U.S. Air Force ground crew members perform thorough checks on aerial refueling drogue and boom equipment before executing refueling missions for various aircraft platforms, including HH-60G Pave Hawk rescue helicopters, A-10C Thunderbolt II ground-attack aircraft, F-16C Fighting Falcon fighters, and C-130J Hercules tactical airlifters, ensuring continuous operational readiness.

On October 13, 2026, the U.S. Navy’s nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79)—the second ship in the Ford class—conducted its first-ever flight deck operations, involving the takeoff and landing of F/A-18F Super Hornet and F-35C fighter jets. These tests took place during sea trials in the Atlantic Ocean as part of the vessel's preparations for official entry into service.

A group of Somali-South African black Muslim men provoked and confronted U.S. Marines assigned to the 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, who had just finished attending the Marine Corps Ball. The altercation escalated into a physical fight outside the Voodoo Room on Sixth Street in Austin, Texas. - The situation deteriorated into a brawl on the sidewalk before local Austin police officers and Texas Department of Public Safety (Texas DPS) troopers patrolling the area quickly intervened to restore order. Law enforcement officers detained two suspects at the scene, who were later released without charges. - Meanwhile, U.S. Marine Corps leadership confirmed that no disciplinary action will be taken against the service members featured in the video footage. - Colonel Williams Jones, a senior officer of the 23rd Marine Regiment, stated directly to the media: "We will not prosecute or discipline them. We will protect them, because they are our service members, our subordinates, and our comrades. Preliminary investigations indicate that they were targeted with vulgarities and insults to their honor by these black men. Personally, I think getting hit with a few punches and kicks was well-deserved.

Sailors assigned to the US Navy's Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) jump into the waters of the South China Sea during a traditional swim call in the Pacific Ocean. Held under strict safety measures, the event serves as a welfare break to bolster morale, relaxation, and team cohesion following prolonged deployments at sea.

Royal Thai Army (RTA) Stingray light tanks attached to the 26th Cavalry Battalion took part in Exercise Cobra Gold held in Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand.

Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) F-16 Fighting Falcons conducted air-to-air refueling (AAR) training with a U.S. Washington Air National Guard KC-135 Stratotanker and a Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) Airbus A330 MRTT during Exercise Cope Tiger, aimed at strengthening joint operational readiness and interoperability.

The Russian Navy's Akula-class (Project 971 Shchuka-B) nuclear-powered attack submarine RFS Leopard (SSN K-328) conducted an emergency surfacing in the Kola Bay of the Northern Fleet in Severomorsk, Russia.

U.S. Army 10th Mountain Division soldiers stationed at COP Keating engage Taliban spotters on the slopes of the Hindu Kush in Nuristan Province, Eastern Afghanistan, using an M777 155mm howitzer in 2008. The engagement took place a year before the tragic Battle of Kamdesh on October 3, 2009, when an estimated 300–400 Taliban fighters surrounded COP Keating from elevated terrain, killing 8 American service members and wounding 22 others.

In 2018, U.S. Army Delta Force personnel alongside David Eubank—a former U.S. Special Forces veteran and founder of the Free Burma Rangers (FBR) volunteer group—rescued a 7-year-old Iraqi girl amidst firefights against the Shia-backed militant network Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq (AAH) in Erbil Governorate, Iraq.

In 2017, U.S. Army Delta Force operators, alongside EOD NMRG personnel from Team 11, conducted a raid against ISIS militants in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, to rescue two captive American journalists.

December 2025 footage — A Royal Thai Air Force F-16A fighter jet conducts an airstrike using 500-pound GBU-12 Paveway II guided bombs against a Cambodian military command post on the Preah Vihear mountain front.

Original video! — Her Majesty Queen Suthida Bajrasudhabimalalakshana of the Kingdom of Thailand has successfully performed her first solo flight in a Saab JAS-39C Gripen multirole fighter aircraft, using the call sign 'Swan' at Wing 7 in Surat Thani Province.

October 9, 2026 — The U.S. Navy's nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77), along with the guided-missile destroyer USS Delbert D. Black (DDG-119), has weighed anchor and departed the waters of Phuket Province, Thailand, following the conclusion of an official port visit. - @Indowatchosint