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A man climbed onto the transport plane while it was parked at Shannon Airport and hit it repeatedly with a tool before being stopped.

The USS Stockdale returned to port flying its “007” battle flag in honor of its namesake, Vice Adm. James Bond Stockdale.

The USS Frank E. Petersen and USS Michael Murphy sailed into the Persian Gulf to start preparations for sweeping the waterway for explosives. 

Last month’s storms saw thousands evacuated in flooded parts of Oahu, with military units carrying out extensive search and rescue efforts.

Specialized medical divers made first contact with the astronauts of Artemis II after their spaceship returned to Earth on Friday.

The Army is testing out an automated kitchen that basically amounts to a chef-in-a-box.

In 2023, special ops cargo planes delivered commandos and folded helicopters to a Wyoming airstrip in search of a “missing pilot” — the same tactics behind the rescue in Iran.

Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado, and Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana, could have on-site nuclear microreactors by 2030.

“Being involved in some sort of commercial enterprise in my state — that maybe some still find morally reprehensible — is still legal in my state, and I’ve done nothing wrong.”

Eligible aviators can receive up to $50,000 a year for a maximum of 12 years, or $600,000 total, to stay in the Air Force.

Staff Sgt. Gabrielle Stallings was awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross with a “V” device and a second with a “C” in a rare double-award of the military’s top aviation medal.

Troops in Epic Fury did some epic chugging of nearly a million gallons of coffee and two million energy drinks. “I am not saying that we have a problem,” said Gen. Dan Caine.

Commercial data centers have been confirmed for Fort Bliss, Texas, and Dugway Proving Ground, Utah, and the Army recently put out a contracting request for centers at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and Fort Hood, Texas.

Service members at the lowest five ranks will receive the largest of a three-tiered pay raise included in the White House’s proposed fiscal year 2027 budget.

The new Pentagon policy was likely in the works before the Iran war began, but it still holds relevance as the military plans for any future mass mobilization, experts say.

The pilot of an A-10 Warthog had to eject due to damage sustained during an operation to rescue one of the two downed F-15 crew members.