USAF aircraft, including MH-53 Pave Lows, KC-135s, C-130s, MC-130 Combat Talons, and AC-130 Spectres, fly 94 missions during Operation Assured Response, in which US forces evacuate more than 2,000 noncombatants from Liberia during civil unrest in that country.
The Pentagon's research labs are ramping up their search for munitions that can be mass-produced—an effort likely to be buoyed by billions of dollars in the department's new fiscal 2027 budget request and tens of billions in the upcoming years. While the topline information shared about the President’s defense budget…
