Six F-16 Fighting Falcon pilots from Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, received the Distinguished Flying Cross on May 5 for flying into heavily defended Iranian airspace during Operation Midnight Hammer, the June 2025 strikes that targeted Iran’s nuclear facilities. Gen. Adrian Spain, commander of Air Combat Command, presented the…

The Navy’s new 30-year shipbuilding plan outlines an effort to buy 15 battleships by 2055, and reveals details about the 80-plus robot boats it aims to add within five years.“Our success will be measured by one metric: a larger, more capable fleet—manned and unmanned—ready to defend our homeland and project…

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