The Navy Test Pilot Who Shot Down His Own Fighter Jet Not every military test pilot can set records like Chuck Yeager, but what happened to Tom Attridge on Sept. 21, 1956, was...
Hedy Lamarr’s Invention Changed Communications. Here’s Why the Navy Rejected it During WWII Along with a composer named George Antheil, Lamarr developed the technological concept of frequency hopping to address a...
That Missing Marine Corps F-35 Isn't the First 'Zombie' Aircraft to Wander Off Without a Pilot While it might seem hard to believe, this wouldn't be the first time zombie aircraft kept going without a human element.
Kate Winslet Stars as Model-Turned-WWII Military Photographer in 'Lee' Kate Winslet ("Titanic") stars as Lee Miller in "Lee," a new film that depicts Miller's shift from artistic fashion...
How Red Cross Founder Clara Barton Helped Expose the Truth of a Notorious Confederate Prison Two decades before founding the American Red Cross, Clara Barton was a humanitarian without a cause.
Army Recovering Most Confederate Streamers from National Guard Units with Rebel Lineage At least 48 mostly southern National Guard units were directed in March to strip their guidons of rebel streamers to be...
A Medical Mystery Almost as Old as America: What Actually Killed George Washington? Anecdotal evidence and empirical data show that Americans are infatuated with true crime, from cold-case television shows to...
An Escaped Slave Becomes a Legendary US Marshal in 'Lawmen: Bass Reeves' A new show from executive producers Taylor Sheridan (“Yellowstone”) and David Oyelowo (“Selma”) will bring Reeves' story to...
Comic Book Greats Band Together to Tell the Medal of Honor Story of Samuel Woodfill The minds and hands that bring us "Batman," "The Punisher," "X-Men" and "Iron Man" bring us the story of Samuel Woodfill's...
Musk, Ramaswamy Proposal to Slash Spending Could Include VA Medical Services Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy confirmed that they plan to target "unauthorized" federal spending, a category that includes...
Coast Guard Set to Receive New Icebreaker by Year's End, Bolstering US Presence in Arctic The need for ships with icebreaking capabilities is growing as China and Russia increase their presence in the Arctic...
Marine Corps F-35C Was Used in Combat for First Time to Strike Houthis, Military Confirms Traveling at speeds of 1,200 mph, the F-35C can carry Joint Direct Attack Munitions, or JDAMs, air-to-air missiles and other...
Military Diversity Is Not the Problem "The main reason for concern about the U.S. military and its performance has to do with the variety of U.S. commitments and...
MacDill Airman Gets 5 Years Of Probation in 'Undead Apes' Blockchain Fraud U.S. District Judge William Jung sentenced Devin Rhoden to five years’ probation, a reflection of Rhoden’s substantial...