Military

The largest warships in the world in 2026, ranked by full-load displacement: from the 101,600-ton USS Gerald R. Ford to China’s new carrier Fujian.

Polish air force fleet in 2026: every fighter Poland flies, ranked, from 47 F-16s to its first F-35s, plus the MiG-29s and Su-22s it just retired.

US Marine Corps aircraft in 2026: every type in service, from the F-35B and MV-22B Osprey to the CH-53K, with fleet sizes and what just retired.

The largest naval base in the world is Naval Station Norfolk, home to 74 ships. See the top 10 worldwide, from San Diego to China’s Hainan base.

The NORAD Santa tracker began with a 1955 wrong number, but not the way the legend tells it. Here is the real origin and the radar, satellites and jets.

Saudi air force fleet in 2026: every fighter, tanker and spy plane the RSAF flies, ranked by fighting value, plus the 48 F-35s before Congress.

Boeing won the Navy’s F/A-XX on September 29, 2026, on top of the F-47. The company that lost the F-35 in 2001 now builds both US sixth-gen fighters.

The best fighter pilots in the world, ranked: Erich Hartmann’s 352 victories, the Red Baron, Kozhedub, Richard Bong and 11 more aces, with records checked.

How many B-2 bombers are there? The Air Force has 19 of the 21 it built, after a 2008 crash on Guam and a 2022 fire it judged not worth repairing.

The oldest military planes still in service, ranked by first flight: from the 1935 DC-3 to the B-52, U-2 and KC-135, with what flies them today.