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 Sergeant Major Fired from Recruit Depot Was Arrested and Faces NCIS Investigation Sgt. Maj. Gerardo Trevino's firing follows seven known reliefs or reassignments of leaders responsible for Marine training in...
Trump, Vance, Walz and Harris Are All Talking About the National Guard. What Can (and Can't) It Actually Do? It seems like the National Guard has been everywhere in recent years: Battling wildfires this week in California, patrolling...
Pentagon's New Quality-of-Life Tweaks Aim for Temporary Housing, Uniform Allowances, Wi-Fi The Pentagon said it is working on another tranche of changes and programs -- including Wi-Fi in barracks rooms, new health...
Hawaii Marine Detained in Case of Dependent Death Amid Separate Search for Soldier's Missing Wife A Marine stationed in Hawaii remains in custody this week in connection to the death of a dependent, service officials told...
How 3 Young Americans Ended Up in the Middle of a Coup Attempt in Congo and Facing the Death Penalty The U.S. State Department has not declared the Americans wrongfully detained, making it unlikely that U.S. officials would...