Swiss officials foiled an apparent spying operation by Russians posing as plumbers in Davos, site of the World Economic Forum's annual meeting, a newspaper reported on Tuesday, but police did not confirm key details of the account.
A U.S. Army Stryker armored vehicle burst into flames on the side of a Polish roadway on Saturday, the Army confirmed on Monday. Photos posted to Facebook by a local volunteer fire brigade appeared to show smoke pouring from a Stryker vehicle just outside of the village of Gorzekaly in northern Poland, the UK-based Defence […]
A memo circulating over the weekend warning of a “possible imminent attack” against U.S. soldiers in Germany was investigated by Army officials, who found there to not be a serious threat after all. “We can confirm a potential threat was identified and investigated Saturday night,” Army Col. Joe Scrocca told Task & Purpose on Monday. […]
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that Iran's accidental shooting down of a Ukrainian airliner last week occurred at a time when Tehran was spooked by reports of advanced U.S. stealth fighters in the area.
France will deploy the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier and its battle group from January to April to support French military operations in Middle East, Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday.
The Trump administration violated federal law last year by withholding security aid for Ukraine that had been appropriated by Congress, a U.S. congressional watchdog said in a report released on Thursday.
The Swedish military got duped into commissioning a guy with a fake diploma and then assigned him to NATO’s Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers in Belgium, according to the Agence France-Presse. Citing the Swedish paper Dagens Nyheter, the AFP stated that the man lied about his experience and forged a diploma from the Swedish Armed Forces […]
Two airmen who died recently at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, have been identified as Airmen First Class Xavier Leaphart and Aziess Whitehurst.
The Ivan Kuhrs, a Russian Navy intelligence collection ship, drew within 60 yards of the USS Farragut in the North Arabian Sea on Thursday before pulling away, the Navy said.
Two airmen were found unresponsive in a dorm room at around 6:30 on Thursday night at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, the Air Force said in a press release
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian conscript who shot dead eight fellow soldiers at his army base last year said on Thursday he had been left with no other course of action after conscripts turned his life into a living “hell.” Ramil Shamsutdinov opened fire on servicemen at a military facility in the far eastern region […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin oversaw military exercises near Crimea on Thursday, which included the launch of the hypersonic 'Kinzhal' missile, the TASS news agency reported. Russia deployed its first hypersonic nuclear-capable missiles at the end of December.
An all-women team of airmen crushed an aircraft ground crew contest at Aviano Air Base on Tuesday, and they did it in Greatest Generation style. The “Bouncing Bettys,” the first all-female team to compete in Aviano’s Rapid Aircraft Generation and Employment (RAGE) competition, rocked navy blue coveralls and red polka dot bandanas in an ode […]
MOSCOW (Reuters) – One of Russia’s Sukhoi Su-57 stealth fighter jets crashed on Tuesday in the Far East during a test flight, the plane’s maker said, the first accident of its kind involving what is the country’s most advanced warplane. Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), which owns the factory which makes the plane, said the […]
An Army combat medic sprang into action when the crew on her flight asked for a doctor to assist an unconscious passenger.
BEIJING (Reuters) – China, Iran and Russia will hold joint naval drills starting on Friday in the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Oman, China’s defense ministry said on Thursday, amid heightened tension in the region between Iran and the United States. China will send the Xining, a guided missile destroyer, to the drills, which will […]
The commander of the 39th Logistics Readiness Squadron at Incirlik Air Force Base has barred alcohol consumption following a string of recent drinking-related incidents which "demonstrated how alcohol use can have a direct impact on our unit's ability to support U.S. service members," according to a memo sent to 39th LRS airmen
Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and his Russian counterpart have definitely hit it off.
Russia's only aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, caught fire on Thursday during maintenance work in Russia's Arctic port in Murmansk
The United States will send 20,000 troops to Europe next April and May in its biggest military exercises on European soil since the Cold War to underscore Washington's commitment to NATO, a senior allied commander said on Tuesday
Russia's MiG-31K interceptor jet carried out a test of the Kinjal (Dagger) hypersonic missile in Russia's part of Arctic earlier this month, TASS new agency reported on Saturday, citing two military sources.
Ukrainian naval ships, captured by Russia last November and released on Tuesday to be returned to Ukraine, are in very poor condition and cannot move independently, the commander of Ukraine's navy said on Wednesday
An Austrian soldier was apparently killed by two military working dogs that he was charged with feeding, the Austrian Ministry of Defense announced on Thursday
Royal Marine reservist turned inventor Richard Browning’s jet-powered Daedalus Mark 1 exoskeleton has earned him a reputation as a “real-life Iron Man,” but the latest addition to his flying suit is a bit more akin to Col. James Rhodes’ War Machine armor. A YouTube video published on Oct. 7 shows Browning operating the Deadalus exoskeleton […]
Nothing makes a celebration like bubbles — sort of. The Royal Netherlands Air Force welcomed its first operational F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter at the country’s Leeuwarden Air Base on Thursday, but instead of the traditional water cannon salute, two E-ONE fire trucks opted to douse the hyper-expensive aircraft with firefighting foam. The War […]
