Watch full video on YouTube
Watch full video on YouTube
The United States Air Force celebrates its 79th birthday on Sept. 18, the date it was established as a separate military service in 1947. The USAF’s history goes back much further. American military aviation went through the Army Signal Corps, the Army Air Corps and the Army Air Forces before…
A man who received more than $124,000 in Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) benefits has admitted to lying about serving in Vietnam. James Lyon, aged 80, pleaded guilty in federal court in Kansas City, Mo., to fraudulently receiving $124,264 in benefits connected to the war, the U.S. Attorney’s office in…
In a rare accusation of a Kremlin-orchestrated plot on U.S. soil, a New York federal grand jury indicted a network of five people, among them two Cubans and one Venezuelan, of recruiting American citizens to carry out surveillance and assassinations of Russian dissidents. The ring of five also targeted military…
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.— The U.S. military’s top uniformed leader says U.S. forces must be ready for war near or possibly even on the moon, a rhetorical leap that comes as service leaders are still wrestling with the legal frameworks surrounding its newly revealed orbital weapons.“Our task, my friends, is to…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump observed Friday’s 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks at a ceremony at the Pentagon by commemorating the lives lost when al-Qaida militants hijacked planes and killed nearly 3,000 people in three locations and upended American foreign policy and national security. Trump and first…
How would you respond if you heard someone say, “I’m a 90A, and I just finished up as the S1 for the 728th. I ran the battalion PAC and was responsible for OERs, NCOERs, awards and all MILPO actions”? The military jargon used to communicate systems, positions, geography and terminology…
As Michael Jordan says, “If you can’t stop thinking about it, don’t stop working for it.” Throughout life, we have choices and opportunities that come and go. Getting sidetracked on a dream from your youth is easy when other options cross your path. But you will be surprised; it may…
Watch full video on YouTube
Watch full video on YouTube
As Air Force One returned to Washington, D.C., on the night of Sept. 11, 2001, Michael Morell looked out a window and saw an F-16 off the aircraft’s wingtip. Beyond it, the Pentagon was smoldering.Morell, then-President George W. Bush’s intelligence briefer, had spent the day answering the president’s questions and…
A disputed report that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received a direct warning before the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack has reopened questions about one of the most consequential intelligence “failures” in recent history. While the allegation remains unproven and has been denied by Israeli officials, it could affect Israel’s…
President Donald Trump has pardoned a Navy veteran who spent almost four years in prison for possessing and selling unregistered weapons. Patrick Tate Adamiak, a former Navy master at arms, was convicted in federal court in 2023 and sentenced to 20 years in prison after a source with the Bureau…
Officer Candidate School (OCS), or Officer Training School (OTS) as it is known in the Air Force, is the commissioning route generally geared toward college graduates who are entering the U.S. military outside of the military service academies, the (ROTC), or direct commissioning programs. Each branch offers its own version…
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Two incidents along Ukraine’s borders with Poland and Moldova this week are a preview of potential intensified Russian provocations at Ukraine’s border crossing points with Europe, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said. Two people died when Russian drones hit the Starokozache border crossing between Ukraine and…
Watch full video on YouTube
Three days after the Sept. 11 attacks, Mark Olsen walked past cars piled on top of one another near the World Trade Center. Some were taxis. One of the most haunting images he recalls? Headlights still burning bright through the fog of rubble. The New Jersey Air National Guard technical…
Editor's Picks
It’s a fact! Higher education is expensive. With the average cost of a four-year bachelor’s…