The U.S. said it took out more than a dozen mine-laying Iranian vessels March 10, and the Islamic Republic vowed to block the region’s oil exports, saying it would not allow “even a single liter” to be shipped to its enemies.
The Pentagon said March 10 that about 140 U.S. service members have been wounded during 10 days of sustained attacks tied to the Iran conflict. Chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said the wounded include eight troops with life-threatening injuries who are receiving the highest level of medical care. The update provides the clearest accounting so far of U.S. casualties tied to Operation Epic Fury, which has involved the deaths of seven U.S. troops as of March 9.
The Department of the Air Force needs more juice. Or, more accurately, the missions the DAF envisions in the future are going to need far more energy storage than current batteries allow, or will need greater bursts of energy or high-powered advanced weapons, or will need lighter alternatives for a host of unmanned systems, or will just need them to work for longer.
A year after Secretary Pete Hegseth launched a hasty effort to reduce the Defense Department’s civilian workforce by up to 61,000 people, employees are reporting gutted offices, lower productivity, and pervasive uncertainty.
The U.S. Space Force has cleared a major design hurdle in its Resilient Missile Warning and Tracking program, completing the preliminary design review for the 10-satellite Epoch 2 medium Earth orbit constellation.
The Senate on March 10 voted to confirm Army Lt. Gen. Joshua Rudd as commander of U.S. Cyber Command and director of the NSA, ending nearly a year of leadership uncertainty at the agencies and putting a new chief at the helm amid an ongoing war with Iran.
An Australian E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning and control plane is headed for the Persian Gulf. This comes as Gulf Arab states continue to be subjected to Iran’s attacks in retaliation for ongoing U.S. and Israeli strikes. The E-7A is arguably the best airborne look-down sensor platform in the world at present, and will provide a particularly important boost in capability for spotting low-flying Iranian kamikaze drones and cruise missiles.
The Air & Space Forces Association announced its first-ever no-cost, digital-first membership tier, a central strategy to grow AFA’s membership base to 1 million members by 2031. The new tier, called “Mission Membership,” will rally Airmen, Guardians, government civilians, military families, industry innovators, and anyone else with a passion for American airpower, spacepower, and national defense—all under the unified banner of AFA.
President Trump’s suggestions that the war with Iran might soon be over are bringing a new problem to the fore: Israel and the U.S. have different ideas on when to end the conflict and under what conditions.
A sellout crowd of 41,628 fans watched Team USA beat Mexico in the World Baseball Classic on March 9, with the Air Force baseball team among that number—courtesy of former cadets and current U.S. pitchers Paul Skenes and Griffin Jax.
