The Air Force’s 15th F-15EX could be the first delivered to after the three-month strike at the St. Louis plant impacted ...

A Nov. 19 solicitation memo says the C-5 Galaxy will fly until 2045 and the C-17 Globemaster until 2075, longer than ...

The service expects its next-generation transport aircraft to enter service in fiscal year 2038 and reach initial operating ...

The arrival of the USS Gerald R. Ford marks a major moment in what the administration insists is a counterdrug operation.

In early November 2025, a rumor spread online claiming that Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk flew aboard Air Force Two with U.S. Vice President JD Vance to an event at the University of Mississippi.

The United States and the Philippines are forming a new military task force, to be led by a general or admiral, aimed at deterring aggression in the South China Sea. The task force was announced ...

The National Guard is developing a “quick reaction force” of troops trained in crowd control and civil disturbance that can be ready to deploy to U.S. cities by January, according to a leaked memo ...

Fragile ceasefire may hinge on US bid to form stabilisation force Some nations reluctant to send troops to Gaza One proposal is for two forces to operate in enclave and on border KIRYAT GAT, Israel, ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the Defense Department is forming a new counternarcotics joint task force in order to “crush” drug cartels in the ...

The UN Security Council has approved deployment of a more muscular international security mission to Haiti with a mandate to “neutralize” the criminal groups that have long terrorized the country. The ...

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