British counterterrorism police said Oct. 20 they have rearrested two men in their investigation into last month’s incident at RAF Fairford in England, where U.S. B-1 bombers were based.
A massive cargo plane, used to carry military assistance to Ukraine and parked at an airfield in eastern Germany, was attacked by explosive-packed drones in early August. German officials say they were piloted by Russian military-intelligence agents. ... U.S. intelligence agencies say the failed operation at Leipzig-Halle Airport this summer was one of the opening shots in a stepped-up campaign of sabotage and covert action against NATO countries ordered directly by Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to European officials briefed on their findings.
The U.S. State Department has ordered nonessential U.S. embassy personnel to depart Saudi Arabia, following an uptick in attacks on the kingdom by Iran-backed Houthi militants. The U.S. military has also been quietly reducing its footprint at posts in the Middle East due to ongoing regional threats from the Houthis and direct threats from Iran, a U.S. official and a senior U.S. military official told CBS News on Oct. 21.
Air Force officials are in the early stages of developing a sustainment plan for Collaborative Combat Aircraft so that the enterprise is ready when the next-generation drones are fielded, according to the head of Air Force Materiel Command.
The Pentagon is looking to build a more robust deep-cover spying program to conduct economic warfare against China and other U.S. competitors, according to half a dozen people familiar with the initiative.
The U.S. military has successfully demonstrated a new lower-cost receiver that could form part of a future over-the-horizon radar. The testing also raises the question of whether the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program research site in Alaska, which the U.S. Air Force transferred away more than a decade ago, could be repurposed for operational use in this role.
The United Nations is launching a new initiative on the military uses of artificial intelligence, aimed at addressing some dire concerns about the threat the rapidly developing technology could pose to humanity.
The President’s Military Spouse Commission is examining how to expand existing employment programs across the military services and federal agencies, as members press for better data on whether the initiatives help spouses maintain lasting careers.
Regional security officials received a sobering American message as they gathered in the Qatari capital and braced for a potential new round of escalation between the U.S. and Iran: They need to look out for themselves.
The Pentagon office tapped in 2022 to oversee the military’s responsible use of artificial intelligence had filled just three of its 10 authorized positions for the mission as of February 2026, even as the department pursues a strategy to accelerate AI development, a government watchdog found.
United States air forces are engaged in combat operations today, and not all the aircraft are modern stealthy platforms like the B-2, F-22, or F-35. The venerable Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon remains the backbone of the U.S. Air Force fighter fleet and will be in service for two more decades, yet combat operations in Operation Epic Fury prove it needs electromagnetic warfare upgrades to survive in modern threat environments.
A U.S. Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 31 has been spotted carrying both the AIM-174B and AIM-260 Joint Advanced Tactical Missile during a flight over Ridgecrest, Calif. This represents the first known publicly documented instance of these two advanced air-to-air weapons appearing on the same aircraft.
A rare Douglas B-23 Dragon once owned by Howard Hughes has returned to the air after 35 years. Warbird Aero Restorations announced the successful flight on Oct. 21, marking a major milestone in the aircraft’s restoration at Pearland Regional Airport in Texas.
