Headlines — May 3
News Active duty troops headed to the US southern border again About 1,500 active duty troops will be deployed to the U.S. southern border to assist Homeland Security Department personnel in advance of...
View ArticleHeadlines — May 5
News US, Philippines vow joint defense ‘anywhere in the South China Sea’ The U.S. and the Philippines unveiled guidance on Wednesday to modernize their alliance in the face of an increasingly assertive...
View ArticleHeadlines — May 8
News F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter crashes in South Korea; pilot safe An F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the 8th Fighter Wing at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea, crashed in an agricultural area about 11.5...
View ArticleHeadlines — May 10
News US troops arrive at border as migration curbs set to end About 550 U.S. active duty troops have begun arriving along the U.S.-Mexico border in the first group of military support ahead of an...
View ArticleHeadlines — May 12
News Defense budget bill hit with delay over debt ceiling fight The partisan fight over raising the debt ceiling has temporarily derailed Congress’ work on the annual defense authorization bill....
View ArticleHeadlines — May 15
News France pledges more military aid as Ukraine’s Zelenskyy makes surprise Paris visit to meet Macron France pledged additional military aid for Ukraine on Sunday, including light tanks, armored...
View ArticleHeadlines — May 17
News Russian mercenary group claims American veteran killed in Ukraine firefight The leader of a Russian mercenary group claimed to show in a video released Tuesday the body and IDs of a U.S. veteran...
View ArticleHeadlines — May 17
News Russian mercenary group claims American veteran killed in Ukraine firefight The leader of a Russian mercenary group claimed to show in a video released Tuesday the body and IDs of a U.S. veteran...
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AFTC attends Career Day at David G. Millen Law & Government Magnet Academy
Air Force Test Center Airmen from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., attended the 2023 Career Day at David G. Millen Law & Government Magnet Academy in Palmdale, Calif., May 12, 2023. DGM is an...
View ArticleHeadlines — May 19
News Retired Special Forces soldier killed in Bakhmut, Ukraine A retired Special Forces soldier died in Ukraine after an apparent building collapse amid a Russian artillery barrage in the embattled...
View ArticleHeadlines — May 22
News Why Ukraine’s spring offensive still hasn’t begun For months, Western allies have shipped billions of dollars worth of weapons systems and ammunition to Ukraine with an urgency to get the supplies...
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Stratolaunch successfully completes Talon-A separation test
Stratolaunch LLC successfully completed a separation release test of the Talon-A separation test vehicle, TA-0. May 13, 2023. The flight was the 11th for the company’s launch platform Roc and the...
View ArticleVirgin Orbit bankruptcy continues: Asset sale complete
Virgin Orbit announced May 23 that it is closing for good after a sale of assets totaling $36.4 million. Rocket Lab USA will get the major part of Virgin Orbit’s Long Beach, Calif., headquarters and...
View ArticleAir Force Chief of Staff, Gen. CQ Brown, nominated to head Joint Chiefs
President Joe Biden has nominated the current U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff, Gen. CQ Brown, to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. “I have the honor of introducing my nominee to be the...
View ArticleHeadlines — May 24
News Ukraine could begin training on F-16 jets in Europe this summer American and European officials are still hashing out the details of who would send jets, instructors and other resources to support...
View ArticleHeadlines — May 26
News China Committee wants Congress to establish a Taiwan weapons stockpile The House China Committee on May 24 advanced 10 bipartisan recommendations to deter China from attacking Taiwan, which the...
View ArticleMemorial Day 2022 | Remembering our nation’s fallen heroes
As we observe Memorial Day 2023, it is important to understand why we mark this special day, and how the observance came to be. Three years after the Civil War ended, on May 5, 1868, the head of an...
View ArticleHeadlines — May 31
News Debt ceiling agreement locks in Biden’s proposed defense budget The debt ceiling agreement negotiated between House Republican leaders and the White House would cap the defense budget topline at...
View ArticleHeadlines — June 2
News Navy F-5 crashes off Key West, pilot safely recovered A Navy F-5N Tiger II crashed about 25 miles off the coast of Naval Air Station Key West, Fla., at 9:20 a.m local time, the service announced...
View ArticleHeadlines — June 5
News US defense secretary calls China’s refusal to meet unfortunate On a stop in Tokyo, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin stressed the importance of communication between Washington’s and Beijing’s...
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