Air Force clears hurdle with 1st hypersonic weapon amid ‘new arms race’ with Russia, China

The weapon — called the Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon, or ARRW — is an air-to-ground missile powered by a rocket motor that can travel as fast as Mach 8, or eight times the speed of sound. It’s built to be carried by the B-52 Stratofortress.

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‘The Grinch is stealing Christmas’: Fewer gifts reaching US military overseas amid bewildering customs enforcement

U.S. Postal Service screening of parcels meant for service members overseas is driving an overwhelming number of complaints from military families about weekslong waits for holiday gifts, while other presents never arrive at all.

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Military services select attorneys to lead new independent prosecutors’ offices

Each of the military services has selected an officer to lead a new branch legal office to determine which felony cases to send to a court-martial for crimes such as sexual assault, murder and child abuse.

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US base in Kuwait adapts to Iran’s aerial threat

The spread of aerial drone technology and advanced ballistic missiles throughout the region means that more places in the Middle East now live under threat.

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‘Peeling an onion’: A single tooth points to missing soldier who died on his birthday in Vietnam

The route by which a molar made it from a Vietnam jungle to a Defense Department lab in Hawaii remains a partial mystery.

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Operation Christmas Drop is back in full force for first time since pandemic

A weeklong mission returns to air drop essential supplies to far flung and isolated islands of the Federated States of Micronesia and Republic of Palau.

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Fort Riley soldier sentenced to 8 years in prison for death of fellow soldier

Spc. Jalen Thomas, 21, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in connection to the killing of a fellow soldier assigned to the Kansas base.

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Fearing scandal, Air Force blocked generals' foreign consulting deals

The two generals oversaw key U.S. supply routes through Azerbaijan and later negotiated deals there to earn as much as $5,000 a day in retirement.

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Families of former WWII foes meet in Hiroshima for ‘good luck flag’ return

A U.S. Marine’s family returned a ‘good luck flag’ to the family of a Japanese sailor who carried it with him in battle during World War II.

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Troops recently identified from past wars include pair shot down over Romania in B-24 bomber

A B-24 Liberator navigator and radio operator were among 17 service members accounted for recently by the Defense Department agency tasked with recovering U.S. troops listed as missing in action or prisoners of war.

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South Korea says North Korea fired artillery rounds near border

South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said the weapons fell within the northern side of buffer zones created under a 2018 inter-Korean agreement to reduce military tensions.

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