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...
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.
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...
Air Force Investigating Mishap that Led F-15 to Land in Oregon Canal The pilot was able to exit the aircraft safely and was transported to a nearby hospital for "precaution and evaluation," the...
A Jet Just Landed on the USS Nimitz for the 350,000th Time, But the Flattop's Days Are Numbered It's the first time an aircraft carrier in active service has reached this milestone. Aircraft carrier USS Dwight D...
After Crash Suspended F-35 Deliveries, Program Clears Hurdle The F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office announced Friday that engineers have identified a "rare system phenomenon" in F135...
Tennessee Man Shot Dead After Flipping Middle Finger at War Memorial Albert Sturgill Jr., 63, was confronted by a group while gesturing at the flag and monuments at Cumberland County Veterans...
Chicago Braces for Potential National Guard Deployment Amid Trump Threats Illinois politicians are sounding an alarm and bracing for possible National Guard deployments to Chicago amid President...
9/11 Air Defense Stories You Might Not Know As hijacked planes turned into weapons on September 11, 2001, inside a quiet Air National Guard facility in upstate New York...
Is Trump's Troop Buildup in US Cities a Declaration of War — or Something Else? As President Donald Trump goads Democratic-led cities, Americans are grappling with a fundamental question of American...
Navy Demotion Reversed for GOP Congressman Who Government Watchdog Found Abused Subordinates Jackson was quietly demoted to captain in 2022, three years after his retirement from the Navy, following an inspector...