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Airbus across America: Why planes go to Arizona to live forever

In the sun-drenched desert of Arizona, a 24/7 operation is breathing new life into global aviation fleets by turning retired aircraft into certified, sustainable parts. A new purpose for aging aircraft in Glendale Arizona The desert sun and bone-dry air of Phoenix, Arizona, make it a natural sanctuary for aging aircraft. Inside the sprawling, 680,000-square-foot […] The post Airbus across America: Why planes go to Arizona to live forever first appeared on PLANEtalking .

PLANEtalkingPLANEtalking•Flight Crew30 Jul

The Octane Revolution: How Jimmy Doolittle Catalyzed a Wartime Industry

Editor’s note: This is the sixth article in a limited series celebrating American defense technologies born from wartime and their effects on broader national security, politics, and society. This series will run for several weeks to commemorate America’s 250th anniversary, and winners will be selected by a reader vote undertaken through our newsletter later this summer. Prior installments can be found at the Arsenal of Innovation page.The impact of chance and poor logistics on warfare is especially acute when a battle or campaign is a close-run thing, as it was over the skies of England in 1940. After all, for want of a

War on the RocksWar on the Rocks•Aidan Poling28 Jul

Multi-trillion-dollar offshore engine driving 90% of crypto trading arrives in America – and CME is suing to crush it

Coinbase began offering US perpetual-style futures on its CFTC-regulated derivatives exchange, starting with nano Bitcoin and Ethereum contracts that track spot prices, carry embedded leverage, and trade around the clock. This is a financial product that's responsible for most of the crypto leverage in the world, and it's now crossed into the US market. Aside […]

CryptoSlateCryptoSlate•Andjela Radmilac26 Jul

Global Risks Heating Up

Welcome to The Adversarial. Every other week, we’ll provide you with expert analysis on America’s greatest challengers: China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and jihadists. Read more below.***IranThe U.S.-Iranian ceasefire agreed in April began deteriorating — and the Memorandum of Understanding signed on June 17 — ramping up to a near-constant exchange of hostilities in early July. On July 10, Trump declared that the ceasefire was over. The United States resumed its naval blockade and has been striking Iranian soil on a daily basis. Iran has targeted vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz while launching drones and missiles at Arab Gulf states

War on the RocksWar on the Rocks•WOTR Staff24 Jul

America Needs an Off-Ramp Between Doing Nothing and Shutting AI Down

For 18 days in June, two of America’s most capable AI models went dark worldwide, not for technical or business reasons, but because the U.S. government ordered it. On June 12, 2026, the Commerce Department informed Anthropic that its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models could no longer be provided to any foreign person without a license, and the company concluded that compliance meant shutting the models down for everyone. Public access to Fable 5 was restored on June 30.The United States doesn’t have a trusted, standardized process for evaluating the security risks of frontier AI models or proportionate remedies

War on the RocksWar on the Rocks•Martijn Rasser23 Jul

The King of Cool: Mobile Refrigeration and the Remaking of Global Logistics

Editor’s note: This is the fifth article in a limited series celebrating American defense technologies born from wartime and their effects on broader national security, politics, and society. This series will run for several weeks to commemorate America’s 250th anniversary, and winners will be selected by a reader vote undertaken through our newsletter later this summer. Prior installments can be found at the Arsenal of Innovation page.Have you ever wondered how the United States transitioned from only having local fresh produce to an abundance of perishable goods available year-round across the country, even during the off-season? Today, almost $3 trillion (roughly 2.7

War on the RocksWar on the Rocks•Caitlan Fealing23 Jul