Airmen from Minot AFB, N.D., recently joined the US Navy and British and Canadian forces, and other NATO allies for Trident Fury—a training exercise held off the coast of Vancouver Island, Canada. In this exercise comprising more than 2,000 personnel, 50 aircraft, and an unknown number of ships, Minot’s B-52s dropped 18 Md-62 Quicksilver naval training mines into the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
Senior U.S. lawmakers expressed frustration that they are being cut out of some of the Trump administration’s most central decisions on military policy and spending. Their concerns, which are shared on both sides of the aisle, concern the budget reconciliation process as well as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s plans to slash…