New Small Diameter Bomb Doesn’t Fit Inside Marine’s F-35B Joint Strike Fighter engineers will have to make adjustments to the weapons bay of the Marine Corps variant of the F-35 so...
Navy Budget Confirms Plans to Cut Purchases of Littoral Combat Ships The U.S. Navy plans to reduce its Littoral Combat Ship buy from 52 to 40 vessels over the next five years, according to the...
Marines Should Deploy with More Ships, Planes: Think Tank The 70-page document confronts the new challenges facing Marines and sailors engaged in amphibious warfare.
F-35 Will Not Reach Full Close-Air-Support Potential Until 2022 F-35 Joint Strike Fighter pilots will have to wait until 2022 to fire the U.S. military's top close-air-support bomb.
Commandant Autographs F-35s While Touring Lockheed Factory in Texas The Marine Corps' top officer recently revealed that some fresh-from-the-factory F-35 jets will come to the fleet with an...
Air Force Get More Airmen, No Extra Planes in Defense Bill The Air Force would add 4,000 airmen next year -- but no extra warplanes -- under the compromise defense bill.
Navy Leans Toward Building More Super Hornets After F-35C Delays The Navy is considering extending production of F/A-18 Super Hornets beyond the current plans to stop building them by 2017.
F-35 Cost May Drop to $85 Million by 2019 The Pentagon's fifth-gen fighter program is on course to realize significant savings in coming years, the program manager...
3-Star Rejects Trump F-35 Slam: 'This Program Is Not Out of Control' The manager of the JSF program said he'll welcome the opportunity to sit down with Trump to address his public critique.
Tricare Patients Fear Losing Preferred Health Care Providers Amid Contract Transition Doctors and patients said they have been caught off guard by the shift from Health Net Federal Services to TriWest Healthcare...
Lessons from the Air Force Kitchen Police: Volunteer for Everything. Even Pots and Pans When Ed Meagher reported to Air Force basic training on June 15, 1966, he was a 19-year-old college dropout. Despite two...
2 US Navy Pilots Shot Down over Red Sea in Apparent 'Friendly Fire' Incident, US Military Says Both pilots were recovered alive after ejecting from their stricken aircraft, with one suffering minor injuries.
How the Marine Corps Is Changing to Keep Talented Marines in the Service For decades, the Marine Corps incurred a "remarkably high turnover rate" among its first-term Marines as it prioritized, and...
Troop Pay Safe After Congress Approves Extension of Government Funding Troop pay is no longer in jeopardy after Congress approved legislation to keep the government funded through mid-March and...
