F-16 Shoots Down Drone in Test for New Cruise Missile Defense An F-16 has taken out a drone using an AGR-20A Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) laser-guided rocket.
Major Problem with New Air Force Tanker Has Been Fixed, Service Says The Air Force's newest tanker has been cleared to carry extra passengers and equipment following a three-month ban.
Guardsman Lawmaker's Reconnaissance Plane Saved in Defense Bill The fiscal 2020 NDAA contains provisions to halt the retirement of an Air National Guard's RC-26 surveillance plane.
The Air Force Just Flew a Surveillance Drone for 2 Days Straight The Air Force just flew an unmanned aircraft for two days, demonstrating the drone's ability to take off and land by itself.
The Marines and Army Are Developing Longer-Range Rockets. Congress Wants Details Lawmakers want to know more about what the Pentagon is doing to enhance the U.S. military's long-range artillery.
Air Force F-35 Simulator Will Let Pilots Fly in Formation, Talk to Other Aircraft The U.S. Air Force will get its first F-35 Lightning II distributed mission training simulator system this spring.
Raytheon Unveils Platoon-Sized Infantry Combat Simulator "When you put your cheek to the stock of that weapon, you have that same sight [picture] as you would in real life."
After Contract Delays, Army Units Finally Close to Getting New ACFT Equipment Before units can administer the new assessment to soldiers, they still will need battalion sets of special fitness equipment.
Plans for Pentagon's Future Flying Bomb Truck Begin to Take Shape DoD officials may select a bomber already in the Air Force's inventory to become its munitions-packed "arsenal plane."
Marines Want Crab-Like Unmanned Vehicle to Clear Beach Mines The Crawling Remotely-Operated Amphibious Breacher (CRAB) will be a submersible, remote-autonomous system.
Tennessee Man Shot Dead After Flipping Middle Finger at War Memorial Albert Sturgill Jr., 63, was confronted by a group while gesturing at the flag and monuments at Cumberland County Veterans...
Chicago Braces for Potential National Guard Deployment Amid Trump Threats Illinois politicians are sounding an alarm and bracing for possible National Guard deployments to Chicago amid President...
9/11 Air Defense Stories You Might Not Know As hijacked planes turned into weapons on September 11, 2001, inside a quiet Air National Guard facility in upstate New York...
Is Trump's Troop Buildup in US Cities a Declaration of War — or Something Else? As President Donald Trump goads Democratic-led cities, Americans are grappling with a fundamental question of American...
Navy Demotion Reversed for GOP Congressman Who Government Watchdog Found Abused Subordinates Jackson was quietly demoted to captain in 2022, three years after his retirement from the Navy, following an inspector...