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US Air Force outlines the fighter fleet it needs by 2035

A new Air Force report calls for 1,509 combat-coded fighters by 2035, with F-35s making up 40% of the fleet and F-47s ...
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Pentagon AI oversight office struggles to keep pace with department’s ambitions, GAO finds

The Pentagon office tapped in 2022 to oversee the military’s responsible use of AI had filled just three of 10 authorized ...
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Military spouse commission weighs expanding employment programs across services

The President’s Military Spouse Commission is examining how to expand existing employment programs across the military ...
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Hegseth appoints Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer to Barracks Task Force

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth taps the Marine reservist to serve as a senior advisor for the Pentagon’s effort to improve ...
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Execution of Nidal Hasan will not be livestreamed, Trump says

Nidal Hasan, convicted of killing 13 people and wounding 31 in a November 2009 shooting spree at Fort Hood, is pictured in a photo obtained by Reuters on June 29, 2012. (Bell County Sheriff’s Office ...
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US Army to address parents’ blocked access to teen medical records

Share using Native tools ShareCopied to clipboard Share on Mail (Opens in new window) Mail Lt. Gen. Mary K. Izaguirre, the U.S. Army Surgeon General, said the service was working to give military ...
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Here’s the 2027 cost-of-living increase for retirees, veterans

The Social Security Administration’s COLA announcement on Oct. 14, 2026, sets the rate of increase for military retirees and people receiving veterans benefits. (Getty Images) Social Security ...
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Terror suspects wanted to do ‘big damage’ to air base used by US, Trump says

Share using Native tools ShareCopied to clipboard Share on Mail (Opens in new window) Mail A police officer blocks a road near the RAF Fairford airbase, which hosts U.S. Air Force personnel, in ...
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Airmen discover body in charred vehicle near Eglin Air Force Base

Share using Native tools ShareCopied to clipboard Share on Mail (Opens in new window) Mail The gate sign of Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. (Samuel King Jr./U.S. Air Force) A person was found dead in a ...
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Desolate Arctic outpost likely to host US troops under new Greenland deal

At a windswept gravel airstrip in eastern Greenland, a small Danish military detachment has quietly kept watch for decades. Now, under a new U.S. defense agreement signed this week, the outpost at ...
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Military personnel data exposed in breach, agency warns

Share using Native tools ShareCopied to clipboard Share on Mail (Opens in new window) Mail Current and former military officers are warning that countries are likely to exploit a security hole in ...
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Nellis Air Force Base says goodbye to last A-10 Thunderbolt II

Share using Native tools ShareCopied to clipboard Share on Mail (Opens in new window) Mail An Air Force weapons and tactics officer assigned to the 232nd Combat Training Squadron taxis an A-10 ...