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The Air Force wants a ground-based air defense cannon to hold back a growing tide of drones and cruise missiles.

Col. Douglas DeMaio was relieved of command of an F-35 wing in the Alabama Air National Guard in 2022. A panel of judges ruled in August that he should be reinstated with back pay.

As the Iran war persists and drones repeatedly target U.S. bases, the Air Force is developing a new career field to counter the threat.

The plan is to “equip all Army rotary-wing aircraft” with the new laser defense tech, officials said.

The U.S. used a significant number of its missile interceptors in defense of Israel in June and throughout Operation Epic Fury, the Congressional Budget Office found.

The “classified” explanation was included in a watchdog report that offered the first total public assessment of costs and damages for a war that began more than six months ago.

The first public acknowledgement comes after months of talk about Space Force building out its offensive capabilities in space.

A Marine who credited John Kilmer with saving his life in Korea carried his memory: “I owed him all the years I lived, and I’ll never forget.”

A 27-year-old basic trainee was struck and killed by a semi outside Fort Sill hours before the installation’s 9/11 remembrance run. The circumstances remain under investigation.

The aviator said he hit the ground at over 70 miles per hour after his parachute partially failed, breaking his back. He described his rescue in a “60 Minutes” interview on Sunday.

To date, 18 American service members have been killed and hundreds more wounded.

The base, home to the Navy’s 5th Fleet and a major logistics hub, was targeted repeatedly at the start of the war.

A secretive squadron of EC-130H Compass Call electronic warfare planes set a record of 19 straight years deployed. The last of the planes took its final flight this month.

Capt. Michael Cloninger’s F-22 lost its right wheel assembly shortly after takeoff, forcing a “wheels-up” belly landing.

Civilian police are riding aboard military helicopters searching areas across all 159 Georgia counties for illegal marijuana grows.

The Army says Sgt. 1st Class Oscar McGrew demonstrated “extraordinary heroism” during a March 1 Iranian drone attack on Port Shuaiba, Kuwait, that killed six soldiers.