Western countries have scrambled to deliver billions of dollars of military gear to Ukraine. Getting it to the frontlines is a whole other problem.

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Marine Corps M777 howitzer C-17
A US Marine Corps M777 155 mm howitzer is loaded on a C-17 at a base in California in April 2022.

US Marine Corps/Staff Sgt. Royce H. Dorman

The F-35 is becoming the most popular fighter jet among NATO militaries — with one 'baffling' exception

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Turkey takes delivery of first F-35
Turkey takes delivery of its first F-35 at a ceremony in Texas in June 2018.

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A 1960s-era cannon is 'kicking ass' against Russia's drones, but the country that makes ammo for it won't send more to Ukraine

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Romanian army Gepard anti-aircraft tanks
Romanian Gepard anti-aircraft tanks during a live-fire drill in Poland in November 2021.

US Army/Pfc. Jacob Bradford

Moscow's promise of big payments to its troops is creating a new headache for the Russian military

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Russian military conscript troops
Russian conscripts called up for military service at a railway station in Omsk in November.

REUTERS/Alexey Malgavko

A fighter plane designed for the US Navy during World War II was still taking down jet fighters over Vietnam 20 years later

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Navy A-1H Skyraider
A US Navy A-1H Skyraider over the Western Pacific in 1966.

US Navy

After 55 years in flight, the US Air Force is planning to keep its biggest plane in action for a few more decades

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US Air Force C-5M Super Galaxy runway takeoff
A US Air Force C-5M Super Galaxy takes off.

Lockheed Martin

The US Navy's Super Hornets are having trouble keeping up with the rest of the military's fighter jets

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F/A-18F Super Hornet Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier
An F/A-18F Super Hornet launches from USS Abraham Lincoln in February 2012.

US Navy/PO3 Jonathan Idle

NATO's newest member means Russia's 'unsinkable aircraft carrier' will be even more isolated

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Russian navy warships in Baltiysk Kaliningrad
Russian warships at anchor before a Navy Day parade in Baltiysk in the Kaliningrad region in July 2022.

REUTERS/Vitaly Nevar

Russian jets, some flown by Wagner mercenaries, are making risky attacks to test Ukraine's defenses around Bakhmut

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Ukrainian Air Force jet shoots off flares over Bakhmut
A Ukrainian jet launches flares over Bakhmut in October.

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Moscow is trying to play it cool, but its military moves hint at growing concern over NATO's newest member

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A border guard officer walks along a fence marking the boundary area between Finland and Russia.
A border guard walks along a fence marking the boundary between Finland and Russia near Imatra, Finland in November 2022.

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