Milley: China more aggressive, dangerous to US, allies

Gen. Mark Milley's trip to the region is sharply focused on the China threat. He will attend a meeting of Indo-Pacific chiefs of defense this coming week in Australia, where key topics will be China's escalating military growth and the need to maintain a free, open and peaceful Pacific.

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Vintage planes turn back the clock at Duxford

Visitors had front row seats to an air show displaying a variety of American and British planes from different eras, watched reenactments of WWII-era soldiers going about their routines and ate and drank from an assortment of food trucks.

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Russia says strike on Ukrainian port hit military targets

It was not immediately clear how the airstrike would affect plans to resume shipping Ukrainian grain by sea in safe corridors out of three Ukrainian Black Sea ports: Odesa, Chernomorsk and Yuzhny.

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Ukraine wants more ‘game-changer’ weapons; the US says it’s complicated

The administration announced Friday that it would send four additional HIMARS — High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems — to Ukraine, bringing the total to 16.

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His city occupied, a Ukrainian mayor fights to save his community

Mykola Khanatov leads a government in exile, providing relief to displaced residents and waiting for the day when his city is liberated from the Russians.

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‘The best America has to offer’: Pilot finally laid to rest in hometown after being shot down in WWII

U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Eugene P. Shauvin was 25 when the C-47 Skytrain he was flying on Sept. 17, 1944, was struck by a burst of German anti-aircraft fire and went down near Retie, Belgium.

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WWII ‘Ghost Army’ was a secret for 51 years, NC vet now being honored for his role

Referred to now as the Ghost Army, the U.S. Army’s 23rd Headquarters Special Troops formed in 1944 with a key job: deceive the German military as to the whereabouts of Army divisions.

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Marine veteran recognized with Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award

Al Depto enlisted in the Marine Corps, fully expecting to become an infantryman, but his recruiter steered Depto toward aviation, where there was a critical need for engineers and mechanics.

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Jan. 6 panel will ‘get to the bottom’ of Secret Service texts, Cheney says

The committee is seeking text messages from 24 Secret Service employees related to Jan. 5 and the day of the Capitol attack.

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Biden's global promises held back by politics at home

Although President Joe Biden has secured close to $54 billion in military and financial assistance for Ukraine, Republicans remain uniformly opposed to many of his initiatives.

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