America’s shifting focus towards countering China demands increased investment in air power—which may ultimately require taking resources from other military services who are not as well suited to the challenge, according to Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin.
The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group will participate in a NATO military exercise in the Mediterranean Sea just days after leaving the Middle East, officials said May 19.
The European Union’s executive arm and the United Kingdom agreed on a security and defense partnership which they said will allow for closer cooperation in areas such as support for Ukraine, and which may open the door for U.K. companies to benefit from an EU plan to boost defense-industrial spending.
Today’s special operators are rapidly becoming the model for the rest of the U.S. military, disrupting how the Defense Department does everything from buying gear to responding to global crises.
House Republicans offered a mild but public reprimand for Veterans Affairs leaders last week after department planners shifted hundreds of millions of dollars into outside health care accounts without seeking permission from congressional appropriators.
The corruption trial of retired Adm. Robert Burke concluded May 19 with him being found guilty of four criminal counts, including bribery charges, by a jury in Washington, D.C., his attorney and others in the courtroom confirmed to Military.com.
During President Donald Trump’s visit to the Gulf, the U.S. and United Arab Emirates signed a Letter of Intent formalizing the establishment of a “comprehensive U.S.-UAE Major Defense Partnership.”
The Army has launched an investigation into whether a group of Army Rangers fired automatic weapons at a popular public beach crowded with boaters and tourists on May 16 in Destin, Fla.
The B61-13 is based on the preceding B61-12, but offers a higher maximum yield that U.S. officials say offers important additional capacity to hold hardened targets, such as underground command and control facilities, and ones spread across physically larger areas, at risk.
Following a two-hour phone call May 19 with Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump stated that Russia and Ukraine would “immediately” start ceasefire talks. But he seemed to signal that he would no longer seek to play a mediating role in ending the three-year war.
Rep. Don Bacon, a retired Air Force general who once commanded the nearby Offutt Air Force Base, last month became the first—and to date only—GOP lawmaker to gamble with his political future by demanding the ouster of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
The first few aid trucks entered Gaza on May 19 following nearly three months of Israel’s blockade of food, medicine and other supplies, Israel and the United Nations said, as Israel acknowledged growing pressure from allies including the United States.
Thirty-four years after the crews of eight Army Apache helicopters fired the first shots of Operation Desert Storm, the helicopter crews were awarded Distinguished Flying Crosses for the mission, the final step in a three-decade effort by their former commander to see the crews recognized.
