Chinese Spy Balloon Stokes Concern in Congress as Lawmakers Focus on Threats from Beijing Much of the congressional reaction is coming from Republicans who are using the incident to argue the Biden administration is...
Here's What Happens When Hurricane Hunters Plunge into the Eyewall of a Storm Like Ian With each pass, the scientists aboard these planes take measurements that satellites can't and send them to forecasters at...
Special Operations Command Eyes Four Squadrons of Armed Overwatch Aircraft SOCOM commander Gen. Richard Clarke said each squadron would be made up of 15 aircraft, and he expects one would be deployed...
DoD Watchdog Wants to Know if Navy's P-8 Spy Plane Can Track Russian Subs Officials said they will look to gather information from crews at Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland.
After Departure, JSTARS Surveillance Aircraft Spotted Back in Middle East Just as mission planners thought it was out, the JSTARS was recently pulled back into the Middle East.
Guardsman Lawmaker's Reconnaissance Plane Saved in Defense Bill The fiscal 2020 NDAA contains provisions to halt the retirement of an Air National Guard's RC-26 surveillance plane.
The Air Force Just Flew a Surveillance Drone for 2 Days Straight The Air Force just flew an unmanned aircraft for two days, demonstrating the drone's ability to take off and land by itself.
Small Aircraft Fleets Are a Big Drain on Air Force Budget, Study Finds The U.S. Air Force finds itself at a crossroads on what to do about its small aircraft fleets.
Navy's 'Doomsday' Plane Hits a Bird, Suffers $2M in Damages An E-6B Mercury, a nuclear command-and-control plane, hit the bird at Naval Air Station Patuxent River on Oct. 2.
Surveillance Ops Continue Over Gulf Despite Drone Shootdown, Air Force General Says U.S. surveillance and reconnaissance flights haven't stopped or been scaled back since Iran shot down a Navy RQ-4 last week.
Trump's Promises to Radically Change the Military In this episode, we spoke to two experts with collective decades of experience in analyzing the promises President-elect...
Trailblazing Coast Guard Commandant Fired by Trump Administration Adm. Linda Fagan, the first woman to serve in the Coast Guard's top job, was relieved following the swearing-in ceremony for...
Culture War Fights Poised to Take Lead in Trump's Pentagon Agenda Hegseth's testimony did not delve deeply into how the administration will confront some of the thorniest national security...
The Battle over Veterans’ Health Care: How the Republican Majority Hopes to Reshape the VA With the new Congress sworn in and President-elect Trump poised for his second inauguration, Republicans have queued up a...
Trump Vowed to End the War in Ukraine Quickly but Moscow and Kyiv Are Digging in Before Any Talks Both sides have taken tough negotiating postures that leave little room for compromise.