F-16 Fighting Falcon aircrafts are prepared for a mission during Operation Noble Defender at Pittufik Space Base in Greenland on January 30, 2025. (US Air Force)
Cover: Edited version of US Air Force, US Navy, and US Marine Corps aircraft along with US Army Patriot missile batteries line up on the runway for an elephant walk during a routine operational readiness exercise at Kadena Air Base in Japan on May 6, 2025. (US Air Force)
Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Affairs Priti Patel MP listens during a press conference on May 19, 2025, in London, England. (Getty Images)
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar meets with Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi in Hargeisa, Somaliland, on January 6, 2026. (Getty Images)
A Ukrainian soldier fires a US-made MK-19 automatic grenade launcher near the front lines of the conflict in the Donetsk region on October 12, 2022. (Dave Clark/AFP via Getty Images)
Sailors conduct helicopter rope suspension technique training from an MH-60S Sea Hawk on the flight deck aboard the USS Ronald Reagan in the Philippine Sea on October 29, 2022. (US Navy Photo by Michael B. Jarmiolowski)
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan leads a mass formation of ships from Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, France, Canada, Australia, and the US during Rim of the Pacific drills in the Pacific on July 24, 2010. (US Navy photo by Robert Taylor)
US soldiers coordinate boat movement during a wet-gap crossing operation as part of joint military drills Dęblin, Poland, on May 13, 2022. (Army National Guard Photo)