David Lynn – Combat Rated

Air Power, Fighter Jets, World War II

David Lynn
2:46 pm

8 WWII fighters that deserved more attention than they got

Ask a crowd to name a WWII fighter, and you will hear Spitfire, Mustang and

Battleships, Naval Warfare, U.S. Navy

David Lynn
2:12 pm

USS New Jersey, commissioned in 1943 and decommissioned for the last time in February 1991, is the most decorated battleship in American history, its museum says

Across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, the city whose navy yard built her, the battleship

Battles & Campaigns, World War I

David Lynn
1:18 pm

How World War I dazzle camouflage worked: bright, asymmetric patterns created optical illusions meant to hide a ship’s speed and direction, and over 2,000 British ships were painted in it

In April 1917, nearly one in every five ships coming to Britain was sunk, according

Carriers, Naval Warfare, Warships

David Lynn
12:18 pm

Off Samar on Oct. 25, 1944, Taffy 3’s six small escort carriers, three destroyers and four destroyer escorts fought a Japanese force with four battleships, including Yamato, for about 90 minutes

Thirteen thin-skinned ships stood between Japan’s Center Force and the landing beaches at Leyte Gulf

Air Power, Reconnaissance

David Lynn
11:12 am

France’s Archange spy jet, a Falcon 8X packed with Thales electronic-warfare gear, has reached Evreux air base for evaluation, with three planned by 2030, The Aviationist reports

Air Base 105 at Évreux, in Normandy, has a new signals-intelligence jet on its ramp.

Naval Warfare, Warships

David Lynn
9:13 am

Since 2010, 33 Royal Navy warships have been taken out of operational service, and 8 have been sold, 15 recycled and 10 are pending disposal, the Ministry of Defence says

Thirty-three Royal Navy warships have left operational service since 2010, and eight of them have

Air Power

David Lynn
8:44 am

11 aircraft that pilots say were nearly impossible to shoot down

“Once I flipped the switch to manual reversion, I don’t remember it being overly difficult.”

Air Power, Drones, Helicopters

David Lynn
8:12 am

Four retiring Navy MQ-8C Fire Scout drone helicopters have begun flight tests with the Army’s Redstone Test Center, a transfer the Navy expects to save the Army just over $70 million in procurement, The Aviationist reports

Four MQ-8C Fire Scouts the Navy was retiring are flying again, this time as Army

Air Power, Helicopters

David Lynn
5:01 am

The RAF’s Chinook helicopters and A400M transports will be equipped to fight wildfires, and Britain’s Ministry of Defence will build a permanent aerial firefighting capability, the government says

Britain has decided to turn two of the Royal Air Force’s workhorses into firefighters. The

Breaking Defense News, Doctrine & Tactics, Foreign Policy, Global, global military and technology headlines, Leaders, Legislation, Military, Politics, Strategy, United States, War

David Lynn
10:36 pm

Speaker Mike Johnson Says Impeaching Hegseth Would Be “A Terrible Thing for Our Allies and Our Enemies to See” — Calls Democratic House Victory a “Great Tragedy”

House Speaker Mike Johnson warned Monday that impeaching Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth while the United