Clarence 'Bud' Anderson, Last World War II Triple Ace, Dies at 102 Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson died in his sleep at his home in Auburn, California, on May 17, 2024, just a little over a year...
Another Dead End for Airborne Lasers: Air Force Scraps Effort to Mount Directed-Energy Weapon on Fighter Jet The Self-Protect High-Energy Laser Demonstrator, or SHiELD, was envisioned as a laser weapon mounted on fighter jets such as...
AI-Operated Fighter Jet Will Fly Air Force Secretary in a Test of Military's Future Drone Warplanes The Air Force is betting a large part of its future air warfare on a fleet of more than 1,000 autonomously operated combat...
Iran Unveils New Fighter Jet with Washington in Mind Iran displayed a new fighter jet Tuesday, saying it will enhance its deterrence capabilities in confronting Washington.
US Approves F-16 Fighter Jet Sale to Turkey, F-35s to Greece After Turkey OKs Sweden's Entry to NATO The sale to Turkey includes 40 new F-16s and equipment to modernize 79 of its existing F-16 fleet.
Massive One-Day Barrage of Houthi Attacks on Shipping Fended Off by Navy Destroyer, Fighter A Navy ship and strike group fighter jets thwarted another series of attacks in the Red Sea on Tuesday, shooting down...
Iran-Linked Fighters Killed by US AC-130 Gunship After Attack on Base with Ballistic Missiles The attack on an installation used by the U.S. military in the Middle East is at least the 66th since Oct. 17, and U.S...
Air Force F-22s Head to Middle East Amid Spike in Russian 'Unprofessional Behavior' Officials said it is in direct response to "increasingly unsafe and unprofessional behavior by Russian aircraft" in the area.
'$2B for 10 Aircraft': Pentagon Looks to Allies to Fund Ukraine F-16 Training U.S. officials have yet to say where the actual aircraft or maintenance parts will come from, and all remarks to date have...
Ukraine F-16 Training Won't Aid Expected Counteroffensive, Pentagon Says Gen. James Hecker, the head of U.S. Air Forces in Europe as well as Air Forces Africa and Allied Air Command, told Military...
Marine Recruiter Who Wrote ‘Memoir’ About Teenage Recruit Sentenced to Prison Nearly a year after then-Gunnery Sgt. Christopher Champagne self-published a memoir about his inappropriate relationship with...
Five Chinese Nationals Charged with Covering Up Midnight Visit to Michigan Military Site U.S. authorities charged five Chinese nationals with lying and trying to cover their tracks, more than a year after they were...
Air Force Has a Problem Recruiting for Special Warfare Jobs, New Report Finds The Rand Corp. released a study detailing the issues the Air Force has faced in getting recruits to join Special Warfare...
1,000 Active-Duty Soldiers Called Up to Assist with Hurricane Helene Response The 1,000 troops, an Infantry Battalion Task Force formed from the XVIII Airborne Corps, are from the 82nd Airborne Division...
Army Testing Robot Dogs Armed with Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Rifles in Middle East The Army was testing at least one armed quadrupedal unmanned ground vehicle at an installation in Saudi Arabia.