DAYTON, Ohio — The U.S. Air Force is trying to speed up a contract award in its plan to buy Boeing’s E-7 Wedgetail early warning and control aircraft to protect the program from a potential continuing resolution that could limit available funds.
The Air Force selected the E-7 in April to replace a portion of its E-3 Airborne Warning and Control fleet, a command-and-control platform the service…
Warship rust is a perennial point of debate among active-duty and veteran surface fleet sailors.
Some argue that a bit of rust following a long underway reflects the hard work that the vessel and its crew undertook, while others think rusty gray hulls are “unsat” by…
Facebook Live Copied Tech from Combat Veteran's App, Jury Finds in $175 Million Verdict
September 22, 2022
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The parent company of Facebook and Instagram was ordered to pay nearly $175 million for violating patents held by the maker of a push-to-talk app founded by a former Green Beret who had sought to solve battlefield communications problems he encountered in…
Soldier Who Said He Wanted Combat Experience to Kill Black People Booted After FBI Probe
September 6, 2022
This Jan. 4, 2020, photo shows a sign for Fort Bragg, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Seward, File)
A former paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division who has been arrested said he enlisted to become more proficient at killing Black people and made overt references to white supremacy.
Spc. Killian Ryan was taken into custody Aug. 26 on a charge related to lying on his secret security clearance and was…
Army Grounds Entire Chinook Fleet Over Engine Fire RiskArmy Grounds Entire Chinook Fleet Over Engine Fire Risk
August 31, 2022
Army Grounds Entire Chinook Fleet Over Engine Fire Risk
A CH-47 Chinook helicopter flies over Baumholder Training Area, Baumholder, Germany, during aerial gunnery tables Feb. 24, 2021 as part of the 1st Battalion, 124th Aviation Regiment’s…
How Elite Arctic Rangers and Combat Controllers Used to Train for Cold-Weather Rescues
August 29, 2022
U.S. Army “Arctic Rangers” — an elite company-sized force — parachuted more than 100 miles north of Point Barrow, Alaska, in March 1971 to train for remote rescues. (U.S. Army photo)
In 1971, 16 “over-the-pole” commercial flights passed over the Arctic…
Debra, an Air Force working dog, wears specialized eye protection, allegedly in preparation for a photo shoot with Vanity Fur, Aug. 23, 2022 at Patrick Space force Base, Fla. (Senior Airman Samuel Becker/U.S. Space Force)
This week in the military, the Justice Department is seeking a 17-year prison sentence for a Marine veteran who assaulted a police officer with the Marine Corps flag on Jan.
ISIS Fighter Behind Brutal Beheading of Journalist and Murder of Veteran Sentenced to Life in Prison
August 24, 2022
Diane Foley outside the federal courthouse for the Eastern District of Virginia in Alexandria, Va. minutes after former ISIS fighter El Shafee Elsheikh was sentenced to life in prison for his role in the capture and beheading of her son, journalist James Foley. Behind her…
Army ROTC Cadet Savannah Pratte, Ferris State University, descends a cargo net while training with 3rd Regiment, Advanced Camp, during Cadet Summer Training at Fort Knox, Ky., June 19, 2022. (U.S. Army photo by Kyle Crawford)
Base exchange stores have mostly run out of…
Fort Gordon. Army photo
FORT GORDON, Ga.— The U.S. military Thursday identified a soldier killed by a lightning strike at a Georgia base as a 41-year-old Army reservist assigned to a medical team that performs emergency surgery in combat zones.
Sgt. 1st Class Michael D. Clark of Bolton, Connecticut, served for 22 years on active duty and as a reservist and had deployed four times to Iraq and…
