrainian soldier at a heavy metal concert was shot in an 'execution-style' hit: report

Mon, 02/06/2023 - 10:57
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A view of a damaged building in the Luhansk region
A view of a damaged building in the Luhansk region.

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As US planes bombed Japan in World War II, the Japanese sent balloons across the ocean to try to set the US on fire

Mon, 02/06/2023 - 10:19
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A Japanese Fu-Go balloon with bombs attached near Bigelow, Kansas, on February 23, 1945.

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Israel is considering sending its Iron Dome air defense system to Ukraine, Netanyahu says

Mon, 02/06/2023 - 07:41
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Israel's Iron Dome interceptors seen on the left as rockets are launched from Beit Lahia, northern Gaza, on May 14, 2021.

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'Ultra-patriots' may try to overthrow Putin because of his army's failures in Ukraine, says Russian MP

Mon, 02/06/2023 - 06:20
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Russian President Vladimir Putin in the southern Russian city of Volgograd on February 2, 2023.
Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Russian city of Volgograd on February 2, 2023.

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ABC anchor calls out Sen. Marco Rubio during tense exchange over Chinese spy balloon: 'This happened 3 times under the previous president'

Mon, 02/06/2023 - 00:25
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Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida at a hearing on Capitol Hill on March 10, 2022.
Republican Sen. Marco Rubio.

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Losses in Ukraine are 'out of proportion' to what NATO has been planning for, the alliance's top general says

Sun, 02/05/2023 - 17:57
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U.S. troops on a NATO mission in Orzysz, Poland in April 2017.

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Putin promised he would not to kill Zelenskyy, according to former Israeli prime minster who secretly met with the Russian leader

Sun, 02/05/2023 - 11:49
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Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) speaks with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett during their meeting, in Sochi, on October 22, 2021.
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) speaks with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett during their meeting, in Sochi, on October 22, 2021.

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