David Axe

David Axe is a freelance reporter based in Columbia, South Carolina. Since 2005, he has reported from Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Somalia, Chad, Congo and other conflict zones for Wired, the BBC, Salon, Esquire, and others. He is the author of, most recently, The Accidental Candidate.

Articles by David Axe

A U.S. Air Force F-15 fighter jet touching down at Gwangju Air Base in South Korea on Dec. 1, 2017. (Senior Airman Colby L. Hardin/U.S. Air Force via Getty Images)

What’s Driving the U.S. Air Force Pilot Shortage?

Report

May 4, 2018, 9:00 AM

An Iraqi army M1A1 Abrams tank on its way to Mosul, on Nov. 4, 2016. (Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images)

Made in America, But Lost in Iraq

Exclusive

March 2, 2018, 9:25 AM

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Stopping a Madman

David Axe, Tim Hamilton

March 7, 2013, 5:00 PM

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What We Leave Behind

Argument

December 16, 2011, 12:10 AM

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Defining Victory to Win a War

Argument

David Axe, Malou Innocent, Jason Reich

October 6, 2009, 7:57 PM

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