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Army

Army ‘pauses’ plan to close more than 20 base museums

By Matt White

Posted on Apr 2, 2026

Army officials said they have opened an investigation into the flight of two AH-64 attack helicopters that buzzed a Nashville, Tennessee-area home with Kid Rock.
Army

Apache crews who buzzed Kid Rock’s home won’t be punished, Hegseth says

By Jeff Schogol, Matt White

Updated on Mar 31, 2026

A New Hampshire Air National Guard KC-46 tanker following the engine test that left the airport's tarmac littered with chunks of asphalt.
Air Force

Air Force jet tore up asphalt at Alaska airport during engine test

By Matt White

Posted on Mar 25, 2026

A KC-135 Stratotanker with the 121st Air Refueling Wing sits on the flight line during the sunrise at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base, Columbus, Ohio, August 10, 2025. The KC-135 Stratotanker is an essential aircraft for the Air Mobility Command because it provides core aerial refueling for the United States Air Force to ensure rapid global reach. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Ivy Thomas)
Iraq

All 6 crew members of US KC-135 tanker confirmed dead after crash in Iraq

By Jeff Schogol, Matt White, James Clark

Updated on Mar 13, 2026

U.S. Soldiers with the 1-151st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 59th Aviation Troop Command, South Carolina National Guard, conduct their annual aerial-gunnery qualification table at the Poinsett Range, Sumter, South Carolina, May 22, 2024. Aircrews fired both 30mm rounds and rockets, the training allowed Soldiers to sharpen their armory skills, communication and team work with their assigned AH-64 Apache helicopters. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Tim Andrews)
Helicopters

US Apache pilots explain how helicopters are shooting down Iranian drones

By Matt White

Posted on Mar 11, 2026

A painting by Charles Waterhouse of Marine Capt. John W. Ripley, who braved enemy fire for more than three hours planting explosives on the Dong Ha Bridge on April 2, 1972. Congress cleared the way last month for Ripley to receive the Medal of Honor.
Marine Corps

Marine who crawled under bridge to plant explosives approved for Medal of Honor

By Matt White

Posted on Mar 5, 2026

U.S. Sailors prepare to stage ordnance on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in support of Operation Epic Fury, Feb. 28, 2026. (U.S. Navy photo)
Navy

Sailors on the USS Abraham Lincoln scrawl their names on bombs headed to Iran

By Matt White

Posted on Mar 3, 2026

NELLIS AFB, NV - APRIL 25: A United States Air Force pilot (L) and weapons system officer look out the cockpit of their F-15E Strike Eagle as the jet is prepared for takeoff at Nellis Air Force Base while participating in the Joint Expeditionary Force Experiment 2006 (JEFX 06) April 25, 2006 in Las Vegas, Nevada. JEFX is a biannual test of new systems and technologies by every branch of the military in an attempt to speed their introduction into the modern battlefield. This year's tests involve about 1,400 personnel from the United States, Great Britain, Canada and Australia studying new technologies during mock combat over the Nevada desert and center on finding better ways to communicate critical information between armed forces. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Fighter Aircraft

Former fighter pilots explain what it’s like to eject, following Kuwait shoot downs

By Matt White

Posted on Mar 3, 2026

Members of B Company, 3rd Battalion, 126th General Support Aviation Battalion of the New York guard during a deployment to Erbil, Iraq. Two crews were awarded French valor awards for a mission to rescue a team of French commandos.
Army

National Guardsmen awarded French valor medal for rescue of allied special forces

By Nicholas Slayton, Matt White

Posted on Feb 25, 2026

Medal of Honor Roddie Edmonds
Army

Soldier who shielded Jewish POWs from guards will receive Medal of Honor

By Matt White, Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 18, 2026

Alejandro Barranco
Marine Corps

Father of 3 Marines won’t be deported, immigration judge rules

By Jeff Schogol, Matt White

Posted on Feb 17, 2026

Jeff Evans, center, with his sons Jake and Austin, at a seaside bar in Nha Trang, where his father was station in 1968. Family members believe the brothers might have gotten together in the city before David Evans' death in November 1968.
Vietnam War

A father and uncle were killed in Vietnam. This family returned to remember them.

By Matt White

Posted on Feb 16, 2026

Lt. Col. Jeff Budis, center, Air Forces Southern operations directorate, chief of exercises and airshows, Capt. Nate Delaney, right, 55th Rescue Squadron chief of plans and exercises and Staff Sgt. James Delaura, left, special missions aviator with the 563rd Operations Support Squadron pose for a photo in front of an HH-60W Jolly Green II at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, after returning from a successful rescue mission, Feb. 6, 2026. The mission demonstrated the Air Force rescue community’s ability to rapidly integrate qualified personnel across multiple units to respond when time, distance and personnel availability converge. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Rachel Maxwell)
Air Force

Air Force crews scrambled to find a pilot to fly rescue mission far out to sea

By Matt White

Posted on Feb 13, 2026

A Nevada Air National Guard C-130H flies above Lake Tahoe during a "spouse lift" while Master Sgt. Billy Johnson, loadmaster with the 192nd Airlift Squadron, sits on the ramp, October 30, 2024. The 152nd Airlift Wing, Nevada Air National Guard, held the spouse lift to explain the mission of the Nevada Air National Guard and to recognize spouses for supporting their military members (Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Michelle Brooks).
Air Force

An Air Guard wing touched down on all 7 continents in 2-year span

By Matt White

Posted on Feb 6, 2026

A tank named 'A Damn Good Time'
Culture

‘A Damn Good Time’ — Crew of well-named tank unfazed by frigid winter in Poland

By Matt White

Posted on Feb 4, 2026

Japan Air Self-Defense Force members from the Naha Air Rescue Squadron ride on a U.S. Air Force HH-60W Jolly Green II assigned to the 33rd Rescue Squadron, in support of exercise Cope Angel 25-1 at Kadena Air Base, Japan, June 26, 2025. Cope Angel is an annual bilateral personnel recovery exercise conducted with U.S. Air Force and JASDF personnel, providing the opportunity for both services to integrate, plan and train together. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Melany Bermudez)
Air Force

Air Force helicopter landed too close to crowd in death of school teacher, report finds

By Nicholas Slayton, Matt White

Updated on Jan 25, 2026

LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS - JANUARY 24: A person walks in the snow on January 24, 2026 in Little Rock, Arkansas. A massive winter storm is bringing frigid temperatures, ice, and snow to nearly 200 million Americans. (Photo by Will Newton/Getty Images)
Army

Dozens of military bases brace as ‘Snowmageddon’ storm hits this weekend

By Matt White

Posted on Jan 24, 2026

The crew of the USS Indiana fast-attack submarine snapped a celebratory photo after the Indiana Hoosiers won the college football national championship Monday night.
Culture

Sailors on USS Indiana submarine snap football celebration photo

By Matt White

Posted on Jan 20, 2026

Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, Catholic Archdiocese for Military Affairs, and Chaplin Jerzy Rzasowski read from scripture during a Catholic Mass service on Christmas day Dec. 25, 2022, in Poznan, Poland. The hosting of the Mass gave service members deployed to support V Corps an opportunity to fellowship and celebrate the holiday. V Corps is proudly working alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces throughout Europe. (U.S. Army Photo by Spc. Anthony X. Sanchez)
News

Military archbishop says it might be ‘morally acceptable to disobey’ orders to attack Greenland

By Matt White

Posted on Jan 20, 2026

U.S. Navy flight deck personnel prepare to launch the next aircraft in the launch cycle after successfully catapulting an F/A-18 Hornet aircraft from the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) during flight operations in the Persian Gulf on March 26, 2008. Truman and embarked Carrier Air Wing 3 are deployed supporting Operations Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom and maritime security operations. (DoD photo by Seaman Apprentice Matthew A. Lawson, U.S. Navy. (Released))
Marine Corps

Navy and Marine aviation accidents doubled amid Red Sea fight

By Matt White

Posted on Jan 15, 2026

CV-22 Ospreys assigned to the 21st Special Operations Squadron (SOS) approach an MC-130J Commando II for aerial refueling over the Sea of Japan, Mar. 17th, 2023. The 21st SOS utilizes the unique capabilities of the Osprey to conduct long range infiltration, exfiltration, and resupply missions for special operation forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Trevor Gordnier)
Air Force

Air Force crew reacted rapidly to sudden power failure in Osprey mishap

By Matt White

Posted on Jan 13, 2026

Alt text: PHOENIX, ARIZONA - MARCH 17: U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) takes questions from press after a town hall at NOAH Cholla Health Center on March 17, 2025 in Scottsdale, Arizona. The town hall was held to address the concerns about possible Medicaid budget cuts after House Republicans approved a budget proposal that requires $880 billion in cuts from the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which oversees Medicaid. (Photo by Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)
News

Fight between Kelly and Hegseth over ‘unlawful orders’ video headed to court

By Nicholas Slayton, Matt White

Posted on Jan 12, 2026

An Air Force uniform with the job tab "CYBER."
Active Duty

Air Force brings back job patches, which were banned for some reason

By Matt White

Posted on Jan 9, 2026

Pilots from 1st Battalion, 189th General Support Aviation Battalion, with pilots from New York, Delaware and Montana, now under the 42nd Combat Aviation Brigade, land during a deck landing qualification with UH-60 Blackhawks on the USS New Orleans (LPD-18) on Jan. 23, 2014, somewhere in the Arabian Gulf. U.S. Army aviation assets and the U.S. Navy conduct joint-service littoral (near shore) training missions to build familiarity with each other's equipment and procedures. The 42nd CAB, N.Y. Army National Guard, is currently deployed to Kuwait in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
Army

National Guard pilot admits to landing Black Hawk helicopter to pick up elk antlers

By Matt White

Posted on Jan 7, 2026

A photo of the prototype for the Army's M1E3.
Army

These are the first photos of the Army’s M1E3 Abrams prototype

By Matt White, Patty Nieberg

Posted on Jan 7, 2026

Marine Corps Physical Fitness Test
Marine Corps

Marines moving to gender-neutral Physical Fitness Test for combat jobs

By Jeff Schogol, Matt White

Posted on Dec 19, 2025

Lt. Gen. Steve Gilland (left) and Lt. Gen. Michael Borgschulte at the Army-Navy game.
Mandatory Fun

5 questions only a veteran would ask the top generals at West Point and the Naval Academy

By Matt White

Posted on Dec 14, 2025

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 30: Former Seattle Seahawks player and United States Army Green Beret Nate Boyer prepares to run an American flag onto the field before the Salute to Service game between the Seattle Seahawks and the New York Giants at Lumen Field on October 30, 2022 in Seattle, Washington. The Seahawks beat the Giants 27-13. (Photo by Lindsey Wasson/Getty Images)
Mandatory Fun

5 questions only a veteran would ask a Green Beret and former NFL player

By Matt White

Posted on Dec 13, 2025

Cadets from the United States Military Academy at West Point cheer on the Army football team at the 124th Army Navy Game at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, MA., Dec. 9, 2023. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. David Resnick)
Army

How about $0? — How Army and Navy football teams recruit against big money

By Matt White

Posted on Dec 12, 2025

BALTIMORE, MD - DECEMBER 10: A view of a patch on the uniform of Navy Midshipmen center Parker Wade (62) on December 10, 2016 at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, MD. prior to the 119th Army Navy game. (Photo by Mark Goldman/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Culture

The stories behind the unit patches at this year’s Army-Navy Game

By Matt White

Posted on Dec 11, 2025

A cadet and football player from the United States Military Academy at West Point looks at a play on the field at the 124th Army Navy Game at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, MA., Dec. 9, 2023. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. David Resnick)
News

More military academy football players could go pro under proposed rule

By Matt White

Posted on Dec 9, 2025

World War II veteran Charles Norman Shay, a Penobscot Native American, who took part in the Operation Overlord (Battle of Normandy) during the D-Day on June 6, 1944, poses on May 4, 2019 in Omaha Beach, western France. (Photo by LOIC VENANCE / AFP) (Photo credit should read LOIC VENANCE/AFP via Getty Images)
Army

D-Day vet who moved to Normandy in final years dies at 101

By Matt White

Posted on Dec 4, 2025

Memorial tattoos.
Culture

How military families remember the fallen with tattoos

By Matt White

Posted on Dec 3, 2025

Capt. Gilbert Clark Jr.
Navy

Naval Academy Commandant fired just six months into role

By Matt White, Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Nov 24, 2025

Naval Academy seniors learn their future jobs with a ‘team jersey’ reveal
Mandatory Fun

Naval Academy seniors learn their future jobs with a ‘team jersey’ reveal

By Matt White

Posted on Nov 21, 2025

The U.S. Naval Academy released its special edition football uniform for the 2025 Army-Navy football game.
Navy

Naval Academy custom football uniform honors ‘Original 6 Frigates’

By Matt White

Posted on Nov 18, 2025

Actor Adam Baldwin as Animal Mother, an M60-machine gunner with a platoon of Marines the City of Hue.
Entertainment

While filming ‘Full Metal Jacket,’ Matthew Modine kept a record of life on set

By Matt White

Posted on Nov 17, 2025

The football uniforms that West Point's team will wear in the Army-Navy game next month include script that mirrors the Constitution, a white-marble pattern based on headstones in military cemeteries, and a little-known ceremonial weapon.
Army

Here are the Easter Eggs built into West Point’s latest Army-Navy football uniform

By Matt White

Posted on Nov 12, 2025

Airmen at Aviano Air Base, Italy gather together to run in formation on Aug. 15, 2019. The 31st Fighter Wing conducts formation runs to develop esprit de corps. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Heidi Goodsell)
Air Force

Daily workouts at many Air Force units signal major culture shift

By Matt White

Posted on Oct 31, 2025

Gen. Ken Wilsbach, Pacific Air Forces commander, returns from a flight at Kadena Air Base, Japan, April 17, 2023. Wilsbach attended the Kadena Eagle Sunset Celebration this past weekend and flew with the 18th Wing to bid the F15C/D models farewell. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Sebastian Romawac)
Air Force

New Air Force chief of staff confirmed after predecessor’s early departure

By Matt White

Posted on Oct 30, 2025

Lt. Col. Tyler Hiatt (left), 90th Missile Security Forces Squadron commander, briefs 90 MSFS Alpha Flight during guard mount before they trip out to the missile field at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, Feb. 13, 2025. 90, 790, and 890 MSFS rotate tripping out to the missile field monthly to reside in a missile alert facility for a week, ensuring the constant security and protection of the Minuteman III - one of the nation’s most powerful strategic assets. Their 24/7/365 vigilance guarantees the Minuteman III weapon system remains secure, operational, and ready at a moment’s notice to uphold the U.S. nuclear deterrence mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Mattison Cole)
Air Force

Airman found dead at F.E. Warren was under investigation for M18 incident

By Matt White

Posted on Oct 24, 2025

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 23: Police investigate after shots were fired near the Coast Guard Island entrance in Oakland, Calif. on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. U.S. Coast Guard police opened fire on a U-Haul truck after it backed up a ramp at the entrance to the Alameda island, where U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents have been staying. (Jane Tyska/Digital First Media/East Bay Times via Getty Images)
Coast Guard

Guards fire on truck at Coast Guard base where federal agents had arrived

By Matt White

Posted on Oct 24, 2025

The 39th Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. Eric M. Smith, awards Staff Sgt. Dylan T. Rasmussen, a Marine Combat Instructor with the School of Infantry East, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal for being the Runner-up Marine Combat Instructor of the Year during the CMC Combined Awards Program at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, Triangle, Virginia, Jan. 29, 2025. The CMC Combined Awards Program recognized outstanding performance by Recruiters, Prior Service Recruiters, Drill Instructors, Marine Combat Instructors, Marine Security Guards, and Career Retention Specialists. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Joshua Barker)
Marine Corps

A top Marine combat instructor was killed in a traffic confrontation

By Matt White

Posted on Oct 23, 2025

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Steele Armstrong, a satellite transmissions systems operator, and U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jaden Coleman, a transmission systems operator, both with Marine Wing Communications Squadron 18, Marine Air Control Group 18, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, set up a radio call during the inaugural Thunderstruck Communications Competition, hosted by MWCS-38, MACG-38, 3rd MAW, at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, Sept. 10, 2025. Thunderstruck is a service-wide competition dedicated to communications Marines, showcasing the increasing importance of resilient command and control in distributed operations. The six-mile course integrated high frequency radio, Mobile User Objective System satellite communications, and data networking tasks under expeditionary conditions, testing the tactical, technical, and physical proficiency of Marine Corps communicators. Armstrong is a native of Minnesota, and Coleman is a native of Florida. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Renee Gray)
Marine Corps

Marine communications experts were ‘Thunderstruck’ in first-ever competition

By Matt White

Posted on Oct 15, 2025

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Jul. 25, 2025) Midshipmen 4th Class, or plebes, from the United States Naval Academy class of 2029 participate in the second formal parade during Plebe Summer, a demanding indoctrination period intended to transition the candidates from civilian to military life. Parades are a visual presentation of the military discipline, professionalism and teamwork necessary to succeed as a member of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, and have been a part of Naval Academy training since its establishment in 1845. (U.S. Navy photo by Stacy Godfrey)
Marine Corps

Naval Academy dropout indicted over threat that led to accidental shooting

By Matt White, Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Oct 14, 2025

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Aug. 8, 2025) Midshipmen 4th Class, or plebes, from the United States Naval Academy class of 2029 participate in noon meal formation in T-Court. Afterwards they are given the opportunity to meet with their families during Plebe Parents Weekend, a time for the families of the incoming class to see the progress made during Plebe Summer, a demanding indoctrination period intended to transition the candidates from civilian to military life. As the undergraduate college of our country’s naval service, the Naval Academy prepares young men and women to become professional officers of competence, character, and compassion in the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. (U.S. Navy photo by Stacy Godfrey)
Benefits & Pay

Troops stung by ‘hard’ credit checks and unexpected denials in USAA’s relief loans

By Matt White

Posted on Oct 11, 2025

Air Force Fitness
Air Force

Air Force says viral ‘combat fitness’ memo isn’t real

By Jeff Schogol, Matt White

Posted on Oct 6, 2025

Spc. Mason Breunig of Sauk City, Wisconsin, member of Team 8 representing USARPAC, practices a functions check on the M136 AT4-Anti Tank Weapon during the E3B lanes at the Army Best Squad Competition on Fort Liberty, North Carolina, Oct. 2, 2024. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Jason Everett)
Army

Army cancels Best Squad Competition due to shutdown

By Matt White

Posted on Oct 3, 2025

Chief Warrant Officer Three Andrew Cully, 35, of Sparta, Missouri, Chief Warrant Officer Three Andrew Kraus, 39, of Sanibel, Florida, Sgt. Donavon Scott, 25, from Tacoma, Washington and Sgt. Jadalyn Good, 23, from Mount Vernon, Washington.
Army

Army identifies special operations soldiers killed in Black Hawk crash

By Matt White

Posted on Sep 22, 2025

A US Air Force C-17 heavy lifter takes off from Bagram AirBase, in the Parwan province some 50kms north of Kabul, on August 10, 2009. The top US military commander in Afghanistan says the Taliban have gained the upper hand in the country, forcing the United States to change its strategy by increasing the number of troops in heavily populated areas, The Wall Street Journal reported. AFP PHOTO/ MANAN VATSYAYANA (Photo by MANAN VATSYAYANA / AFP) (Photo by MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP via Getty Images)
News

Trump says US wants Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan back

By Jeff Schogol, Matt White

Posted on Sep 18, 2025

Charlie Kirk
News

At least 8 troops punished for social media comments about Charlie Kirk’s death

By Jeff Schogol, Matt White

Posted on Sep 17, 2025

DoD Venezuela boat
Navy

Trump says US military struck a second boat in Caribbean linked to ‘cartels’

By Matt White

Posted on Sep 15, 2025

Families move into a private military housing home.
Housing

Military family housing understaffed, lacks proper oversight, IG report finds

By Matt White, Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Sep 14, 2025

Air Force Maj. Ross Elder, a test pilot and combat fighter pilot, was named by NASA as the commander of an upcoming year-long Mars simulation mission. A Space Force officer and Marine Corps fighter pilot were also named to the crew.
Air Force

Air Force test pilot picked to command year-long Mars simulation mission

By Matt White

Posted on Sep 10, 2025

U.S. Air Force Airmen 1st Class Maya Hartung, an admin with the 182nd Command Support Squadron, Illinois Air National Guard, poses for a photo of her boots at the 182nd Airlift Wing in Peoria, Illinois, March 1, 2024. The 182nd Airlift wing operates and maintains C-130 Hercules Aircraft. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Avery Litton)
Air Force

Air Force walks back rules on taller combat boots

By Matt White

Posted on Sep 9, 2025

A new KC-46A Pegasus connects with an F-15 Strike Eagle for an aerial refueling test over California in 2018. (Courtesy photo by John D. Parker/Boeing)
Air Force

Stuck fuel probe caused trio of mishaps in Air Force’s newest tanker

By Matt White

Posted on Sep 8, 2025

President Donald Trump said Thursday he wants to rename the Defense Department to the War Department, a name once held by the Department of the Army, before the creation of a single organization to oversee all branches of the millitary.
Army

Is ‘War’ the new name for the Department of Defense?

By Matt White

Posted on Sep 5, 2025

A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter assigned to Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, parks on a runway for a forward armed and refueling point (FARP) for ARCTIC EDGE 2025, August 18, 2025, at Cold Bay Airfield, Alaska. AE25 provided Special Operations Command North the opportunity to test a range of capabilities and response options to deter, disrupt, degrade, and deny competitor activity in the Arctic in support of globally integrated layered defense of the homeland. AE25 is a NORAD and U.S. Northern Command-led homeland defense exercise designed to improve readiness, demonstrate capabilities, and enhance Joint and Allied Force interoperability in the Arctic. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Gracelyn Hess)
Air Force

Every single F-35 delivered to the US military last year was late

By Matt White

Posted on Sep 4, 2025

A video still released by the White House of a boat U.S. officials say was carrying a drug shipment from Venezuela bound for the U.S. The video included an airstrike that appeared to destroy the vessel and kill those on it.
Navy

US forces stage ‘lethal’ airstrike on alleged drug boat in southern Caribbean

By Matt White

Posted on Sep 2, 2025

A new Honor Guard Airman grips the bugle prior to unit’s graduation ceremony at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., March 1. Approximately 12 new Airmen graduated from the 120-plus-hour course. The graduation performance includes flag detail, rifle volley, pall bearers and bugler for friends, family and unit commanders. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)
Air Force

These are the funeral honors the Air Force says it will extend to Ashli Babbitt

By Matt White

Posted on Aug 28, 2025

250726-N-GC617-1241 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 26, 2025) An F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 151, makes an arrested landing on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Abraham Lincoln, flagship of Carrier Strike Group Three, is underway conducting routine training operations in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations. As an integral part of U.S. Pacific Fleet, Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet operates naval forces in the Indo-Pacific and provides the realistic and relevant training to ensure the readiness necessary to execute the U.S. Navy’s timeless role across the full spectrum of military operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Shepard Fosdyke-Jackson)
Marine Corps

Navy ends carrier landings as a requirement to earn ‘Wings of Gold’

By Matt White

Posted on Aug 28, 2025

Iowa Air National Guard SMSgt Greg Cleghorn recieved the Army's new Master Combat Infantryman Badge this month. He qualified for the new award by his previous service in the Army and Iowa National Guard.
Air Force

The Army created a new award for top soldiers. An Air Force member just pinned it on.

By Matt White

Posted on Aug 26, 2025

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jackie Hamersley from the 205th Engineering Installation Squadron, Oklahoma Air National Guard, clears a SIG Sauer M18 in Camp Ripley, Minn., May 1, 2025. Airmen from the 210th and 205th EIS participated in a joint training exercise that prepared them for future missions while simultaneously completing a multi-year project to install fiber optic cable across the installation to enhance range communications. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman Kaci Brannan)
Air Force

Air Force returns M18 pistols to service after inspections across nuclear force

By Matt White

Posted on Aug 25, 2025

Paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, conduct a UH-60 Black Hawk aerial gunnery range at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, on April 2, 2024. Aerial gunnery ranges are used to train and progress Paratroopers on their day and night shooting qualifications. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Catessa Palone)
Army

King of Malaysia cancels purchase of UH-60 Black Hawks, calling them ‘flying coffins’

By Matt White

Posted on Aug 22, 2025