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The inside story of the deadliest attack on a U.S. military base during the Iraq War
The Sgt. Maj. of the Army wants leaders to stop scheduling training just for the sake of it
Marine Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller sentenced to forfeit $5,000 in pay and gets letter of reprimand
Soldiers have to wait another year to get their hands on the Army’s futuristic new goggles
The active-duty Army is facing a record suicide rate. Leaders have no idea how to fix it
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Sailors injured after nuclear submarine crashes into submerged object in the Pacific
About 11 crew members were injured.
How ‘Live Free or Die Hard’ revealed an actual problem with the F-35
"I was really struck by the fact that they predicted the F-35 getting hacked."
The Army’s Black Hawk fleet has a serious mishap problem
Five Black Hawk crashes have killed 12 soldiers across the U.S. over the last year and a half.
Engine failure, pilot error behind deadly Air Force E-11 plane crash in Afghanistan
The crash occurred on Jan. 27, 2020, in Afghanistan's Ghazni Province.
Air traffic controller at Kirtland Air Force base credited with saving lives of Osprey crew
"She’s probably one of the few people here with the experience to recognize that something’s just not quite right."
Special Forces doctor awarded for saving lives despite his own injuries following a motorcycle accident
"I'm sorry for bleeding on you, Doc."
We salute the Army Chinook crew who made an emergency landing to respond to a car accident
"I like to think it's natural human instinct to want to stop and help in any way that you can."
We salute the Marine Corps infantryman who rescued an infant from a burning car
"I'm not a firefighter, but Marines are prepared to react to contact all the time."
Air Force pilot who crashed in Michigan declared dead
"The loss of one of our own brings immeasurable sadness"
Pilot missing after Wisconsin Air National Guard F-16 crashes in Michigan
'We will continue to pray for the pilot’s safe return.'
‘Just one happy dude’ — Friends and family mourn Army pilot who died in Egypt crash
"There are few pilots I have respected as much as him."
Army identifies five soldiers killed in Black Hawk crash in Egypt
The U.S. Army on Saturday identified the five soldiers who were killed in a helicopter crash last week as part of peacekeeping operations with the Multinational Force and Observers mission...
5 Americans killed in military helicopter crash in Egypt
The Multinational Force and Observers had announced earlier on Thursday that six U.S. troops had been killed in the crash, but it later corrected that information.
US airstrike kills five Taliban fighters amid Afghanistan withdrawal
A U.S. airstrike launched to support Afghan security forces killed five Taliban fighters in central Afghanistan on Sunday evening, a spokesman for U.S. forces in Afghanistan said
Watch a C-17 pull off a gnarly gear-up landing at Kandahar Air Field
That's one helluva belly rub
Navy pilot ejects safely as F/A-18E Super Hornet crashes in California
The pilot is was taken to a local medical facility for examination
The Navy and Marine Corps are proud to have gone a full year without a fatal aircraft crash
The Navy and Marine Corps are pleased to announce that, for the first time in nearly a century of United States naval aviation, the services have collectively managed to not...
Marine veterans say sinking amphibious assault vehicles are ‘death traps’ following deadly accident
A sinking Marine Corps amphibious assault vehicle is a "death trap" because of how hard it can be to get everyone out alive, Marine veterans said after a deadly incident...
Intense video shows fiery Marine Corps F-35 crash after colliding with a C-130
Video circulating on social media appears to show the fiery crash of a Marine Corps F-35 Joint Strike Fighter in southern California following a mid-air collision with one of the...
Marine Corps F-35 crashes after colliding with C-130 during refueling exercise
A Marine Corps KC-130J refueling aircraft and an F-35B Joint Strike Fighter collided during an air-to-air refueling mission in California, causing the stealth jet to crash, officials said Tuesday
F-16 pilot killed in crash remembered as a man who ‘loved a lot of things’ — his family, his country, flying
Air Force 1st Lt. David Schmitz has been identified as the 77th Fighter Squadron pilot who was killed in an F-16CM crash on Tuesday during a training mission near Shaw...
Passengers were ejected from their seats in deadly B-17 crash at Bradley International Airport, lawsuit alleges
A lawsuit has been filed against the Collins Foundation by survivors and the families of those killed in the B-17 bomber crash at Bradley International Airport last fall
F-35 crashes at Eglin Air Force Base
It's the second fighter jet crash at Eglin AFB in five days
Faulty equipment, lapsed training, repeated warnings: How a preventable disaster killed six Marines
Marine commanders did not act on dozens of pleas for additional manpower, machinery and time. When a training exercise ended in death, leadership blamed the very men they had neglected.
F-16 pilot ejects safely near Kunsan Air Base, South Korea
The incident happened around 3:30 p.m. on Monday as the F-16 was landing.
