Top General in Mideast Calls for Microwave Weapons for 'Layered' Defense Against Drone Swarms The top general responsible for U.S. troops in the Middle East wants to see a surge of directed-energy weapons in the region...
The US Military Almost Deployed Nuclear Missile Trains on American Railroads During the Cold War The Cuban Missile Crisis was two decades in the rearview, but in the early 1980s, Cold War tensions between the United States...
Air Force’s Missileer Cancer Study Now Looking at 14 Different Cancers and Environmental Risks at Other Bases Carcinogens that likely cause cancer -- such as polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs -- were detected and cleaned up at three...
Air Force 'Safely Terminated' a Nuclear-Capable Missile After Failed Test over Pacific Ocean A test launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base went awry "due to an anomaly." The cause of what went wrong with the nuclear...
Air Force Expands Investigation into Possible Cancer Link to Missile Bases and Jobs The news comes about a month after a senior officer circulated a briefing about a possible link between service and cancer...
F-16 Missile Missed 'Object' Shot Down Over Lake Huron, Joint Chiefs Chairman Says Gen. Mark Milley dismissed concerns that the errant missile launched over the U.S. caused any danger to the public.
Air Force Clears Hurdle for First Hypersonic Weapons Airmen at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana have figured out how to attach the service's new hypersonic missile to an...
Air Force Tests Hypersonic Missile Amid Fears About Russia and China's Advances A B-52 Stratofortress bomber released an Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon, and the missile reached sound-shattering speed.
Space Force Looking for Surge in Funding for 2023 to Focus on Missile Defense Warning Systems The majority of Space Force’s 2023 budget, 65%, would be focused on research, development, testing and evaluation, according...
North Korea Confirms Missile Test Designed for Submarine Launch The test Tuesday was the fifth round of missile launches since September.
Air Force Announces Arrest Related to Firearm Death of Airman That Prompted M18 Probe The news marks a major development in the ongoing investigation into the circumstances behind Lovan's death and the scrutiny...
The Little-Known Role of Jimmy Doolittle in Nagasaki Atomic Bombing Lt. Col. James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle famously led the first U.S. strike against the Japanese homeland during World War II, and...
‘No Purging on My Ship.’ She Hid an Eating Disorder and Lost Her Navy Career. It Saved Her Life Advocates worry the military’s focus on ‘fit, not fat’ is silencing service members who struggle with their body image.
Air Force Academy Details Thin on Faculty Plans After Civilian Resignations As classes resume at the Air Force Academy for the fall semester, U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank asked the superintendent for a clear...
Army Veteran Suspected of Killing 4 People at a Montana Bar Is in Custody, Authorities Say Michael Paul Brown, who lived next door to The Owl Bar in Anaconda, served in the Army as an armor crewman from 2001 to 2005...