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Meet the team helping recover missing U.S. troops from deep underwater

By Patty Nieberg

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Tech & Tactics

That’s CHAPPIE: Why the Space Force has a nuclear material sniffing robot

By Nicholas Slayton

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News

US sending destroyers, B-52 bombers to the Middle East

By Nicholas Slayton

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News

How a parked F-16 suffered $30 million in damage

By Nicholas Slayton

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News

Growler crew dead at crash site, Navy says

By Nicholas Slayton

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News

Army revamps basic training to simulate battlefield stalked by drone swarms

By Jeff Schogol

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News

B-2 bombers strike Iran-backed Houthi targets in Yemen

By Nicholas Slayton

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News

New York Guard helicopter crashed in Texas after ‘unanticipated’ spin, review board finds

By Patty Nieberg

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News

Brother and sister meet in the sky during refueling mission

By Patty Nieberg

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News

In wake of Helene, National Guard soldiers who lost their homes still reporting for duty

By Patty Nieberg

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History

That time a Navy fighter jet shot itself down

By Nicholas Slayton

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News

The A-10 era is over for this legendary Air Force attack squadron

By Matt White

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News

Airmen rescue pregnant woman from flash flood during backcountry hike

By Jeff Schogol

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News

Army Chinook takes flight with ‘FUKIRAN’ call sign

By Joshua Skovlund

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News

Marine Osprey crewman died trying to reach pilots on doomed plane

By Nicholas Slayton

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News

Storms damage multiple helicopters at Fort Carson

By Nicholas Slayton

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