The U.S. Air Force said Monday many of its combat air forces would start flying again —as well as the Thunderbirds demonstration team at Nellis Air Force Base — after being grounded since April because of budget cuts.
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A former Nellis Air Force Base officer was awarded nearly $1 million this month for blowing the whistle on a contract-steering scam involving a middleman in Florida and an engineering company hired to develop anti-terrorism techniques for a now-defunct warfare unit at the base.
Nevada Republican U.S. Sen. Dean Heller and Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. Bob Casey teamed up Thursday to take a stab at the staggering backlog of veterans’ disability claims.
The Navy successfully landed a drone the size of a fighter jet aboard an aircraft carrier for the first time Wednesday, showcasing the military’s capability to have a computer program perform one of the most difficult tasks that a pilot is asked to do.
The Pentagon is eyeing plans to eliminate danger pay for service members in as many as 18 countries and five waterways around the world, saving about $120 million each year while taking a bite out of troops’ salaries, The Associated Press has learned.
The Air Force has pulled a brochure circulated at a South Carolina base after a lawmaker complained about some objectionable advice to sexual assault victims — such as submitting to an attack rather than resisting.
Army Pvt. George J. Peters never wore the Medal of Honor he earned for his heroic actions when he stormed a Nazi machine gun nest in a farmer’s field along Germany’s Rhine River in 1945.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah soldier died Wednesday in a non-combat incident in Qatar.
They stand as symbols of freedom. Some are perched on concrete pedestals at parks and military bases. Others guard the entrances to American Legion and VFW posts. The thunder from their jet engines and deafening blasts from their barrels have long been silent. Yet their sun-baked shrouds remain as reminders of their historic roles in the nation’s defense.
They put their lives on the line for their country. In honor of the Fourth of July, View looks at what it’s like to be in the military and how it affects one’s life.
Capt. John Costa, a fighter pilot who has served in Iraq and flown F-15E Strike Eagles and F-16s in Afghanistan, faced a new nerve-racking mission — appearing on stage in front of a crowd to surprise his daughters.
In a massive restructuring, the U.S. Army is slashing the number of active duty combat brigades from 45 to 33, and shifting thousands of soldiers out of bases around the country as it moves forward with a longtime plan to cut the size of the service by 80,000.
When Michelle Wilmot first returned from Iraq, she numbed herself with a steady diet of Cap’n Crunch cereal and Arby’s.
U.S. senators sought cost-cutting opportunities Wednesday in the Pentagon’s $400 billion program for the next-generation F-35, a fighter jet with a troubled testing record that military leaders said America couldn’t afford not to build.
While the Department of Veterans Affairs scrambles to reduce a staggering backlog of disability claims, another problem has come into view: a backlog of appeals.
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