The U.S. Air Force is looking for better infrared countermeasures for its HH-60W, the service’s prime combat search-and-rescue helicopter.Most recently, two of the helicopters were used in the high-profile rescue of downed American pilots over Iran, with one HH-60W taking multiple hits from Iranian small-arms fire, wounding crew members aboard, said Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine.But the HH-60W Jolly Green II lacks a capable advanced infrared countermeasures system, according to a Sources Sought notice from Air Force Material Command.“This absence significantly increases the risk of infrared-guided missile engagement, jeopardizing mission success, aircraft survivability, and crew…
Author: Tommy Grant
This article was originally published by Garrison Vance at Natural News. Introduction The Trump administration signaled a potential diplomatic breakthrough in talks to end the ongoing war with Iran on Wednesday, while simultaneously delivering a stark warning to foreign purchasers of Iranian oil. Officials from both the White House and the Treasury Department framed the dual approach as a combination of optimistic negotiation and continued economic pressure. The development comes as a U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports remains in effect, a central component of a military campaign that began in late February. U.S. and Iranian negotiators are considering a…
A U.S. Navy destroyer operating in the Arabian Sea enforced the ongoing naval blockade of Iranian ports on Sunday when it fired on a cargo vessel attempting to sail toward an Iranian port. The Iranian-flagged M/V Touska was transiting the north Arabian Sea toward Bandar Abbas, Iran, when it was intercepted by the guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance and issued warnings that it was in violation of the blockade, U.S. Central Command announced on Sunday. “After Touska’s crew failed to comply with repeated warnings over a six-hour period, Spruance directed the vessel to evacuate its engine room,” the CENTCOM release stated.…
When the Taurus 22TUC tip-up .22 landed in 2024, our only real gripe was the lack of a threaded barrel. Taurus just fixed that — the suppressor-host mouse gun is now real. Taurus just announced a threaded-barrel version of the 22TUC — the 10-ounce, tip-up .22 LR pocket pistol that brought back the spirit of the old PT-22 when it launched in 2024. For the subset of us who’ve been carrying a can-ready rimfire in a pocket since forever, this is the variant the platform always should have shipped with. It’s also the one TTAG specifically asked for. In our…
If you haven’t prepared for some kind of disaster or emergency scenario, now is the time. With the ongoing war in Iran, markets going crazy, and the tension between the East and West higher than it’s been in decades, there’s no time to waste. Especially if prices keep going up. If you have at least $500, then you have enough money to get prepared for all the most likely disaster scenarios. The question is, how exactly do you spend that money? It’s easy to freeze up from analysis paralysis or blow hundreds of dollars on some tactical gear you’ll never…
Shreveport police have neutralized a suspect following a horrific domestic-related mass murder that left eight children dead in the Cedar Grove neighborhood early Sunday morning. The victims, ranging in age from 18 months to 14 years, were found across four separate crime scenes before the suspect was killed by officers during a carjacking attempt. SHREVEPORT, LA — A northwestern Louisiana community is reeling from what local officials are calling the most tragic event in recent memory. Early Sunday morning, April 19, 2026, a violent rampage unfolded across at least four separate locations in the Cedar Grove neighborhood of Shreveport, resulting…
University of Chicago’s Dr. Anthony Douglas — architect of Illinois’ firearms tax scheme — told a legislative hearing that “poor people don’t benefit from owning firearms.” In a city where half of 911 emergency calls go unanswered, that’s not public health policy. It’s sanctioned helplessness. Dr. Anthony Douglas, a University of Chicago trauma resident and the brains behind Illinois’ Responsibility in Firearm Legislation (RIFL) Act, showed up at a legislative hearing last week and said the quiet part out loud. “I think poor people don’t benefit from owning firearms,” he told the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force. “I think…
Sign up for This Happened to Me News on backcountry adventure and wilderness survival. This story, “Which Way Out? Grizzlies in My Path,” appeared in the June 1974 issue of Outdoor Life. The author’s record is now ranked No. 7 in British Columbia and tied for 28 in the world. About the only conclusion I’ve come to after quite a bit of contact with grizzly bears in British Columbia is that you can’t generalize about them or predict their behavior. After almost 30 years in grizzly country and several hundred sightings and meetings with them, I’ve met with only three…
United States President Donald Trump threatened Cuba with war earlier this week. He said that “we may stop by Cuba after we’re finished with this,” referring to the ongoing US-Israeli war on Iran. Trump has already been involved in Cuba. He imposed an oil blockade on Cuba in February, while also repeatedly hinting at a possible regime change operation against the socialist island, located 93 miles (150 km) from Florida’s coast. He’s also already stated that he intends to have the “honor” of “taking Cuba” by military force. Trump: “I Do Believe I’ll Be…Having The Honor of Taking Cuba” However, Cuba’s…
Less than a year after promising they weren’t “coming for anyone’s guns,” Rhode Island lawmakers just filed 18 gun control bills — including one that would criminalize possession of firearms purchased lawfully before their last ban even takes full effect. Remember last year, when Rhode Island Democrats rammed through a sweeping ban on modern sporting rifles — the ones they love to mislabel “assault weapons” — and swore up and down they weren’t coming for anyone’s guns? They were just regulating future sales, they said. Law-abiding owners had nothing to worry about. Yeah. About that. At a recent House Judiciary…