The Wire - April 11, 2025
…Two weeks ago, a fistfight broke out in the tower at DCA, with authorities arresting Damon Gaines for punching his fellow air traffic controller in the face during operations, causing brief ground stop to be issued…
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The Wire - July 21, 2026
…In Jordan, the Tower 22 Base was struck again, with Iranian ballistic missiles targeting an aircraft hangar as well as a warehouse.
Bahrain: Significant Iranian targeting continued with the Iranians striking the electrical substation powering an…
The Wire - August 19, 2026
…Turkish forces have been at this airfield for a few months, trying to fix the airstrip enough for it to open once again, which would in turn allow for the recreation of the Syrian Air Force…
The Wire - December 30, 2024
…Jeju Air Flight 2216 crashed at Muan Airport following a bird strike that forced the aircraft to make an emergency landing. During the landing, the aircraft experienced a runway excursion, skidding off the end of the…
Military manual · JP 3-0
JP 3-0, page 46
Joint Operations
Joint Publication: Joint Operations
…the national level guides the way in which planning and execution
occurs throughout the Armed Forces.
c. Based on understanding gained through the application of operational design, more
detailed planning takes place within the steps of…
The T.O.C. - Tactical Operations Centers
…for good reason the nature of the talk with all of its communication signals whizzing through the air mean that talks are juicy targets for an adversary and are also very easy to find most of…
The Wire - December 28, 2023
…airbase on this island was abandoned in 1947, and recently efforts have been undertaken to reclaim the airfield from the jungle so as to serve as another critical staging base for aircraft in the event of…
"Popeye" How to Use Weather to Hide from Drones
ainly see through a lot more moisture in the air than traditional platforms but these sensors are extremely expensive require special maintenance and are generally not fielded just yet on most of the us military surveillance…
Military manual · ATP 2-33.4
ATP 2-33.4, page 77
Intelligence Analysis
Army Techniques Publication: Intelligence Analysis
…Figure 5-15 is an example of how tactics and
activities can change based on network density.
Figure 5-15. Example to change in tactics based on density shifts
The Wire - September 26, 2024
…no reports of Israeli incursions yet most of the pre-shaping fires have taken the form of air strikes that have mostly been contained south of the Lani River however sporadic strikes continue in lebanon's…
The Wire - September 30, 2024
…On the west coast, land-based freight is already overwhelmed as cargo operations shift to trucks, of which there are not enough to mitigate the impacts to freight operations. As such long lines and processing times…
The Wire - July 5, 2024
…The earlier judgement was based on their interpretation of a state statute which made the use of drop boxes outside of official election centers illegal, as well as the state laws prohibiting the executive branch
The Wire - June 6, 2024
…Both tests were carried out via launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, splashing down at a test site in the Marshall Islands. The June 6th test carried one reentry vehicle, while the earlier June…
Military manual · JP 3-0
JP 3-0, page 90
Joint Operations
Joint Publication: Joint Operations
…External support contracts include the Services’ civil augmentation programs such as the
Army’s Logistics Civil Augmentation Program, the Air Force Contract Augmentation
Program, and the Navy’s Global Contingency Construction Contract program as well as…
Military manual · AFDP 3-60
AFDP 3-60, page 35
Targeting
Air Force Doctrine Publication: Targeting
Air Force Doctrine Publication 3-60, Targeting
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Joint Targeting Toolbox (JTT). JTT is the joint targeting tool of record. JTT is a suite of
software modules specifically engineered to optimize the joint targeting process
throughout…
Intel Update - March 14 - Schrödinger's War
…This week spring is in the air and terrorism season is in full bloom both at home and overseas, so let's get right to it. Around the world things are heating up with the war…
The Wire - October 20, 2026
ir Force Typhoon fighters to Saudi Arabia, to conduct missions in an air defense capacity throughout the Kingdom. Per the press release, British forces will not be conducting offensive missions targeting the Houthis in Yemen, but…
The Wire - October 15, 2026
…However some commercial satellite imagery companies have outright banned all imagery of Diego Garcia, the infamous base which has become one of the main logistical staging areas that is being used to continue the war. This…
Military manual · JP 3-0
JP 3-0, page 95
Joint Operations
Joint Publication: Joint Operations
…Within this
notional operations environment is a forward base the GCC established outside the JOA.
There also is a CONUS installation, which could represent any of the myriad supporting
Figure IV-1. Visualizing the Operational Environment…
Military manual · AFDD 2-1.9
AFDD 2-1.9, page 86
Targeting
Air Force Doctrine Document: Targeting
…The misidentification of the
targeted building as the [correct target] would not have
occurred had the data bases had the correct location of
the Chinese Embassy. All the data bases that contained
information on the Chinese…