Israel's defense minister has said its forces are "tightening the siege" around Gaza City by extending a military corridor across the territory towards the coast. ... Israel is stepping up the assault as Hamas weighs its response to a new U.S. plan to end the war.
The U.S. will provide Ukraine with intelligence for long-range missile strikes on Russia’s energy infrastructure, American officials said, as the Trump administration weighs sending Kyiv powerful weapons that could put in range more targets within Russia.
The Air Force is laying the groundwork to start incorporating the T-7A Red Hawk into its pilot training operations. But the service is still about two years away from the first student pilots learning in the new, fifth-generation, Boeing-made jet. Before that can happen, the Air Force has to train its own trainers, said Air Education and Training Command deputy commander Maj. Gen. Clark Quinn.
As of Oct. 1, the U.S. government is shut down, and U.S. troops face the prospect of working without paychecks in the foreseeable future. Here is what you need to know about reporting for duty, pay, benefits, and services available for those facing hardship.
The U.S. military has begun drawing down its mission in Iraq under an agreement signed with the Iraqi government last year, eventually reducing the number of American troops in the country focused on countering the Islamic State group by about 20 percent, officials said.
The U.S. Air Force is a step closer to finally getting a replacement for its aging, unique LC-130H “Ski Bird” polar airlift aircraft. Between them, the Air Force and Pentagon have adjusted the budget to move forward on the recapitalization plan, which is seen as increasingly urgent, with the Arctic region, in particular, becoming an area of growing strategic importance.
More than two years after it was acquired and split into two units by private equity firm Advent International, Maxar Technologies is no more—with Maxar Intelligence renamed Vantor, and Maxar Space Systems now called Lanteris Space Systems. The rebranding was announced Oct. 1 in two separate press releases from the newly named firms.
New guidance issued Sept. 30 by Pentagon leadership is intended to spur Defense Department components to expand the use of civilian workforce incentives and awards for high performers and personnel with in-demand skill sets.
The U.S. Space Force’s procurement arm has opened a competition for companies to design a compact radio-frequency communications terminal that would allow a satellite to connect directly to SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network, according to a solicitation published Sept. 16.
The ongoing U.S. government shutdown will not impact the playing of college sports games at Air Force, Army, and Navy, the three service academies confirmed to The Athletic on Oct. 1. Navy and Air Force play each other in football Oct. 4.
