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MILITARY HISTORY, PUBLISHED AND CONNECTED.
Read the complete 2026 Dispatch archive on Trackpads, then follow each article into companion audio and permanent Military History Wiki records.
208Complete 2026 Articles
4Active Editorial Lanes
561Dated Tuesday Entries
123Companion Infographics
208Companion Audio Links
Weekly Field Schedule
FOUR COMPLETE ARCHIVES. ONE CONNECTED PUBLICATION.
Each editorial lane keeps its own identity while sharing one searchable archive, permanent article pages, and reciprocal Wiki links.
MondayBeyond the CallThursdayLiving History
Medal of Honor stories placed back into their battlefield setting.
52 articles → TuesdayThis Week in HistoryA weekly calendar of anniversaries, turning points, and remembered moments.
52 articles → WednesdayHeadline WednesdayLong-form features on campaigns, battles, commanders, and pivotal decisions.
52 articles → FridayThe ArsenalWeapons, platforms, technology, doctrine, crews, and sustainment in action.
52 articles →2026 Publication Archive
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Issue 10 · 14 min read
HIMARS in Ukraine, 2022–Present
A story of long-range precision firepower told through the crews who drive a wheeled launcher into harm’s way and the targets that suddenly find nowhere to hide.
Issue 33 · 12 min read
Arsenal: U-2 Dragon Lady in High-Altitude Reconnaissance, the Cold War
A story of reach and persistence told through the pilots who rode the thin air and the targets they photographed far below.
Issue 18 · 15 min read
C-130 Hercules in Tactical Airlift, Cold War to Today
A story of rugged, go-anywhere airlift told through the crews who flew into short, rough strips under fire and the troops who depended on them.
Issue 32 · 13 min read
Arsenal: RC-135 Rivet Joint over the Gulf, Operation Desert Storm
A story of reach, listening power, and adaptation told through the crews who rode a jetliner-turned-spyplane into Iraq’s most dangerous airspace.
Issue 15 · 14 min read
F-111 Aardvark in Deep Strike, The Cold War
A story of long-range, low-level strike power told through the crews who trusted a swing-wing bomber to take them into the heart of modern air defenses and back again.
Issue 23 · 12 min read
M18 Hellcat Tank Destroyer in the Ardennes, 1944–45
A story of speed, improvisation, and thin armor told through the crews and battles that defined it.
Issue 14 · 16 min read
New Mexico-class Battleships in the Pacific, World War II
A story of firepower, adaptation, and endurance told through the gun crews, lookouts, and engineers who carried these older battleships into the heart of the Pacific War.
Issue 40 · 14 min read
Arsenal: M60 Patton in Desert Storm, 1991
A story of survivability, firepower, and adaptation told through the Marine crews and desert battles that defined it.
Issue 30 · 14 min read
Arsenal: E-3 Sentry AWACS over the Persian Gulf, 1991
A story of airborne radar, battle management, and nervous crews watching the air war unfold on glowing scopes far from the front line.
Issue 34 · 13 min read
Arsenal: M10 Wolverine Tank Destroyer in the European Theater, World War II
A story of mobile firepower and thin armor told through the crews who fought from its open turret and the enemies who tried to stop it.
Issue 04 · 16 min read
Arsenal: F-15 Eagle in the Air Superiority Role, Cold War to Desert Storm
A story of air superiority and reach told through the pilots who trusted the Eagle and the opponents who learned to fear it.
Issue 02 · 15 min read
F-117 Nighthawk over Baghdad, Operation Desert Storm
A story of stealth, precision, and shock told through the pilots who flew the first operational stealth attack aircraft into the heart of enemy air defenses.
Issue 49 · 14 min read
Arsenal: M88 Hercules in Armored Recovery, Operation Iraqi Freedom
A story of hard-learned recovery, brute-force engineering, and keeping broken armor in the fight when everything else says it should be left behind.
Issue 19 · 14 min read
SR-71 Blackbird in Strategic Reconnaissance, the Cold War
A story of speed, altitude, and evasion told through the crews and missions that defined it.
Issue 31 · 15 min read
Arsenal: Cleveland-class Light Cruisers in the Pacific War
A story of flexible firepower and fragile hulls, told through the cruisers and crews that fought their way across the Pacific.
Issue 45 · 15 min read
Arsenal: C-5 Galaxy in Desert Shield and Desert Storm, 1990–1991
A story of reach and risk told through the aircrews who flew one of the largest aircraft ever built into the heart of modern war.
Issue 41 · 16 min read
Arsenal: HH-60G Pave Hawk in Combat Search and Rescue, Global War on Terror
A story of reach, survivability, and stubborn determination told through the aircrews and ground teams who trusted this helicopter to bring them home alive.
Issue 11 · 15 min read
UH-1 Huey and Its Variants in Air Assault over Vietnam, Vietnam War
A story of reach, survivability, and adaptation told through the pilots, crews, and troops who lived and fought under the Huey’s rotors.
Issue 01 · 14 min read
Arsenal: Fletcher-class Destroyers in the Pacific, World War II
A story of reach, adaptability, and hard fighting told through the destroyer crews who carried the war across the Pacific.
Issue 42 · 14 min read
Arsenal: A-6 Intruder over North Vietnam, Vietnam War
A story of all-weather strike power and low-level courage told through the aircrews who flew deep into defended skies.
Issue 35 · 15 min read
Arsenal: F-16 Fighting Falcon in Multirole Service, the Late Cold War and Beyond
A story of agility, survivability, and reach told through the pilots and maintainers who turned a lightweight fighter into a global workhorse.
Issue 07 · 13 min read
Arsenal: M109 Self-Propelled Howitzer in Desert Storm, 1991
A story of long-range firepower and survivability told through the crews who rode this tracked gun into modern armored battles.
Issue 20 · 13 min read
Minuteman III ICBM in the Land-Based Nuclear Deterrent, Cold War to Today
A story of survivability and instant readiness told through the crews who sat on alert and the crises they hoped would never come.
Issue 48 · 14 min read
Arsenal: Pennsylvania-class Battleships in the Pacific War, 1941–1945
A story of heavy guns, armored decks, and crews who learned to fight an early-twentieth-century battleship through a very different kind of war.
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