Army Cancels Planned Public Visits to Trinity Bomb Site in April. You Can Blame 'Oppenheimer.' The Army has canceled the April 6 open house for the public to visit the New Mexico site of the Trinity atomic bomb blast for...
Air Force Missile Base Personnel Have Elevated Breast, Prostate Cancer Rates, Initial Study Results Indicate The early results, shared by the service and reported for the first time here, indicate elevated rates of breast and prostate...
Out-of-Control Wildfires in Texas Briefly Shut Down Pantex Nuclear Weapons Facility A series of wildfires swept across the Texas Panhandle, prompting evacuations, cutting off power to thousands, and forcing...
Putin Takes a Flight in Nuclear-Capable Bomber in a Tough Message to the West Ahead of Election Putin's 30-minute flight in a Tu-160M supersonic strategic bomber seemed intended to send a reminder of Russia's nuclear...
Humvee Use at Air Force's Nuclear Missile Bases Changed After 2 Airmen Died in Recent Months News that the bases are modifying the use of the vehicles comes after an airman died in Colorado in September and another...
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...
Russian Forces Simulate Nuclear Strike as Upper House Rescinds Ratification of Test Ban Treaty State television showed Putin directing the exercise via video call with top military officials.
'The Day After' Director Returns to Sound the Alarm with 'How to Stop a Nuclear War' Filmmaker Nicholas Meyer is back to warn us again about the danger posed by nuclear weapons and how the world is currently...
The Overlooked Legacy of Workers and 'Downwinders' Who Were Harmed by Race to Build First Atomic Bomb Thousands of workers at the early sites such as Oak Ridge and Hanford and at later sites "paid a very high price for their...
Elevated Levels of Carcinogens Found at 2nd Air Force Nuclear Missile Base Minot was the last site surveyed by the Air Force as part of its probe into health and cancer concerns among America's...
Army Unveils Occupational Fields that Need More Soldiers – and Bonuses to Get Them Filled Referred to as "precision retention," the program highlights overcrowded occupational specialties, such as cavalry scouts and...
Air Force Colonel Heading Maintenance Group at New Mexico Base Is Relieved of Command Col. Danzel Albertsen, commander of the 49th Maintenance Group at Holloman Air Force Base, was removed from his leadership...
The Mental Burden of Using Military Benefits For those who have to line up specialty or mental health care, the back and forth can become a full-time job. But is the...
The Standoff at Gate 36: Texas Sends in the Troops to Block Migrants from Seeking Asylum Immigration enforcement has long been the domain of the federal government. But Texas is challenging that at a time when...
1,100 Army Corps of Engineers Personnel to Help Clear Debris in Baltimore Bridge Collapse The Army Corps of Engineers is set to review the damage and remove and manage debris from the river, with the eventual goal...