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A U.S. Air Force OA-1K Skyraider II is parked on the flightline at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Jan. 28, 2025. The OA-1K Skyraider II is a new, flexible, cost-effective crewed aircraft adaptable to deliver capabilities in support of defense priorities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Natalie Fiorilli)
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Air Force general says service’s newest plane could be used over the US-Mexico border

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Mar 5, 2025

Navy ship fires a missile
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In 15 months, the Navy fired more air defense missiles than it did in the last 30 years

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Mar 5, 2025

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Joshua Watson, the executive officer of Lima Co., 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment (Reinforced), Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 23, watches MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft land during Exercise Southern Jackaroo 23 in Townsville Field Training Area, Queensland, Australia, July 6, 2023. Southern Jackaroo is a trilateral exercise with MRF-D, Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force, and Australian Defence Force, with Republic of Korea observers, working together to achieve fire, maneuver, and communications interoperability objectives. Watson is a native of Woodbridge, Virginia. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Brayden Daniel)
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Marine officer honored for leadership in aftermath of chaotic Osprey crash

By Matt White

Posted on Mar 4, 2025

Disabled Army veteran fired from the VA will attend Trump speech to Congress
Military Life

Disabled Army veteran fired from the VA will attend Trump speech to Congress

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Mar 4, 2025

Hal Moore and wife Julia Moore
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Hal and Julia Moore’s son ‘saddened’ and ‘angered’ over Fort Benning renaming

Jeff Schogol Jeff Schogol

Posted on Mar 4, 2025

Fort Benning
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Fort Moore renamed Benning, this time for a corporal who fought heroically in WWI

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Mar 3, 2025

Kyle Lewis speaks during a VoteVets digital town hall.
Military Life

A Navy vet was given ‘weeks to live’ in 2020. Now his cancer treatment is at risk.

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Mar 3, 2025

Two helicopters sit on the deck of an aircraft carrier, mountains in the background.
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Navy carrier group visits South Korea after the North tests new missiles

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Mar 2, 2025

Rear Adm. Michael Wosje, commander of Carrier Strike Group ONE, dons his flight suit in the Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 113 paraloft before his 1,000th trap flight aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) during Pacific Steller 2025, Feb. 16. The 1,000th trap is a milestone in any senior aviator’s career. Pacific Steller 2025 is a multi-large deck event with the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group, French Carrier Strike Group, and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, fostering our alliances and maritime security in support of a secure and prosperous Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nate Jordan )
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This Navy admiral just bagged his 1,000th landing on an aircraft carrier

By Matt White

Updated on Mar 2, 2025

Two soldiers face away from the camera, overlooking a foggy ground with barbed wire in the background.
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Stryker Brigade Combat Team, additional troops, ordered to southern border

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Mar 1, 2025

The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and U.S. Army Fort Campbell re-enlists 124 soldiers to continue to serve our country. Stay tuned for more event coverage this week! (Photos by SPC Harris, 101st Division Public Affairs Office)
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Veterans fired in federal layoffs say they were ‘stabbed in the back’

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Feb 28, 2025

Air Force’s newest plane, the Skyraider II, honors a legendary aircraft
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Air Force’s newest plane, the Skyraider II, honors a legendary aircraft

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 28, 2025

Capt. Jesse Guerin and Sgt. 1st Class Aaron Angulo were named the Army’s best medics of 2025 after winning a competition at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
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These are the Army’s best medics of 2025

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Feb 27, 2025

Staff Sgt. Ulises Moore-Ramirez was deemed a deserter for nine years and sentenced this month for a range of crimes.
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Soldier on Army’s ‘most-wanted’ list for 9 years sentenced to prison

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Feb 27, 2025

Schofield Barracks
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Army fixes barracks issue, after soldier turns to social media

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 26, 2025

Air Force Capt. Theresa Ziegler
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This airman cared for a sick passenger for eight hours on an international flight

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 26, 2025

Understaffing at soldier prep course led to ‘health risk’ for recruits, IG says
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Understaffing at soldier prep course led to ‘health risk’ for recruits, IG says

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Feb 25, 2025

U.S. Air Force Maj. Ryan Jones, 56th Medical Operations Squadron general surgeon, out of Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., teaches Dr. Raul Alfredo Castellanos, Honduran medical student, how to properly suture the skin closed after a surgery in the operating room of the Dr. Salvador Paredes Hospital in Trujillo, Honduras, July 2, 2015. Jones is a one of a number of U.S. Air Force doctors in Honduras as part of the New Horizons Honduras 2015 training exercise. New Horizons was launched in the 1980s and is an annual joint humanitarian assistance exercise that U.S. Southern Command conducts with a partner nation in Central America, South America or the Caribbean. The exercise improves joint training readiness of U.S. and partner nation civil engineers, medical professionals and support personnel through humanitarian assistance activities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. David J. Murphy/Released)
Military Life

Supreme Court refuses, yet again, to review whether military members can sue for malpractice

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Feb 25, 2025

Soldiers attached to garrison headquarters units across the Army are swapping their Army Materiel Command patches for local unit shoulder insignia.
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Here’s why garrison soldiers across the Army are swapping their shoulder patches

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Feb 25, 2025

Rocket Launch
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Airman reenlists as SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasts into space

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 24, 2025

A group of people on a snowy ridge raise their arms as the Sun crests over the horizon.
Military Life

This is the moment troops in Greenland saw the sun for the first time in 3 months

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Feb 23, 2025

United State Marines among the ruins of a house that was levelled by Marines who determined that Communists were taking refuge inside, in Hue, Vietnam, 15th February 1968. (Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)
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Marine awarded Navy Cross at Vietnam War’s Battle of Hue remembered as ‘magnificent,’ humble leader

By Matt White

Posted on Feb 23, 2025

A base entrance sign with the U.S. Air Force logo and the words Kirtland Air Force Base written on it.
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Airman dead in shootout at Kirtland Air Force Base

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Feb 22, 2025

CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq - Sgt. Robert B. Brown from Fayetteville, N.C. with Regimental Combat Team 6, Combat Camera Unit watches over the civilian Fire Fighters at the burn pit as smoke and flames rise into the night sky behind him on May 25th, 2007. Camp Fallujah has its own civilian run Fire Department to assist the Marines and Soldiers during a fire or emergency. Regimental Combat Team 6 is deployed with Multi National Forces-West in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq to develop Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic reforms, and continue the development of a market based economy centered on Iraqi reconstruction. (Official USMC photograph by Cpl. Samuel D. Corum)(RELEASED)(RELEASED)
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Senate rejects PACT Act protections, sending ‘signal’ that benefits could be cut, vet group says

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Feb 21, 2025

An X-37B onboard camera, used to ensure the health and safety of the vehicle, captures an image of Earth while conducting experiments in a highly elliptical orbit in 2024. As part of the X-37B's seventh mission, the vehicle executed a series of first-of-its-kind maneuvers, called aerobraking, to safely change its orbit using minimal fuel. (U.S. Space Force Courtesy Photo)
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US military releases first photo from orbit from its mysterious space plane

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Feb 21, 2025

Navy Capt. Dave Snowden has been relieved as the commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Harry. S Truman.
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Commander of USS Harry Truman relieved a week after collision with merchant ship

By James Clark

Posted on Feb 20, 2025

A Tuskegee Airman describes an air-to-air dogfight in 'Wings For This Man,' a 1945 Army-produced film on the unit narrated by Ronald Reagan.
History

Ronald Reagan narrated a short film in 1945 about the Tuskegee Airmen

By Matt White

Updated on Feb 20, 2025

New York Air National Guard Senior Airman Caleb Lapinel left) checks the map with another Soldier will participating in the international course conducted annually by the Brazil Jungle Warfare Center, known as CIGS for its Portugese initials, as an instructor looks on. Lapinel was the only American in the class of ten.( Courtesy Photo)
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Welcome to the jungle: Meet the New York Guardsmen who took on Brazil’s infamous jungle warfare school

By Matt White

Posted on Feb 19, 2025

Navy recruiting
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Navy says it is on track to hit its highest recruiting numbers in more than 20 years

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 19, 2025

Aircraft fly ahead of several aircraft carriers and other ships in a deep blue sea.
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This is what it looks like when you have 3 aircraft carriers from 3 countries at sea

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Feb 15, 2025

Coast Guard Cutter 2024
Military Life

Coast Guard hit with data breach, impacting pay for more than 1,100 members

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Feb 15, 2025

Air Force Staff Sgt. Robert Meyers (center) began his career in the Army Reserve (left) and completed an enlistment in the Navy Reserve (right).
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Soldier, sailor and now airman: This NCO has served in three branches in 12 years

By Matt White

Posted on Feb 13, 2025

USS Harry S. Truman
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Navy aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman and merchant vessel collide near Egypt

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 13, 2025

An Alaska Army National Guard CH-47F Chinook assigned to 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 211th Aviation Regiment, operates Feb. 2, 2025, at the Whitehorse airport, Yukon Territory, Canada. The Chinook crew supported the repair of a 210th Rescue Squadron HH-60G Pave Hawk that had rescued two victims of a Jan. 26 ultralight plane crash near Faro, Yukon Territory. (Photo courtesy of Simon Blakesley)
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Alaska rescue units had a hell of week: 3 planes, 2 countries and 1 stuck helicopter

By Matt White

Posted on Feb 13, 2025

Air Force promotions
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Air Force says delay in test cycle for 35,000 airmen shouldn’t impact promotions

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 12, 2025

Students in Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL class 279 participate in a surf passage exercise during the first phase of training at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado. Surf passage is one of many physically strenuous exercises that BUD/S class 279 will take part in during the seven weeks of first phase. The Navy SEALs are the maritime component of U.S. Special Forces and are trained to conduct a variety of operations from the sea, air and land.
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Navy SEAL candidates often swim in water with high levels of fecal matter, watchdog finds

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 12, 2025

Fort Bragg
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Hegseth indicates that Fort Bragg will not be the last base to be renamed

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 11, 2025

U.S. Air Force F-35 Lightning II aircrafts, assigned to the 115th Fighter Wing, Wisconsin Air National Guard, being prepared for the morning flight during Sentry Savannah 25-1, at the Air Dominance Center, Savannah Air National Guard Base, Georgia, Jan. 21, 2025. Sentry Savannah is the Air National Guard’s premier fourth- and fifth-generation fighter integration exercise, with this year’s event involving more than 1,000 participants and 56 aircraft from eight flying units. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Xaviera Stevens)
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Airmen say ‘people first, mission always’ is falling by the wayside in DEI crackdown

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Feb 11, 2025

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth visits Joint Task Force North, U.S. Northern Command, to see the efforts military men and women are undertaking in support of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to secure the southern border at Fort Bliss, Texas, Feb. 12, 2025. U.S. Northern Command is working together with the Department of Homeland Security to augment U.S. Customs and Border Protection along the southern border with additional military forces. This initial deployment of 1,600 active-duty personnel brings the total military Title 10 forces along the border to nearly 4,000 personnel. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Andrew R. Sveen)
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Pentagon orders immediate hold on gender-affirming care for transgender troops

By Matt White

Posted on Feb 10, 2025

A headshot of a Marine in full dress, with the American flag behind him.
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Marine killed in Philippines plane crash identified

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Feb 9, 2025

A side-by-side composite of two mugshots. On the left is a woman on the right is a bearded man.
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Two charged in murder case of 101st Airborne soldier

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Feb 8, 2025

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft, assigned to the 122nd Fighter Wing, performs a sortie above the 122nd Fighter Wing in Fort Wayne, Indiana, May 3, 2024. The F-16, originally from Holloman Air Force Base, executed a routine flying pattern for training. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Halley Clark)
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How a broken part in a jet engine’s ‘blind spot’ brought down an Air Force F-16

By Matt White

Posted on Feb 7, 2025

Actor Anthony Mackie, who plays Captain America, flies as the passenger of a tandem freefall jump with an Air Force pararescue tandem master at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.
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Air Force PJs welcomed the new Captain America with a freefall jump

By Matt White

Posted on Feb 6, 2025

Local Marines fold flags for Lance Cpl. Joe Jackson’s family during his funeral May 4 at Tahoma Cemetery. Jackson was killed April 24 by an improvised explosive device blast in Afghanistan.
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US Marine, 3 Pentagon contractors die in Philippines plane crash

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Feb 6, 2025

Army Basic Combat Training
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Trump takes credit for Army recruiting surge, but it started a year ago

By Jeff Schogol

Updated on Feb 6, 2025

Doug Collins
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The new secretary of Veterans Affairs is an Air Force chaplain and Iraq War veteran

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 4, 2025

The Army's new gym for Special Forces students and other soldiers in special operations pipelines features 100 workout stations, 30,000 pounds of free weights and a digital shooting range.
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This new Army special ops fitness center is decked out like a pro sports gym

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on Feb 4, 2025

Stolen Humvees
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Police arrest man for allegedly stealing 3 Humvees from Army Reserve Center

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 4, 2025

Tuskegee Airman, Lt. Col. Harry Stewart Jr. celebrating his 100th birthday.
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Tuskegee airman who notched three air-to-air victories in one day dies at 100

By Joshua Skovlund

Updated on Feb 3, 2025

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division board a C-130 Hercules on Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina, Feb. 1, 2025. The Marines are deploying in support of the Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security mission to expand the Migrant Operations Center at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexandria Serrano)
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Marines, soldiers arrive at Guantanamo Bay for migrant ‘holding operations’

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Feb 3, 2025

The Air Force returned the 'gig line' — a straight alignment of shirt, belt and fly — to it's official uniform regulation.
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The ‘gig line’ is back in the Air Force even if you didn’t know it ever left

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 3, 2025

Army Capt. Rebecca Lobach
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Army Black Hawk pilot killed in mid-air collision remembered as a ‘volunteer patriot’

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 1, 2025

Two soldiers in a composite image. On the left a man smiles in uniform. On the right a woman stands with a camouflage uniform and hat.
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3rd Infantry Division identifies two soldiers killed in training accident

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Feb 1, 2025

Army identifies two of three Black Hawk crew members killed in collision with airliner
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Army identifies two of three Black Hawk crew members killed in collision with airliner

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 31, 2025

UNITED STATES - JANUARY 30: Daniel Driscoll, left, President Donald Trump's nominee to be secretary of the Army, talks with Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., during his Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing in Dirksen building on Thursday, January 30, 2025. Driscoll was introduced by Mullin and Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
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Senators grilled Army secretary nominee for 2 hours. Quality-of-life issues barely came up.

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Jan 30, 2025

army helicopters
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No survivors expected after Army Black Hawk helicopter and passenger plane collide in DC

By Nicholas Slayton, Jeff Schogol

Updated on Jan 30, 2025

Contractors with JMJ Construction of New Lisbon, Wis., along with support from Heritage Movers of Blue River, Wis., move a World War II-era building in the 1600 block on the cantonment area Feb. 24, 2023, at Fort McCoy, Wis. The contractors are relocating and repairing four barracks buildings that are currently located in the 1600 block to alternate locations in the 1700 and 1800 blocks, according to the Fort McCoy Directorate of Public Works. The plan is to relocate the buildings to the new locations before the ground thaws, then lift them onto the new foundations and complete the remaining work by summer 2023. This was the first time in Fort McCoy's history a barracks building was moved like this. (U.S. Army Photo by Greg Mason)
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The Army is moving WWII-era barracks across a base to house visiting troops

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Jan 29, 2025

Brig. Gen. Erik Quigley fired
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Air Force one-star general fired for ‘inappropriate personal relationships’

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 29, 2025

Air Force shaving waivers will soon expire under new policy
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Air Force shaving waivers will soon expire under new policy

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 28, 2025

m4 military rifle lost during trump inauguration training
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A National Guardsman lost their rifle when it fell off a truck on a Delaware highway

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Jan 27, 2025

Coast Guard flying migrants to California and Texas for deportation
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Coast Guard flying migrants to California and Texas for deportation

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jan 27, 2025

Five men stand listening to their instructor who is pointing at a plane.
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Boot camp recruits will learn about Tuskegee Airmen, Air Force insists

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jan 26, 2025

Two sailors stand in front of a computer screen mapping out potential scenarios.
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New Navy video imagines high-tech warfare in 2043

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jan 26, 2025

Air Force cuts Tuskegee Airmen, WASP history class from boot camp on Trump order
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Air Force cuts Tuskegee Airmen, WASP history class from boot camp on Trump order

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jan 25, 2025