In First, Navy Super Hornet Launches from 'Ski Jump' to Prove it Can Fly Off Foreign Carriers Unlike most nations, the U.S. operates flat-decked carriers that launch aircraft via a high-powered catapult.
What is 'Black Flag?' Inside the Air Force's Newest Major Exercise The Air Force has just signed off on a new flag exercise that brings together large weapons and capabilities under one event.
The Marine Corps Has Started Fielding 30,000 Rifle Suppressors to Combat Units Infantry weapons create an incredible amount of noise, but adding suppressors helps muffle their audible signature.
Key US Ally Declares Its F-35s Ready for Combat The Royal Australian Air Force declared that its F-35A Joint Strike Fighter has achieved initial operational capability.
A New Fitness Culture and the Future of Force Design: Gen. CQ Brown Lays Out Way Ahead for the Air Force The U.S. Air Force’s top general says it’s time for airmen to study up on their competition.
The Navy Wants to Recruit 450 Warrant Officers to Fly Its New MQ-25 Tanker Drones Navy Recruiting Command will begin accepting applications in October for candidates who want to fly the MQ-25 Stingray.
Navy Sends Nuclear Sub to Strait of Hormuz as Anniversary of Soleimani Killing Approaches The guided-missile submarine Georgia along with cruisers Port Royal and Philippine Sea transited the Strait of Hormuz.
5 Army Weapons Soldiers Might Actually Get Their Hands on Soon Army modernization officials have tested new, longer-range and more precise infantry weapon systems.
Marines' New Amphibious Combat Vehicles Set to Begin Full-Rate Production More Marine units will see their decades-old amphibious assault vehicles upgraded after a new deal was struck.
Navy's Future Light Amphibious Ships Will Be Designed to Operate Off China's Coast A new Navy shipbuilding plan calls for building 10 light amphibious warships that can transport up to 75 Marines.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
