An unmanned aerial vehicle—an MQ-1 Predator—crashed five miles southeast of Baghdad Airport on Jan. 17. US Central Command Air Forces officials report no damages, no injuries, and no indications that the incident was due to hostile activity.
Airmen, Guardians, and other service members that wear beards for religious reasons will be deemed nondeployable as part of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s sweeping crackdown on shaving waivers—a move that would essentially end their careers and one that several former Air Force officials say may go too far in trying…

