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More Fighters Deploy to Middle East Amid Readiness Concerns

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—A fresh National Guard squadron of F-16 Fighting Falcon jets is rotating into the Middle East, seven months into the…

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Destroyer named for Navy Corpsman who earned Medal of Honor hits milestone

A Marine who credited John Kilmer with saving his life in Korea carried his memory: “I owed him all the…

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Iran ‘blew the hell out of’ base in Bahrain, acting Navy Secretary admits

The base, home to the Navy’s 5th Fleet and a major logistics hub, was targeted repeatedly at the start of…

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Pentagon looks to AI to identify space and missile threats

Missile defense in wartime involves many complications. Human operators must deal with high-speed objects, short timelines and sensor data that…

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Drone maker unveils ‘low-cost’ alternative to MQ-9 Reaper

California-based Swarm Aero on Monday unveiled a new low-cost unmanned aerial system capable of carrying a payload of more than…

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US Space Command Should Always Be Led by a Guardian

General Stephen Whiting took command of U.S. Space Command in January 2024, and if customary three-year tenures hold, his tour would…

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F-16s That Defended Capital on 9/11 Preserved for History

Three F-16s that flew in defense of Washington, D.C., on Sept. 11, 2001, will be retired and preserved as museum artifacts.  …

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Houthis Make Moves On Red Sea, U.S., Iran Go Tanker for Warship

The Houthis in Yemen have seized Perim Island, a parcel of land that lies in the Red Sea in an…

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Sierra Space’s Ghost Reentry Vehicle Is Taken Through Logistics Paces

A bottle of whiskey and a software-defined radio might make an unusual test load, but Sierra Space used the odd…

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US refutes claims that Iran captured Saildrone USV

A video shared by Iran Wednesday purported to show an American Saildrone unmanned surface vessel near the Strait of Hormuz…

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