Lawmaker Calls for Expanded Probe of Cancer Concerns Among Nuclear Missile Troops An amendment added to the House version of a must-pass national defense bill calls for more research and scrutiny into cancer...
Unprotected: Troops Spent Decades Elbow-Deep in Dangerous Chemicals to Keep Nuclear Missiles Working The expectation that maintainers would simply accept being doused in known, deadly chemicals and continue to carry out their...
Air Force, Congressional Focus Grows in Ongoing Missileer Cancer Study Investigations into potential toxic exposures of those who work with America's nuclear intercontinental ballistic missiles...
What It's Like to Live and Work with the World's Deadliest Weapon: the Minuteman III ICBM Some parts of North Dakota, Montana, Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska are home to some 400 nuclear-tipped ICBMs and the 10,000...
China Test-Fires an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile into the Pacific Ocean China test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile into the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, stirring security concerns in the...
What's Behind China's Launch of an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile China rarely tests ICBMs out in international waters, with some experts tracing the last such deployment back to May 1980...
US Believes Iran Has Transferred Short-Range Ballistic Missiles to Russia, AP Sources Say Iran, as it has with previous U.S. intelligence findings, denied providing Russia with weapons for its war in Ukraine.
Air Force Missileers Get New Workplace Inspections, Health Tracking Amid Ongoing Cancer Cluster Study Service officials announced that, by December, missileers will have their information submitted to the Defense Occupational...
Bill to Compensate Radiation Fallout Victims of Atom Bomb Tests Allowed to Expire Citing concerns that the bill would be too costly, House Speaker Mike Johnson adjourned the House without allowing a vote on...
Air Force Missile Base Personnel Have Elevated Breast, Prostate Cancer Rates, Initial Study Results Indicate The early results, shared by the service and reported for the first time here, indicate elevated rates of breast and prostate...
Fort Stewart Soldiers Who Fought Gunman, Provided Care to Wounded Recognized for Valor The soldiers were awarded the Meritorious Service Medal for what Secretary of the Army Dan Driscol described as a combination...
US Air Force to Deny Retirement Pay to Transgender Service Members Being Separated from the Service The U.S. Air Force has decided to deny early retirement options for transgender service members with 15 to 18 years of...
VA to End Bargaining Agreement Contracts with Most Unions The Department of Veterans Affairs said the move supports an executive order from President Donald Trump that canceled...
Fort Stewart Army Base Shooting Raises Questions About Military Gun Policies A shooting that injured five soldiers at one of the country's largest military bases has resurfaced questions about a long...
A South Carolina War Hero Is the Namesake for the Navy’s Newest Destroyer The U.S. Navy is adding a new battleship, and its namesake will be a South Carolina war hero.