Hagel Halts Production of Drone Pilot Medals Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Tuesday halted production of the new Distinguished Warfare Medal for drone pilots and...
Navy to Conduct First Aerial Refueling of X-47B Carrier Drone The Navy plans to demonstrate aerial refueling for the first time on its carrier-launched demonstrator aircraft, the X-47B...
US Military 'Reasonably Certain' Drone Strike Killed 'Jihadi John' The U.S. military was fairly sure that the ISIS executioner known as "Jihadi John" was killed by its Hellfire missile strike.
Air Force May Select First Enlisted Drone Pilots This Month Enlisted airmen hoping to become drone pilots may find out by the end of this month if they have been selected to begin...
Vet Groups Press Obama to Downgrade Drone Medal Nineteen veteran and military organizations are asking President Obama to lower the ranking of a new medal for drone pilots.
Navy Sends Locator to Find Jetliner's Black Box The DoD flew a Bluefin-21 autonomous underwater vehicle and a towed pinger locator, which can identify sounds from a black...
Air Force Details Bonuses for Fighter, Drone Pilots The Air Force will be giving bonuses as high as $225,000 to select fighter and drone pilots.
Air Force Details Plans to Boost Number of Fighter, Drone Pilots The Air Force wants to increase the number of fighter pilots it trains each year to 1,375 officers, officials announced...
Strike on ISIS Drone Cell Highlights Airman's Novel Intel Methods Using intel spotted by a US airman thousands of miles away, warplanes bombed sites where ISIS militants manufactured drones.
Airmen Phase Out Predator in Move to MQ-9 Reaper Together, the MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper medium-altitude drones represent the Air Force's largest major weapons system.
Harvard to Offer Full Rides to 50 Veterans and Civil Servants for Master's Degrees in Public Policy The $100,000 fellowships are being offered at a time when the school has come under attack from President Donald Trump, who...
Fort Hood Senior Noncommissioned Officer Arrested a Second Time on Child Sex Assault Charges Sgt. Maj. Victor Manuel Rivera was arrested on June 18 and released on a $90,000 bond on June 30. He is facing a first-degree...
Trump Taps Air Force and Space Force Generals as Next Service Vice Chiefs Nominations were put in front of the Senate for Space Force Lt. Gen. Shawn Bratton and Air Force Gen. Thomas Bussiere to...
The New VA Budget Pushes to Privatize Care, Risking the Veterans Health System "We are watching the slow dismantling of the VA from the inside out, buried in a budget document. If left unchecked, this...
21-Year-Old Soldier Hacked Databases, Threatened to Leak Stolen Data, Feds Say John Wagenius was stationed at Fort Cavazo and at a U.S. Army base in South Korea throughout the scheme between April 2023...