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Air Force

Air Force rolls outs a classic ’70s paint job for a 50th Anniversary ‘Viper’

The new paint job recreates the red, white and blue scheme on the original YF-16, which first flew in 1974.

Marine Corps

Marine kicked out of Corps made mass shooting threats

Marine Pfc. Joshua Cobb separated from the Corps on May 10.

Army

Army Ranger sentenced to 20 years for killing security guard

Army Spc. Patrick Byrne’s defense argued he suffered a brain injury before the incident.

Air Force

Air Force pilot killed when ejection seat fires on the ground

The Air Force grounded about 70 similar T-6As in 2022 after flaws were found in the explosives used in ejection seats.

Air Force

It’s Military Working Dog official picture day

It was official portrait day for very good dogs Neptune, Zorro, Ttommaso and Cory of the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing.

Army

US Army officer resigns in protest over ‘unqualified support’ for Israel

Maj. Harrison Mann was working for the Defense Intelligence Agency when he resigned in November.

Army

After soldier shot during training, JBLM troops answer call for blood donations

“If by donating blood I can save a life, why wouldn’t I?”

Army

Colorado soldier dies in training accident at Fort Johnson, Louisiana

The Fort Carson-based soldier was at the Joint Readiness Training Center.

Army

10th Mountain Division rolls more than 500 miles across Finland, Sweden and Norway

The exercise was the first convoy operation in the heart of the newest NATO members, Sweden and Finland.

Air Force

F-15E pilot, in a jet called ‘Mullet,’ packs Zyn and kills drones

The business in the front, party in the back fighter jet helped shoot down dozens of Iranian drones last month.

Entertainment

Navy veteran and iconic director Roger Corman dead at 98

Before he was "King of the Bs," Corman served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.

World War II

Five World War II soldiers awarded Purple Hearts, eight decades later

31 soldiers died on Aug. 13, 1945 when their plane crashed in Okinawa. For years, only two of the victims had received Purple Hearts.

Air Force

Air Force jets are sporting new kill markings after downing drones

F-15Es with the Air Force’s 494th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron have some new paint after they helped shoot down dozens of Iranian drones.

Air Force

An Air Force pararescue team dropped onto a cruise ship to retrieve a sick child

Air Force rescue forces rushed to reach a sick boy on the massive cruise ship, which is larger than a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier.

Analysis

PTSD and oral health degradation are correlated, so why doesn’t the VA automatically service-connect them?

Veterans diagnosed with PTSD are still without a 100% guarantee of oral health coverage.

Marine Corps

The Marine who was held longest as a Vietnam POW has passed away

Marine Lt. Col. Harlan Page Chapman died on May 6 at the age of 89.

Culture

Meet Mitchel Coffman, the artist keeping fallen hero’s memories alive

“...I painted incomplete portraits to symbolize the incomplete lives that all these guys had.”

Navy

A US sailor has died while deployed in the CENTCOM region

Selected Reserve Chief Hospital Corpsman Daniel D. McCracken died May 6, according to the Navy.

Air Force

Florida sheriff releases graphic video of deputy shooting Air Force special ops flyer

Video shows the deadly encounter lasted just five seconds.

Marine Corps

Marines want to wear their uniform for high school graduation, but their school said no

The high school has offered the students a compromise to wear their Marine uniforms during the opening ceremony and then change into a cap and gown.