Chinese Spy Balloon Stokes Concern in Congress as Lawmakers Focus on Threats from Beijing Much of the congressional reaction is coming from Republicans who are using the incident to argue the Biden administration is...
Here's What Happens When Hurricane Hunters Plunge into the Eyewall of a Storm Like Ian With each pass, the scientists aboard these planes take measurements that satellites can't and send them to forecasters at...
Special Operations Command Eyes Four Squadrons of Armed Overwatch Aircraft SOCOM commander Gen. Richard Clarke said each squadron would be made up of 15 aircraft, and he expects one would be deployed...
DoD Watchdog Wants to Know if Navy's P-8 Spy Plane Can Track Russian Subs Officials said they will look to gather information from crews at Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland.
After Departure, JSTARS Surveillance Aircraft Spotted Back in Middle East Just as mission planners thought it was out, the JSTARS was recently pulled back into the Middle East.
Guardsman Lawmaker's Reconnaissance Plane Saved in Defense Bill The fiscal 2020 NDAA contains provisions to halt the retirement of an Air National Guard's RC-26 surveillance plane.
The Air Force Just Flew a Surveillance Drone for 2 Days Straight The Air Force just flew an unmanned aircraft for two days, demonstrating the drone's ability to take off and land by itself.
Small Aircraft Fleets Are a Big Drain on Air Force Budget, Study Finds The U.S. Air Force finds itself at a crossroads on what to do about its small aircraft fleets.
Navy's 'Doomsday' Plane Hits a Bird, Suffers $2M in Damages An E-6B Mercury, a nuclear command-and-control plane, hit the bird at Naval Air Station Patuxent River on Oct. 2.
Surveillance Ops Continue Over Gulf Despite Drone Shootdown, Air Force General Says U.S. surveillance and reconnaissance flights haven't stopped or been scaled back since Iran shot down a Navy RQ-4 last week.
How the Government Shutdown Impacts Veterans and the VA While most vets won't be impacted by the ongoing government shutdown, concerns may ramp up the longer it persists.
Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Administration from Sending National Guard Troops to Oregon A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deploying any National Guard units to Oregon at all, after...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Veterans, Who Saw One of Their Own Arrested by ICE and Charged, Say Feds Are Undermining Democracy Days after a 70-year-old Air Force veteran was among five people charged while protesting outside a suburban U.S. Immigration...
As Hegseth Orders Changes to the Pentagon Watchdog, Advocates Say It Will Silence Complaints Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has accused the independent watchdog for the Pentagon of being “weaponized” and says he’s...