The days toward retirement of A-10 Thunderbolts in the Air Force’s boneyard were numbered two years ago.
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Iran released 10 U.S. sailors on Wednesday after holding them overnight, bringing a swift end to an incident that had rattled nerves days ahead of the expected implementation of a landmark nuclear accord between Tehran and world powers.
Two U.S. Navy boats were taken into Iranian custody on Tuesday but Iran has told the United States that the crews will be returned “promptly,” U.S. officials said.
It took more than a bird or a plane to draw attention at Florida Skydiving Center in Lake Wales, Fla., on Jan. 1. But 21-year-old Las Vegas local and West Point cadet Zachary Beavor did just that,
Peggy Kearns makes her debut as director of the Veterans Affairs Southern Nevada Healthcare System during a town hall meeting 4 p.m. Wednesday at the North Las Vegas VA Medical Center.
When Las Vegas homeless veterans advocate Cynthia K. Dias found out she had been selected by the White House to sit in the First Lady’s box Tuesday night to hear President Barack Obama’s final State of the Union address, she couldn’t believe it.
With questions swirling around North Korea’s claim of conducting a successful hydrogen bomb test Wednesday, one expert who directed U.S. nuclear tests at the former Nevada Test Site says North Korea’s below-ground blast doesn’t fit the bill for an H-bomb.
One member of the U.S. armed forces was killed and another two were wounded in the southern Afghan province of Helmand where fierce fighting has been going on between Taliban insurgents and Afghan government forces, a U.S. army spokesman said on Tuesday.
Calling the Nevada National Guard the “silent sentinel that protects our freedom and way of life,” Gov. Brian Sandoval sent more than 250 of the state’s citizen-soldiers on their way Monday for a mission to coordinate supply operations for U.S. forces in the Middle East.
Friends and family members knew Charlie Demos as a proud Greek-American, good father, military veteran and prosecuting attorney who practiced law for 56 years in Florida.
Bradley-Morris Inc., an Atlanta-based military recruiting company, said it will hold a job fair March 21 at the Embassy Suites, 4315 Swenson St.
The Air Force is launching a full-court press to meet increased demand from combat commanders for more drone missions such as those controlled from Creech Air Force Base to fight the nation’s global war on terrorism.
A female officer in the Air Force, who was one of the first openly gay service members to get married, was identified on Tuesday as being among six U.S. troops killed by a suicide bomber near Bagram air base in Afghanistan.
U.S. troops were among six NATO service members killed in a Monday motorcycle bomb attack in Bagram, Afghanistan, military officials told CNN.
Operation Homefront, a nationwide volunteer charity, handed out 300 holiday meal kits to military families and wounded warriors Wednesday at VFW Post 10047.