Navy dishes out awards for top mess halls
The U.S. Navy announced the recipients of its Capt. Edward F. Ney Memorial Award on Monday.
By Riley Ceder
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The rescue mission that brought 2 F-15E Strike Eagle crew members home
The operation marked the first publicly acknowledged U.S. ground presence inside Iran since 1980.
By Michael Scanlon
Air Force to deploy Ospreys in weeks as post-crash groundings lift
The military grounded Ospreys after a fatal crash in November 2023, and Air Force Special Operations Command is gradually returning them to the air.
US has accepted 36 upgraded F-35s since lifting delivery pause
The Pentagon is withholding $5 million per jet from its payments to Lockheed Martin until the new F-35s can fly in combat.
Marines reopen second WWII-era airfield to prep for future combat
The opening of the North Carolina airfield follows the service’s June recertification of an airfield on the Pacific island of Peleliu.
By Todd South
New missile allows Marine pilots to strike far, avoid air defenses
Marine fighter pilots now have a missile that can strike targets up to 230 miles away, keeping aviators out of the range of many air defense systems.
By Todd South
US Air Force plans to bed down 25 F-35s in FY26, report says
The report also outlines the service’s procurement schedule to reach a fleet of nearly 1,800 of the aircraft by 2049.
In first, F-35s land on Finnish highway to drill for future wars
The agile combat employment concept aims to disperse Air Force bases, making it impossible for adversaries to take them out with a single missile barrage.
Ukraine F-16 jet crashes during Russian attack, killing pilot
The crash was the first reported loss of a Western-supplied F-16 in Ukraine, where they arrived at the end of July.
Ukraine’s F-16s doing a ‘good job,’ Netherlands military chief says
The Netherlands will provide Ukraine with 24 of the jets, with no limits on how the arms can be used beyond compliance with humanitarian law.
Ukraine’s F-16 jets intercept Russian missiles in apparent first
Russia fired dozens of missiles and drones across Ukraine on Tuesday, including some that officials said were shot down by Western-supplied F-16 jets.
Metal weakness may have led to fatal Osprey crash off Japan
A gear crack that led to a fatal Osprey crash last year may have been started by weak spots in a metal used to manufacture the part.
By Tara Copp and Aaron Kessler