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The fighter jets from the 55th Fighter Squadron engaged in “high-risk flights into heavily defended airspace” during last year’s attack on Iranian nuclear sites.

A contingent of American troops will remain in the area around the Cap Draa Training Area to look for two Army soldiers who fell into the water on May 2.

Two Army bases, two Air Force bases and one Navy installation are getting high powered microwave and laser air defense systems.

The site includes about 160 documents, with sightings from Apollo moon landings to combat flights in the Middle East.

The base, which hosts Air Force One, leaked 32,000 gallons of fuel between January and March. Maryland’s top environmental official called the spill “unacceptable.”

The Department of Justice’s reliance on JAG officers to prosecute cases without a military connection is unprecedented, experts say.

The Maverick Act would send three retired F-14D Tomcats to a museum in Alabama and possibly restore one to flight.

Applicants for military service will be cut earlier in the recruiting process if they have any of 28 medical conditions that are unlikely to receive a waiver.

Officials at Travis Air Force Base said they were moving to fix the ‘increased risk for unauthorized access and theft’ at the storage facility.

The Navy fighter from the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln disabled a ship that U.S. military officials say failed to comply with warnings.

Between obstacle courses and medical events, chaplains in Korea performed last rites for soldiers and broke up fights between angry commanders.

So far, Scouts have not had their own Primary Military Occupational Speciality, equivalent to a mortarman or machine gunner. But that could change.

After two years in China, authorities allege the retired U.S. Air Force fighter pilot appeared to return home to sell a condo. FBI agents said they found fake currency and a fake passport in his home office.

A Joint Base Andrews spokesperson said the airmen have been assigned to duties that don’t require them to be armed while a command investigation is underway.

Army Maj. Ryan Reynolds and Air Force Maj. Edwin Stanfield received the Soldier’s Medal and Airman’s Medal for subduing a gunmen in Washington, D.C.

The opening day of the U.S. efforts to escort commercial ships through the Straits of Hormuz saw U.S. ships and aircraft forces engage in combat with Iranian forces.